The Unknowing of Things

synopsis

A visual maelstrom condenses documents from the General State Archives of Greece, revealing that meaning unfolds between them. In a stroboscopic animation of thousands of maps, yearbook portraits, official records, photographs and newspaper pages, time contracts and expands, taking shape through rhythm and interventions in the materials themselves. As soon as the flow stops, an agnosia of the gathered things creeps in: the image fades, or a scar appears within it – a mark of absence.

“By animating these documents, I wanted to release the small movements hidden inside them: the pressure of handwriting, the erosion of paper, the ghosts of administrative language. Archives preserve, but they also destroy.” — Aristotelis Maragkos

biography

Aristotelis Maragkos (1985) is a Greek screenwriter and director. He studied architecture at the National Technical University of Athens and film at the London Film School; he works in Greece and the UK. He experiments with various forms and materials and explores the theme of the past. He made his debut with the experimental feature-length horror film The Timekeepers of Eternity (2021), followed by Beachcomber (2025), which won the Best Director award at the Thessaloniki International Film Festival.

film details

director:	Aristotelis Maragkos
producer:	Aristotelis Maragkos
editing:	Rebecca Marshall
music:	George Ramadanis

contact

Aristotelis Maragkos
terminalbeachltd@gmail.com