Foreign Hugs

Two nations, two languages, two cultures, two musical approaches, many things in common. Students of the 3rd grade of the Chalkis Music School "Nikos Skalkotas" visit the refugee camp of Ritsona in order to exchange music culture. The groups talk, the music unites. Refugees attend and participate in the Music School event. Together they play common musical paths. Music conversation brings them close! The result? The production of Real Culture!

  • Jason Tsoukalas
    Director
  • Margianna Kakatsou
    Director
  • Stelios Kazakidis
    Director
  • Nikiforos Kourbetis
    Director
  • Manolis Panousakis
    Director
  • Christos Trabazalis
    Director
  • Doc'n Roll
    Producer
  • StoryDoc
    Producer
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    Ξένες Αγκαλιές
  • Project Type:
    Documentary
  • Runtime:
    30 minutes
  • Production Budget:
    500 EUR
  • Country of Origin:
    Greece
  • Language:
    Modern Greek (1453-)
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    Yes
  • European Parliament
    Brussels
    Belgium
  • 5th International Aegean Documentary Festival
    Mytilene
    Greece
    Premiere of Greece
  • 11th Greek Docementary Festival
    Chalkida, Evia
    Greece
  • Special Event of Minister of Digital Policy, Telecommunications and Media
    Athens
    Greece
  • Special Event Pr. Home new Home
    Athens
    Greece
Distribution Information
  • Hellenic Parliament TV
    Country: Greece
    Rights: Free TV
Director Biography - Jason Tsoukalas, Margianna Kakatsou, Stelios Kazakidis, Nikiforos Kourbetis, Manolis Panousakis, Christos Trabazalis

The Doc'n Roll group, comprised of students and teachers of the Chalkis Music School "Nikos Skalkotas", was set up in February 2017. The group participated in the refugee issue documentary production seminars, "Home new home" by the Institute of History , under the auspices of the Ministry of Education Research and Religious Affairs and the Ministry of Digital Telecommunications and Information Policy with supporters of the program Goethe Institute and Anna Lindh Foundation, an organization set up by the European Union in order to promote Euro-Arab relations and the protection of human rights.

The team, with the knowledge of the seminar, in collaboration with the instructor and director Costas Spyropoulos produced the documentary "Foreign Hugs". A documentary that deals with the communication of Greek students of the Music School and Refugees of the Ritsona Hospitality Center through music.

For the second year of the band, with minor changes in composition, we are launching a documentary on the life and work of world-renowned violist and composer Nikos Skalkotas.

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