19tdf: Eyes of Exodus- Interview with Alexandra Liveris

Four days during the Syrian migrant crisis on the most remote island in Greece reveals an intimate and complicated relationship between refugees and locals, fear and hope, and the healing versus destructive force change bears on love at a personal and national level.

This story comes to the silver screen by the director Alexandra Liveris and today is it's world premiere to the 19th   Thessaloniki Documentary Festival. 

I have talked with Alexandra Liveris about the “Eyes of Exodus” and here is our conversation about the film. 

How you came up with the idea of making a documentary about refugees in Greece;

I started filming EYES OF EXODUS while visiting my ancestral island. I was struck by the surreal dynamic of locals, vacationers, and refugees coexisting side-by-side on this fairytale island. It wasn’t until I became engaged in the underbelly of the island, did I understand that this coexistence wasn’t surreal…it was very real. 

Its a short story of 27 minutes. What the viewer will “take” from this movie;

My intent was to make a short film that humanized both the refugee and local experience during a small, but crucial part of the Syrian refugee crisis—the first stop into Europe. I was interested in using Kastellorizo as a microcosm to explore how this global crisis affects all of our choices and destinies, refugee or not.    

If you could describe your movie with one word what word it would be; 

Microcosm

When can we see the film in the 19th Thessaloniki Documentary Festival;

March 4th  and 5th, 2017

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Eyes of Exodus / Alexandra Liveris
​Four days during the Syrian migrant crisis on the most remote island in Greece reveals an intimate and complicated relationship between refugees and locals, fear and hope, and the healing versus destructive force change bears on love at a personal and national level.
Director:	Alexandra Liveris
Cinematography:	Stefano Ferrari
Editing:	Adam Weber, Alexandra Liveris
Music:	Tyler Strickland
Producer:	Alexandra Liveris
Production:	Lapana Productions, Faliro House Productions
Format:	Color
Production Country:	Greece
Duration:	27'
Production Year:	2016
World Sales:	Faliro House Productions info@falirohouse.com

Executive Producer: Christos V. Konstantakopoulos

​World Premiere

Screening Schedule
FRIDA LIAPPA:	Saturday, March 04, 2017 - 20:30 | ID:146
FRIDA LIAPPA:	Sunday, March 05, 2017 - 13:15 | ID:242