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Nostos and Algos

1922 - 2022
100 years since the Asia Minor Disaster

nostalgia, the [nostaljía]: the mental pain and bittersweet feelings caused by the inability to enter longing to return to the homeland, to a favorite place or to pleasant situations experienced in childhood.
nostalgia: nostos (=return) + algos (=pain)

On the night of September 13-14, 1922, Mana Smyrna was set on fire. With the destruction of the famous city, the cycle of the presence of the Greeks in Asia Minor ended after 35 centuries. Hellenism was definitively found outside Ionia, Pontus, Cappadocia.

The tribute film from the Primary School of Agios Dimitrios honors the 100 years since the Asia Minor Disaster. We have not forgotten. Nothing has been forgotten. We honor the people, the refugees, the Hellenism that was uprooted. For the souls lost. Hellenism and Asia Minor are concepts identified in historical time and this makes the plague of destruction even greater. Philosophy, knowledge, culture, science, tradition, traditions and customs are the greatest heritage we have. And this makes our homelands unforgettable. Not lost homes but forgotten.

  • Nikolaos Galanis
    Director
  • Nikolaos Galanis
    Writer
  • Primary school Agios Dimitrios
    Producer
  • Katerina Papaioannou
    Key Cast
  • Spiros Sarris
    Key Cast
  • Zoi Vathakou
    Key Cast
  • Choir DOPPAT Nafplio
    Key Cast
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    Νόστος και Άλγος
  • Project Type:
    Music Video, Short, Student
  • Runtime:
    4 minutes 58 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    September 11, 2022
  • Production Budget:
    0 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    Greece
  • Country of Filming:
    Greece
  • Language:
    Modern Greek (1453-)
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    Yes - Primary School Agios Dimitrios Epidauros
  • Digital Cinema Package:
    Unavailable
Director Biography - Nikolaos Galanis

Nikos Galanis is a teacher that is not enough for him to enter the class, make a lesson and leave. He takes his camera, his students become little actors and with the videos they create they send important social messages.

He has created the films: "First train" about bullying, the short film with the inventive title ''SOSivio" about refugees, the social spot "All that we share" on the Cyprus issue, the short film "Ah, these damn letters au" that negotiates the struggle between the past, the present and the future with a 6-year-old student as the main protagonist, the shocking spot "Time never comes back" that became viral nationwide with little Eriana as the victim of a traffic accident. Also, he created the multi-awarded ''You can achieve anything, just believe it.!", an ode to women and the unequal obstacles they face. His most popular film is ''FREEDOM; 200 years since the Greek Revolution'', with almost 100,000 views in YouTube platform. After the war break out in Ukraine, his students and him created short film ''Peace''. Also, a tribute film named ''Nostos and Algos'' from the Primary School of Agios Dimitrios and his direction honors the 100 years since the Asia Minor Disaster His films have won awards in student competitions and have participated in film festivals in Greece and abroad. In short,

* Film" You can achieve anything, just believe it" the 2020 MediaB PLURAL+ Award at the PLURAL+ Youth Video Festival organized by the United Nations., the Honorable Mention at Peace in the Streets Global Film Festival.

* Film ''Sosivio" finalist at CMS, INTERNATIONAL chilren'S FILM FESTIVAL (ICFF) 2018, The Audience Award at the 8th Mostra internacional Cinema Educatiu (MICE) Film Festival and the Special Jury Prize at the West Side Mountains Doc Fest 2018,

* Film "Ah, these damn letters au" the Special Jury Prize at the West Side Mountains Doc Fest 2019 and Best Film at the 5th International Student Competition of the School Life Museum " the images of textbooks-source of inspiration and artistic creation»,

* Film "All that we share" best film in the International Student Competition " Cyprus-Greece-Diaspora: educational bridges»

• Film ''FREEDOM; 200 years since the Greek Revolution'' Production Design Awardin FECEA - Festival Internacional de Cinema Escolar de Alvorada

For his pioneering educational work and innovation in teaching he has been awarded the Gold Prize at the Education Leaders Awards 2019 and was nominated as "Person of the year 2019". In 2021, he was awarded as ''Educator of the Year''. He won the Global Teacher Award at AKS Education Awards and was a finalist in GESS Education Awards in Dubai. He is also a member of the film selection committee of the Epirus International Documentary Festival ‘West Side Mountains’.

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