Night Recedes

The film Night Recedes traces the fascinating journey of two particularly significant artists: the renowned Greek sculptor Memos Makris (1913–1993) and the multifaceted personality of Zizi Makri (1924–2014). Their lives — among German-occupied Athens, postwar Paris with its vibrant cultural scene, and Cold War-era Budapest — are shaped by art and the history of the 20th century, where hopes and disappointments from both sides of the “Iron Curtain” overlap and shed light on one another.
Through their works and recollections, Night Recedes reexamines the major questions that still resonate deeply within us: utopia and ideology, totalitarianism(s), exile, and freedom.

Director: Timon Koulmasis

Timon Koulmasis lives and works as a film director, writer and producer in Paris and Athens. His films, fiction and documentary, have been selected at the festivals in Cannes, Venice, Berlin, Locarno, Montreal. In 2023, he was honored by the French Ministry of Culture with the title of Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres.