A Couple Years by Lydia Konsta
- In A Couple of Years, you explore the concept of “Rückkehr-illusion” — the illusion of return that many Greek emigrants experienced. What inspired you to center this emotional paradox, and how do you think it shapes the construction of identity across generations of Greek migrants?
- Throughout the film, characters often express feeling “in-between” cultures, belonging to both Greece and Germany but fully to neither. When directing the interviews and framing these stories, how did you approach portraying this complex emotional state visually and narratively?
- Language plays a strong symbolic role in the film, especially in the scene where Theo reflects on switching between Greek and German. How intentional was your focus on language as a marker of identity, and how do you see language shaping the migrant experience across different generations?
- Migration often evokes narratives of loss and sacrifice, but A Couple of Years also captures moments of resilience and new forms of community, specially through art and music. When creating the documentary, did you aim to challenge traditional migration narratives of victimhood, and if so, how?