Spectres are Haunting Europe

The Idomeni refugee camp on the border of Greece and Macedonia housed over 8000 people from the Middle East who were trying to cross the border into Europe. When Greek police closed the camp in 2016, the refugees resisted and blocked a railway line used to deliver goods into the country.

Comprising three parts, and shot on a combination of HD Video and 16mm, Maria Kourkouta and Niki Giannari’s minimalist documentary observes these events in a series of carefully modeled static images that open up the space within and without of the frame, and in the closing black-and-white sequence offers...