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!

Santorini’s second tribute is one of images. Let’s face it: no matter how crowded the island becomes every summer, no matter how this frenzy of tourism brings distortions and problems, Santorini remains unique. You feel it every time you step onto its cliffs and surrender to the energy they radiate.

And its sea does not joke around. It isn’t that turquoise, exotic hue we usually imagine. It’s a deep blue — in some places, almost black. Wild, seemingly bottomless. Just like the island itself, with the largest caldera in the world, reminding you that Santorini was born of successive eruptions, lava, and ash. And, of course, of its people’s resilience and imagination — their ability to create something extraordinary upon what remained. As with every land, so too here, life takes on a different shape.

The first to welcome us was Kyriakos, a fisherman, “born among the seaweed,” as he puts it, who now works in fishing tourism. He spoke to us about the sea and his love for music, which he shares with his son Antonis — already a gifted violinist who dreams of becoming a soloist in classical music.

Next, we met Aris Vezené, a name steeped in history, who came from America to Santorini to establish Vezene Santorini, one of the finest restaurants in both Athens and Santorini. He shared with us his personal journey and what makes him feel fortunate. From there, we visited the Wine Museum, where Giorgos guided us through. Owned by his family since 1870, it has, like the great wines for which Santorini is famed, countless stories to tell. Finally, Yiannis welcomed us to his winery in Megalochori and spoke of how he fell in love with Santorini at first sight.

And so we bid farewell to Santorini — having met people who see each day as a blessing. For them, it is a one-way street: to love what they do and to do it well. Against the wild and fleeting times we live in, they hold fast to their vision.