The sea meets the canal’s clouds (Greek short films + Greek drinks afterwards)

The Netherlands is a beautiful country where a lot of expats have decided to stay permanently. A lot of those people come from Greece, and their reasons can be various; either political, financial or ideological. In this country, their community is only growing, with more and more people looking for a better future each year. This screening, ‘The sea meets the canal’s clouds’, is meant to not only bring the community together, but to also introduce the greek cinema to broader audiences and let people discover how great it can be. The films shown are made by directors who live in the Netherlands, each for their own reasons; they all have different understandings of filmmaking, different experiences and reasons to leave one country and reside in another. Come explore those films and stay for the discussions we will have about the reality of filmmaking, the reality in Greece, the reasons to stay or leave, and of course the films themselves!

The discussion will be moderated by curator Dimitra Alexiou and the bar will be open for as long as the discussion goes with the usual Greek spirits as well. See you there!


Phélia, Elia Kalogianni, 17’

Pigeons are dying, when the city is on fire, Stavros Markoulakis, 21’

Like Aphrodite, Anisa Xhomaqi, 23’

Tektite, Smaragda Nitsopoulou, 17’