Greece, 2019 to 2023. Mitsotakis replaces Tsipras in power in Greece, promising to put an end to Exarcheia, a rebellious and supportive district of Athens. But resistance organizes and reinforcements arrive from other European cities. The rallying cry becomes "No Pasaran!" Over the years, other struggles spread from north to south of Greece to defend the land, the sea, and life: in Crete, in Thessaly, in Epirus... Even on the island of Paros in the Cyclades, the population protests on the beaches turned into paid ones and manages to make them a common good again, for everyone's happiness. When everything seems to collapse, in Athens as elsewhere, the same response is heard: "we are not afraid of ruins, we carry a new world in our hearts.
A Franco-Greek philosopher and film-maker, Yannis Youlountas is also a leader of children's tea parties, a researcher in cooperative pedagogy, and a critic of the media's fabrication of opinion. Since 2008, he has been taking part in events in Greece, reporting them in articles, photos, books and films, and organizing solidarity actions and convoys. Yannis has been a member of several of the collectives featured on the screen, particularly in Exarcheia and Crete, for the past fifteen years.

We are not afraid of ruins / Nous n'avons pas peur des ruines / https://paspeurdesruines.net/
Director | Yannis Youlountas
Year | 2024
Country | Greece
Duration | 78 minutes
Original language | French, greek
Subtitles | French
Image | Maud Youlountas, Yannis Youlountas
Sound mixing | Berceau D’un Autre Monde
Editing | Maud Youlountas, Yannis Youlountas

Doors open at 20:00, screening starts at 20:30. Donation more than welcome since Yannis is touring around various countries to present his film.