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Ewig Gast
Eternal Guest

film type documentary film Production Country Germany production year 2021 runtime 8'45 colour Color
screening format DCP aspect ratio 1.33:1 (4:3) sound format Dolby SR original-language German subtitles English
screening format Media File (ProRes, mp4, mov) aspect ratio 1.33:1 (4:3) sound format Stereo original-language German subtitles English

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.

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director Maximilian Karakatsanis Production Maximilian Karakatsanis Editing Maximilian Karakatsanis, Rita Schwarze DOP Maximilian Karakatsanis Script Maximilian Karakatsanis film school Kunsthochschule für Medien Köln (KHM)
Festivals
2021 Internationale Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen, Germany
2021 Thessaloniki Film Festival, Greece
2021 Kurzfilm Festival Hamburg, Germany
2021 Kyiv International Short Film Festival, Ukraine
2021 Reykjavík International Film Festival, Iceland
Production
  • Kunsthochschule für Medien Köln (KHM)
  • Ute Dilger
  • +49 221 20189 - 330
  • https://www.khm.de/
Distribution
  • Kunsthochschule für Medien Köln (KHM)
  • Ute Dilger
  • +49 221 20189 - 330
  • https://www.khm.de/
Sales
  • Kunsthochschule für Medien Köln (KHM)
  • Ute Dilger
  • +49 221 20189 - 330
  • https://www.khm.de/
School
  • Kunsthochschule für Medien Köln (KHM)
  • Heumarkt 14
  • 50667 Köln
  • Germany
  • +49 221 201890
  • http://www.khm.de

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
2022 Fasolákia
2023 In die Sonne blicken
2026 Beneath the Night

Portrait of Maximilian Karakatsanis