The canaries (Ta kanarinia)
Documentary, 17΄, 2019
Synopsis: Petrina and Stathis fell in love when they were little kids. However, they went separate ways and each one followed their own path. They had children, grandchildren, they raised their families. Several years later, when they were left alone, they got together again, got married to grow old together. Today, at 85 years old, they live together in Syros island with their canaries..
Yorgos Kivernitis
Born in 1986, he is a photographer and filmmaker based in Athens, Greece. The short documentary “The Canaries” is his debut film and won the Audience Award for the Best Greek Short Documentary at the 21st Thessaloniki Documentary Festival (TDF). It has also participated in several other film festivals.