FROM THE EDGE OF THE CITY by Costantine Giannaris| 1998 | 94´| Screenplay: Costantine Giannaris | Producers: Anastasios Vasiliou, Dionyssis Samiotis | Executive producer: Maria Powell | Direction of Photography: Yorgos Argyroiliopoulos | Editing: Ioanna Spiliopoulou | Music: Akis Daoutis | Art direction: Michalis Samiotis | Costumes: Sunny Alberti | Sound: Dinos Kittou | Make-up: Eleftheria Efthymiou | Hair stylist: Chronis Tzimos | Production: Mythos Ltd, Rosebud SA, Hot Shot Productions, Greek Film Center.

Cast: Stathis Papadopoulos, Dimitris Papoulidis, Theodora Tzimou, Costas Kotsianidis, Panayiotis Chartomatzidis, Anestis Polychronidis, Nikos Kamontos, Stelios Tsemboglidis, Yorgos Mavridis, Panagiota Vlachosotirou, Silvia Venizelea, Emilios Heilakis, Vasias Eleftheriadis, Evri Sofroniadi, Yannis Kontrafouris, Tasos Nousias.

Awards / Distinctions / Festival participation: Best Director Award & 2nd Best Film Award, Thessaloniki International Film Festival 1998. Official Selection, Panorama, Berlin International Film Festival 1999.

The film follows the daily lives of a small group of Pontiac-Greek teenagers, from their adventures in their neighbourhood of Menidi to petty thefts and turning tricks in Omonia Square. Sasha, Kotsian and Panagiotis are immigrants from Kazakhstan who still want to conquer the world. Newly arrived in Greece a few years ago, they still feel marginalised in their new homeland. Sasha is constantly clashing with his father and the construction job he hates. Panagiotis is supposed to be keeping tabs on a hooker until her pimp can sell her off to someone else, but ends up falling for her. As one of their friends dies from a bad heroin batch, their raging, dead-end journeys through the city meet with devastating results.

An electrifying portrait of adventurous, marginalised youth, the film follows a handful of boys on a mission to conquer the Greek metropolis and get one step closer to fulfilling a dream that remains elusive. Starting out with a bang, their collision is destined to be dramatic. From the Edge of the City established Constantine Giannaris as a household name just before the dawn of the 21st Century, followed by One Day in August three years later.

The film will be screened in a newly restored digital copy, created for the purposes of the event “Motherland, I See You'', with English subtitles.