Fasolákia

film type documentary film Production Country Germany production year 2023 runtime 39'05 colour Color
screening format DCP aspect ratio 1.85:1 sound format Dolby SR original-language German, Greek subtitles English

A cinematic journey between places and times. About a so-called guest worker who went to Germany. And about those who stayed in Greece or eventually returned there. About life in a small mountain village, family and personal loss.

director Maximilian Karakatsanis Production Maximilian Karakatsanis Script Maximilian Karakatsanis Editing Maximilian Karakatsanis, Rita Schwarze DOP Maximilian Karakatsanis Original Score Epaminondas Ladas Sound Design Janis Ahnert film school Kunsthochschule für Medien Köln (KHM)
Festivals
2023 doclisboa, Lissabon, Portugal
2023 Duisburger Filmwoche, Germany
2023 Filmfestival Max Ophüls Preis, Saarbrücken, Germany
2023 STRANGER THAN FICTION Dokumentarfilmfest, Köln, Germany
School
  • Kunsthochschule für Medien Köln (KHM)
  • Heumarkt 14
  • 50667 Köln
  • Germany
  • +49 221 201890
  • http://www.khm.de
Production
  • Maximilian Karakatsanis
Distribution
  • Maximilian Karakatsanis
Sales
  • Maximilian Karakatsanis

Maximilian Karakatsanis

Maximilian Karakatsanis is a director and writer born in 1994. He has studied at the Academy of Media Arts Cologne since 2018. His work ranges from fiction films and documentaries to radio plays and poetry.

Filmography
2016 Sag es nicht
2017 Apathie
2019 Courage
2020 Ewig Gast / Eternal Guest
2022 Bruch / Breakage
2022 Fasolákia
2023 In die Sonne blicken / Looking Into the Sun
2026 Beneath the Night