WEDNESDAY  30/04/2025
14:00 (UTC) [K12]
   Village United  (Season Β )   (R)   
Documentary


Year of production: (2025)




A sports-travel documentary series capturing life in small villages across Greece with their own stadiums and local football teams. The series delves into the unique history of each team and its deep ties to the village's culture and traditions. It follows footballers into their homes, fields, paddocks, and cafés, capturing their everyday lives authentically and unfiltered, leading up to the much-anticipated match day.
With seven cameras, the series records every aspect of the matches—on the pitch, in the stands, on the benches, and in the locker rooms—using strategically placed microphones. For the first time in a Greek game, a player wears a microphone during the match, offering an unprecedented perspective.
This season, Village United embarks on a journey across Greece. Starting in Asprokklisia, Trikala, against Ajax (not the Dutch team, the local one), the journey continues through Achillio in Magnesia, Spili in Rethymno, Katalonia in Pieria, Kontopouli in Lemnos, Polissitos in Xanthi, Mataragka in Aetolia-Acarnania, Chiliodendro in Kastoria, Kallirachi in Thasos, Zaimi in Karditsa and Griva in Kilkis, making 16 trips in total. The show goes wherever football and love for the village thrive.

Today: "Achilleas, Achilleion" [With English subtitles]
Episode 1

At the southernmost tip of the Magnesia prefecture, nestled in the bay of Pteleos, lies the small village of Achilleion, where the local team, proudly named after Achilles, takes center stage. With a president who also works as a butcher and as a tavern owner and a coach who bears an uncanny resemblance to Katsouranis, every Sunday brings a touch of magic to the village’s seaside stadium—even when rain turns the field into a lake. Gas station attendants, municipal workers, livestock breeders, farmers and factory laborers—all dedicated to their daily jobs from Monday to Friday—don the revered sky-blue jersey on Sundays, pouring their hearts into the game.



Idea, Production Direction, Music Supervision: Thanasis Nikolaou
Direction, Director of Photography: Kostas Amiridis
Production Organization: Alexandra Karambournioyti
Chief Editing: Thanos Lefkos-Panagiotou
Journalistic Research: Stavros Georgakopoulos
Narration: Stefanos Tsiotsopoulos
Editing: Pavlos Papadopoulos, Christos Prantzalos, Konstantinos Stathis
Assistant Editor: Dimitris Papadnastasiou
Cinematography: Giannis Saroglou, Zois Antonis, Giannis Emmanouilidis, Dimitris Papadnastasiou, Konstantinos Kottas
Sound Engineering: Simos Lazaridis, Tasos Karadedos
Graphics: Thanasis Georgiou


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