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Person-centred, travel documentary with Ina Tarantou.
Ina Tarantou travels and gets a view of the "Alterlife". The exact location is not important. The journey becomes the destination and life is experienced through the eyes of the persons she meets. Stories of people whose actions manifest optimism, strength and hope. Through their "eyes" we see life, history and the beauties of our country. People who, despite the adversities, never gave up, took risks and developed new businesses, brought to light unexploited parts of the Greek landscape, and revived local products.
Further or closer to the urban centres, each story lets us in with its own beauty to another side of the Greek landscape, Greek society and Greek reality. Sometimes looking to the future, other times tracing back the deep roots of the past. It is the conveyance of the feeling of...breathlessness. Up on the castle of Skyros, on the top of Mt. Helmos counting the stars, to the playing of the philharmonic orchestras in the alleyways of Corfu at Easter, reaching down to the Cavo D'oro, walking on a tightrope over the gorge of the Aoos river in Konitsa.
Because life is even more beautiful, when you see the Alterlife!
Today:
"Goumenissa... the Macedonian chrysalis"
Episode 5
This time our journey took us to the prefecture of Kilkis, and more specifically to Goumenissa. Built at the foothills of Mt. Paikos, Goumenissa has attracted the spotlight. Its red wine, the explosive rhythms of its brass musical instruments, its abundant waters, its rich nature and its monasteries have made this small town of Central Macedonia stand out. But, what impressed us most in our communication with the inhabitants, is their willingness to try to preserve its cultural and natural beauty and to exploit it for tourism without altering it.
Directed by: Michalis Felanis
Host: Ina Tarantou
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