Lachtara. Tęsknota | Lower Silesian Premiere | Meeting

The Lower Silesian premiere of the film “Lachtara. Tęsknota,” directed by Sebastian Chondrokostas (Greece, Poland, 2026), will take place on November 4, 2026, at 7:00 p.m. at the Lower Silesian Film Centre (Sala Lalka). DCF is a co-producer of this Polish-Greek film, which combines a personal family story with the experience of migration and the memory of Greek refugees. After the civil war, they found refuge in Lower Silesia.

The main characters are a Greek man and his adult son, a Pole of Greek descent. After years apart, they meet in Athens. After the death of the ex-wife and mother, they must travel together to Wałbrzych to deal with the family apartment. The journey across Europe gives them the chance to confront the past and try to rebuild their lost bond.

The plot draws on the story of Greek refugees who fled the civil war to Poland in 1949. Many of them settled in Lower Silesia, where a Greek community still lives today. The film explores themes of identity, memory, and ties to one's place of origin, and shows how the history of successive generations shapes family relationships.

• starring: Filip Pławiak, Branko Đurić, and Sarina Farhadi,
• directed by: Sebastian Chondrokostas,
• screenplay by: Sebastian Chondrokostas with Mirosław Borek,
• cinematography: Piotr Wojtowicz (filmed partly in Wałbrzych).

Practical information: after the screening, there will be a meeting with the filmmakers. The film is co-financed by the Lower Silesian Voivodeship Self-Government through the Lower Silesian Film Fund.