ΑΚΟΕ/ΑΜFΙ: A Story of a Revolution (*Just to sleep on their chest…)

(Documentary – 71′ – 2023)

Greece, 1977. A draft law unites a group of gay and trans people. In a historic event, the first Greek LGBTIQA+ movement is born. Up until 1990, AKOE and its magazine, “Amphi”, would influence the way Greek society treated LGBTIQA+ people, but also how LGBTIQA+ people treated themselves.

 

The movie has premiered in the following countries and festivals:

25th Thessaloniki International Documentary Festival, Greece – Audience Award for a Greek film with a duration of over 50 minutes (March 2023)

18th Lemesos International Documentary Festival, Cyprus (August 2023)

16th Beijing Queer Film Festival, China (November 2023)

10th Asterisco Festival Internacional De Cine LGBTIQ+, Argentina (November 2023)

Wicked Queer: Docs, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA (November 2023)

37th Griechische Filmwoche, Munich, Germany (November 2023)

GBFF2023 – Gilbert Baker Film Festival, Kansas, USA (December 2023)

26th Thessaloniki International Documentary Festival, Greece – Citizen Queer The Greek Film Festival in Berlin, Berlin, Germany (March 2024)

39th Lovers Film Festival, Turin, Italy (April 2024)

2nd SUNNY BUNNY LGBTQIA+ Film Festival, Kyiv, Ukraine (April 2024)

15th KASHISH Pride Film Festival, India (aka KASHISH Mumbai International Queer Film Festival) (May 2024)

17th Cinema Diverse: The Palm Springs LGBTQ+ Film Festival, USA (September 2024)

11th San Antonio QFest-LGBT International Film Festival, USA (October 2024)

12th Chania Film Festival, Greece (October 2024)

16th International queer film festival Merlinka, Serbia (December 2024)

Midsumma Festival 2025 – Melbourne Queer Film Festival (February 2025)

 

Written - Directed by:
Iossif Vardakis
Produced by:
Marina Danezi - Tasos Koronakis (Laika Productions). Executive producer: Lefteris Charitos - Year 2023
With the support of:
Greek Film Center and Hellenic Broadcasting company (ERT AE)
Crew:
Director of Photography Dimitris Kasimatis - GSC, Editing by Kostis Kontogeorgos, Sketches Steve Stivaktis, Animation - VFX Aphrodite Bitzouni, Original music by K. Vita, Sound Kostas Koutelidakis, Sound mixing Dimitris Migiakis, Research Consultant Kostas Giannakopoulos, Script Consultant Thodoris Antonopoulos. Production Manager Tasos Koronakis Editing Consultant George Zafiris Second camera Philip Zamidis, Second unit Camera Thanos Tsantas, Sound Lefteris Kabalonis, Make-up Ioanna Ligizou, Color Processing AN MAR Film Lab, Graphic Designer George Paraskevopoulos. The music was recorded at Chips 2022 studio, Athens, Greece. Recording assistant Stelios Feridis, Assistant Production Manager. Nasa Hatzi Production Management Stefanos Elpiziotis, Nina Efstathiadou, Secretarial support Hera Magaliou, Maria Kontopidi Trainee Mariam Awad, Vernardos Villas, Elvira Gkorou, Accounting Support Konstantinos Barbarousis
Participating:
Narration by Ioko - Ioannis Kotidis. George Papapavlou read excerpts from the books of Kostas Tachtsis: "The Awesome Step" and "From the Low Viewpoint" by Exantas Publications. They spoke to us: Betty Vakalidou, Grigoris Valianatos, Daisy Galiatsatou, George Karachalios, Maria Mitsora, Nikos Mylonas, Marcellus Nykta, Dimitris Xanthoulis, Angelos Papadimitriou, Irini Petropoulou, Paola Revenioti, Christos Roussos, Kimon Fotiadis, Maria Cyber