DOMINIKOS IGNATIADIS
Dominikos Ignatiadis was born in Germany and holds a dual German and Greek citizenship. He is member of the Greek Documentary Association and has attended film and documentary courses in Kapodistriako University of Athens. In 2015 he releases his short film Curriculum Vitae, and in 2017 he made his documentary debut with “Village Potemkin” which was awarded the Greek association of Films Critics at the 19TH Thessaloniki Documentary Festival. His second documentary “Gabriella – The German with the Bicycle” (2021) which was projected in multiple festivals nationally and internationally, and was nominated for the awards of the Greek Academy of Cinema as well as the Golden Alexander of the 25th Thessaloniki Documentary Festival and was awarded at the Moscow Film Festival. He directed, and co-produced with the Greek Film Centre (GFC) his third documentary Prison Blues (2023) which participated in the 25th Thessaloniki documentary festival in the Open section Horizons. He is soon finishing his new film “Rinoula 2024” with the central issue of nomadic animal husbandry in our country, an institution-ritual that is going to disappear.
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The story of a woman born in postwar Germany and her overwhelming need to live, love, and matter. Several years after her death, her son embarks on an in-depth inquiry into her diary, her letters, the people, and the places she once knew.
A trip between Stuttgart, Germany and Alexandria, Greece, with an underlying question: “What kind of life is this?” Meanwhile, during this trip, her son tries to make peace with his always fleeing mother, “The German with the bicycle.”
CAST
Effi Rabsilber
Alexandron Koh
Evambia Zavou
Marita Tzatzadaki
CREDITS
SCREENPLAY: Dominikos Ignatiadis
CINEMATOGRAPHY: Nikos Thomas, Vassilis Kalemos
EDITING: Chronis Theocharis
MUSIC: The boy (Alexandros Voulgaris)
SOUND: Stavros Symeonidis, Vasilis Kalemos, Marita Tzatzadaki
NARRATION: Effi Rabsilber
AWARDS
MOSCOW INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
Best Feature Documentary
BALKAN/NORDIC FILM FESTIVAL
Official Selection
ZINOBI FILM FESTIVAL
Official Selection
THESSALONIKI INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FILM FESTIVAL
Film Critics Award
REVIEWS
Dominikos Ignatiadis was just 16 years old when his mother, Gabriela, left his family, a fact that has haunted him for much of his adult life. After her death, he embarked on an intimate journey into the past, using her diary, her letters, and the recollections of her family and friends to try to unravel the mystery of her life. “Gabriela – The German With the Bicycle” is Ignatiadis’ deeply personal account of trying to make peace with his mother. The story of a woman born in postwar Germany who had an overwhelming need to live, love, and matter, the film had its world premiere in the Newcomers International Competition of the Thessaloniki Documentary Festival. Ignatiadis’ journey took him from Stuttgart, Germany to Alexandria, Greece, as he tried to answer the underlying question: “What kind of life is this?”
Christopher Vourlias – VARIETY