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, born 1994, is a German film director and writer. He trained in film editing and camera, as well as acted in young independent theater. He took new German literature at the University of Cologne and since 2018 has studied at the Academy of Media Arts Cologne.
Filmography
2011 social
2015 Konfrontation
2016 Sag Es Nicht
2016 Heilig (music clip)
2017 Apathie
2018 Nacht (music clip)
2019 Courage
2022 Nostalgia
2022 Bruch (feature film)
2023 Fasolákia
