Film details

Synopsis

EXARCHEIA takes you on a dreamy nocturnal stroll through one of Greece’s most politically active neighbourhoods, situated in the heart of Athens, just below the Acropolis. In this lively and mythical space, you meet a coterie of characters whose ideals and aspirations are in constant flux. Set against the backdrop of the economic crisis, EXARCHEIA is a poetical and polyphonic essay that dives into a place where living together is first and foremost a matter of shared speech and hopes held in suspense.

Credits

Screenplay and  Direction : Nadine Gomez

Production Assistant : Aris Tsampalikas

Cinematography : Denis Klebleev

Editing : Myriam Magassouba et Nadine Gomez

Sound Recording : Iasonas Theofanou

Sound Design : Marie-Pierre Grenier

Score : Xavier Constant et Rafaël Proulx-Langlois

Sound Mixing : Bruno Bélanger

Colorization : Sylvain Cossette

Production : Nadine Gomez

Financial Partners

Canada Council for the Arts

Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec

PRIM (aide à la création)

SODEC Québec

Bande à part (coop)

LOJIQ

Les Films du 3 Mars

Direction

Nadine Gomez

A graduate of UQÀM with a master’s degree in communications, Nadine Gomez has been creating documentary films for over 10 years, having directed The Horse Palace (2012), Métro (2015) and Exarcheia, The Chanting of Birds (2018), among others, as well as the podcast J’aime Hydro (2019), co-produced by Théâtre Porte-Parole. She is currently working on her first fiction project, Créatures du hasard, a loose adaptation of Lula Carballo’s book of the same name, produced by Les films Cosmos.

 

Filmography

CHRONICLE OF A CITY, 76 min, Documentary, 2025

CECI EST UNE ESPÈCE AIMÉE, 10 min, Documentary, 2021

AVANT LA NUIT, 10 min, Documentary, 2020
EXARCHEIA, THE CHANTING OF BIRDS, 73 min, Documentary, 2020
MÉTRO, 17 min, Documentary, 2015

THE HORSE PALACE, 68 min, Documentary, 2012