Twelve neighbours (Odos Sfaktirias)
On Sfaktirias Street, a small pedestrian lane in inner city Athens, twelve neighbours — among them a lonely woman soothed by opera, a Pakistani immigrant, a poet, and two elderly sisters dispensing funeral offerings — share the rhythms of everyday life. As urban development transforms the city and intensifies social isolation, this documentary offers a tender and intimate portrait of one street that stands apart, celebrating the enduring power of community, coexistence, and human connection.
Year
2009
Category
Documentary
Duration
52’
Director, Producer, Script, Camera
Marianna Economou
Editing
Stavros Ktoris
Research consultant
Christina Marathou
Sound mix
Kostas Varipobiotis
Production
Marianna Economou & ERT with the support of the Greek Film Centre
Awards
•Best Documentary - Patra International Film Festival
Festivals
Sarajevo film festival, Cinemed Montpellier, DOCFEST, Worldfilm Estonia, Medimed, SEE Fest in L.A, Intern fest of Ethnological film Belgrade, 3RD Doc festival Athens, LGFF, Sardinia Intern Ethnographic film, Intern Ethnographic film Sofia, Krakow film festival, 11th Mediterranean Film Festival, Fog doc Athens
Press & Reviews
*“A very nuanced and mature hommage to everyday life as it is being lived in small streets all over the world”* |Tue Steen Muller || *“Moments of everyday comedy sit beside poignant confessions — beautifully balanced"*|Clickatlife || *“Through the immediacy of outstanding cinematography, a penetrating gaze, and the presence of humour, we follow the lives of the residents of a street in central Athens — small gestures that reveal larger social changes”*|dromos





