Private Project

In sight SITE Focus

A short poetic documentary.
Born in Sydney and taken away at five by her parents to live in their original homeland, Greece, she only comes to Australia when her son wants to study at the UniversIty.
Back in Sydney, she starts experiencing an increasing familiarity with some surroundings, not sure if that familIarity comes from actual memories she has as a very young child; or her imagination is kicking in colouring things. Tracing those “memories,” she reaches a point where past, present and future fuse into a unique perception and understanding, making her feel connected once again with this place and through that with her own inner self as a whole.

  • Athina Chatzigiannaki
    Director
    Ekehiria/Ceasefire, The Dragon Healer, The Date, Stare Me In the Eye, Selfie World
  • Athina Chatzigiannaki
    Writer
    Ekehiria/Ceasefire, The Dragon Healer, The Date, Stare Me In the Eye, Selfie World
  • Campbell Graham
    Producer
    Anyone You Want
  • Athina Chatzigiannaki
    Key Cast
    Selfie World
  • Project Type:
    Documentary
  • Runtime:
    8 minutes 56 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    May 15, 2025
  • Production Budget:
    0 AUD
  • Country of Origin:
    Australia
  • Country of Filming:
    Australia
  • Language:
    English, Greek (Modern)
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Digital Cinema Package:
    Unavailable
Director Biography - Athina Chatzigiannaki

Athina Chatzigiannaki is a filmmaker with a vast background in visual arts (interdisciplinary artist with studies and work shown in painting, sculpture, theatre, performance
and installation).
Started creating films in 2020 while also studying film
in Australia, her birth country.
Currently, she is making films travelling between Sydney
and Athens in Greece (where her family lives), drawing
from and being influenced by both cultures.
She has already won awards in festivals all around the world,
and she likes to challenge herself like in this particular film, where she finds herself behind and infront of the camera

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Director Statement

This is the story of a woman, who, in search of her identity, discovers a whole country, Australia, that she was connected to, since she was born there, but had discarded for a long period of her life, in her struggle to belong only to one place.
In her quest to become whole, she has to educate herself about the situations she meets in this new country, raise the veil of denial and embrace her first homeland and, with that, her very young intimate self.
In return, she receives answers to questions that have been troubling her for decades in her adult life, like why, for instance, she always felt a stranger within her own family.