Κλειστοί Δρόμοι
(Klisti dromi)

Director: Stavros Ioannou 

Ali, a Kurdish refugee, travels to Athens in search of his missing brother. He discovers that his brother paid to be smuggled into Italy but then disappeared. Ali tries to reach Italy but his path is blocked. Ali and a friend are then driven to a desperate act. A blend of documentary and fiction that dramatises the invisible lives of refugees attempting to break into Fortress Europe.

/2000 / 98 min / Director: Stavros Ioannou / Cast: Hussein Abdulah, Falaha Hassan, Ahmet Guli, Marios Pontikas, Gerasimos Vakros/

Additional Film Information

Director's debut feature film

Screened at European Film Festival - Australia 2001(" Freedom in Contemporary European Cinema") and at the Berlin Film Festival 2001

Awards:

Award: Le Grand Prix du Jury Year: 2001 Festival: CINEMA TOUT ECRAN

Award: Honorary Mention Year: 2000 Festival: THESSALONIKI INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

· Shot in digital video using DVcam sound and later transferred to 35mm

External Links:

Greek Film Centre Review

World Socialist Website Review

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