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)