My short film ATHALASSA, about the harsh realities of a tuberculosis sanatorium in 1930s Cyprus, had its first screening in Nicosia, Cyprus, my hometown, on 5 November 2024.
Hosted by the University of Nicosia Medical School, the screening had more than 100 people in attendance and was followed by a panel discussion on the history of tuberculosis in Cyprus, with pulmonologist Prof. Dr. Evis Bagdades, Producer John Evangelides and myself.
You can rent “Athalassa” online here.
Cyprus, 1936. In the midst of a raging tuberculosis epidemic, a dedicated young doctor seeks inventive ways to save his patients’ lives and protect them from the disease’s social stigma. The film is adapted from a short autobiographical story by Dr. Takis Evangelides, a Cypriot lung specialist who was a pioneer in the fight against TB in the 1930s and 40s, when the island was still a British colony.
“Athalassa” Writer/Director Argyro Nicolaou with producer John Evangelides