Director
A documentary on sensitive issues such as historical memory, silence, collective trauma, the constructs of official history, the perceptions prevalent in Greece regarding the German Occupation and the extermination of 87% of Greek Jews, one of the Holocaust’s highest killing rates. The documentary starts with the shoah of thessaloniki’s Jewish community – Europe’s most ancient Jewish community – and continues with the unknown story of the rescue of Greece’s smallest Jewish community at the time, that of the neighboring town of Katerini. a documentary/essay comprising testimonials by Greeks who survived the Holocaust, as well as in-depth analyses by leading historians and other scholars, By-standing and Standing by attempts to transcend the stereotypes which, for some reason, persist and continue to poison society to this day.
Second Assistant Director
Alexandre (Bruno Ganz), um famoso escritor se prepara para deixar a casa que sempre viveu. Ao arrumar seus pertences, encontra uma carta de sua mulher, Ana (Isabelle Renauld), sobre um dia de verão há 30 anos. Assim, ele começa estranha viagem, onde o passado e o presente se misturam. Enquanto reavalia a sua vida, Alexandre passa por uma nova experiência, ao ajudar um garoto albanês a cruzar a fronteira.
