Director Eleni Alexandrakis will be present and participate in Q&A following the screening of her movie.
Giannis in the Cities
1949, towards the end of the Greek Civil War. Yannis, the son of a rebel, is torn from his village and deported to the Childcare Cities where his ideas and desires are manipulated. Nightmares and dark feelings for his father slowly inhabit his heart. Only when he reaches adulthood does he redefine his existence, so he decides to go and meet the man.
In collaboration with the UCLA Stavros Niarchos Foundation, Sacrameno State Hellenic Studies Program, UC Berkeley Modern Greek and Hellenic Studies Program, and Modern Greek Studies Foundation, the San Francisco Greek Film Festival is honored to present a special screening of Giannis in the Cities on Friday, February 20, 2026 at Delancey. Set against the final days of the Greek Civil War, the film follows a child torn from his family and raised in the state “Childcare Cities,” carrying the lasting weight of displacement into adulthood.
Director Eleni Alexandrakis will be present for the screening and will participate in a Q&A following the film.
Doors open at 6:00 PM, opening remarks begin at 6:30 PM, and the screening starts promptly at 7:00 PM, followed by a reception.
