FOCUS ON WOMEN’S RIGHTS
The screenings are organized in collaboration with Amnesty International (GR). Introductory Talk: Chara Karagiannaki-Michaloglou (Head of Activism/International Amnesty) and director Alexia Tsouni.
Athens, Holy Saturday 2020, first lockdown, but also first day of freedom for a severely abused woman. The true story of a 32-year-old woman, who managed to escape from her husband, and applied for asylum in Greece. Pain gives place to strength, and fear turns to hope. And her daughter?
Alexia Tsouni
Alexia Tsouni was born in Agrinio and studied Civil Engineering in Athens. She actively participates in greek and international movements for human rights, peace and the environment. Her activist interests are reflected in her artistic endeavours with “FemArtAct” social cooperative enterprise for the inclusion of vulnerable groups, of which she is a co-founder. She is the director of the documentaries “Peace vs Piece” (2019), “Maurice Montet: objecteur de conscience et pacifiste intégral” (2020), “Back to Life” (2021) and the animation “CoronaViolence” (2020), shot in Athens during the COVID-19 lockdown.