My grandfather was one of the very first labour migrants under the Labour Recruitment Agreement between Germany and Greece. A short poetic documentary about longing, family and being a so-called guest worker.
https://www.khm.de/studentische_arbeiten/id.29891.ewig-gast/
Official Trailer: https://vimeo.com/527060166
Maximilian Karakatsanis is a director and writer born in 1994. He has been studying at the Academy of Media Arts Cologne since 2018. His work ranges from fiction films and documentaries to radio plays and poetry.
Filmography
2025 Beneath the Night (short film, 14')
2024 In Die Sonne Blicken (experimental film, 7’)
2022 Fasolákia (documentary film, 39’)
2022 Bruch (short film, 29')
2020 Ewig Gast (documentary film, 9')
2019 Courage (short film, 25')
2017 Apathie (short film, 28’)
2016 Sag Es Nicht (experimental film, 3')
