Albgreko

Denisa, Dimitris, Stefania, and Orestis — children and grandchildren of Albanian immigrants from the 1990s — were born and raised in Greece. On camera, they share their lived experience. It is not the experience of migration itself, but their own stories: stories that are neither solely Albanian nor purely Greek, but both Albanian and Greek / Greek and Albanian all the same. A new sense of belonging, genuine and full of hope, emerges from their generation. At a time when identity wars rage across the world — including in Europe and the Balkans — the director’s lens reveals these layered identities not as burdens of history, but as compasses pointing toward a brighter future.

Director: Ilir Tsouko

Ilir Tsouko is a visual storyteller, photographer, and filmmaker. Born in Albania, raised in Athens, and currently based in Berlin and Tirana, he works on long-term projects exploring the perception and formation of identity in its ever-evolving forms. His work has been featured in The New York Times, The Guardian, DIE ZEIT MAGAZIN, The Washington Post, ARTE, ZDF, Der Spiegel, Vogue, Polaroid, and others. Albgreko is his first documentary as a solo director.