Fotis Korosiadis presents Queen of Victoria, a documentary in progress that focuses on the observation of Marilena’s everyday life in the neighborhood of Victoria Square in Athens. The camera follows her along her daily routes with her assistance dog, Zina, as she cares for stray animals and her domestic cats, engages in brief conversations with neighbors, and visits a bar frequented by elderly gay Athenians. At the core of the film lies the relationship between the inside and the outside: the home and the neighborhood as spaces that permeate and transform one another. Elements of public life enter the private sphere, accumulate, leave traces and form a palimpsest of inscriptions, while the neighborhood itself is reshaped alongside Marilena and the ways in which she inhabits it. Through this process of observation, the documentary captures a marginal yet deeply embodied experience of the city, in constant dialogue with time and the ongoing transformations of the urban landscape.

In collaboration with Columbia Global Center | Athens and the Center for Undergraduate Global Engagement