Danis Karaisaridis

Gondola

In the Georgian mountains, a cable car connects a village with a smaller town in the valley. Iva started working for the cable car as a conductor and is now in charge of handling the gondolas. While one gondola goes up to the village, the other goes down to the valley. Halfway down, the gondolas meet every half hour. This is exactly the moment when Iva and Nina, the conductor of the other gondola, meet each time. Where at the beginning only collegial greetings were exchanged, over time a flirtation develops. What follows is the big love and stress with the boss.

A Beautiful Day

The film is focusing on two self organized pedagogical preschool projects in Greece based on the values of libertarian education and experiential learning.

Drifting Generation

Thessaloniki 2010-2016. Over six years the film follows five young women friends around thirty. As daughters of Greek immigrants in Germany they returned to their parents’ homeland. But amidst a society that breaks apart, due to the Greek crisis, their world is one of countless restrictions. Suddenly a dramatic event situates the director in the middle of the Greek reality.