Greek Orthodox Community of Melbourne and Victoria

Greece/UK, 2014, 80mins (Documentary)

Director Theopi Skarlatos

-- screens sequentially with "The Other Human" --

"Imagine trying to [flirt] through a noxious smog of tear gas." Vice UK

While the political and economic aspects of Greece's financial meltdown have been well-documented, not-so the equally cataclysmic impacts of this crisis on relationships.

With more than half of the country's young people unemployed, wages continuing to decline and suicide rates disastrously high, love and relationships are the only things some people have left in their lives. And, when you don't even have that, how do young and old Greek people find love? Can intimacy act as an escape from calamitous times?

British-based Greek journalist Theopi Skarlatos and producer Kostas Kallergis turned to Kickstarter to fund this exceptionally insightful documentary. In it, they shine a light on one of the more unspoken casualties of the Greece's recent economic crisis, something that pie charts and balance sheets cannot tangibly measure.

Written by: Theopi Skarlatos, Kostas Kallergis

Produced by: Kostas Kallergis, Paul Mason, Marcus Markou, Dan Harris

About the Director:

Theopi Skarlatos is a journalist, producer and presenter. Her print career can be traced back to New Design Magazine, Greece Magazine and Athens News. In electronic media, she has worked across television, radio and online for organisations such as BBC, ITN and ITV. Love in a Time of Crisis is her feature documentary debut.

Greek Synopsis:

Μήπως τελικά ο έρωτας είναι το μόνο αντίδωτο και στήριγμα των ανθρώπων, ιδιαίτερα των νέων, στη σημερινή χαώδη κατάσταση στην Ελλάδα;