Cinedoc Presents: TACK

Ahead of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, CineDoc is organizing a series of screenings of Vania Turner’s documentary TACK across Greece, in collaboration with cinemas, cultural organizations, counseling centers and educational institutions. In Athens, a special screening of the documentary will take place on Sunday, November 30 at 16:00 at Danaos Cinema, where a Q&A with the director will follow the screening.

Synopsis

When Olympic champion Sofia Bekatorou publicly reveals that she was raped by a powerful official of the Hellenic Sailing Federation, she sparks the #MeToo movement in Greece and gives hundreds of women the strength to break their own silence. One of these women is Amalia, a young sailing champion who decides to report her former coach for the systematic abuse she suffered from him between the ages of 11 and 13.

TACK follows the two women over two years, documenting their lives and their struggle during a landmark trial — the first of the Greek #MeToo. Animated sketches bring to life the harsh courtroom proceedings, during which Amalia endures grueling testimony, victim blaming and repeated attempts to undermine her credibility. At the same time, Sofia is forced to confront her trauma and her relationship with her father again, while pushing for institutional reforms.

The two women realize that their fight to change Greek society is still at its beginning. Thus, they will need to “tack,” just as sailors do when maneuvering between opposing winds.

TACK – SCREENING INFORMATION

ATHENS – Danaos Cinema (Kifisias 109, Ampelokipoi)
Sunday, November 30, 2025
Start time: 16:00
Information & advance tickets HERE!
Presence of director Vania Turner; a Q&A with her will follow the screening.

ATHENS – Deree – The American College of Greece
Tuesday, November 25, 2025
Start time: 15:30
Screening as part of the “TACKling Violence” event. A discussion with director Vania Turner will follow. The discussion will be moderated by Professors Chryssa Zachou and Artemis Anastasiadou.

ATHENS – Pallini Music High School
Tuesday, November 25, 2025
A discussion with director Vania Turner will follow the screening.

THESSALONIKI – University of Macedonia (Room 9)
Tuesday, November 25, 2025
Start time: 16:00
In collaboration with the Committee for Gender Equality and Anti-Discrimination of the University of Macedonia.

PATRAS
Tuesday, November 25, 2025
In collaboration with the Patras Counseling Center.

KEFALONIA
Thursday, November 27, 2025
In collaboration with the Women’s Counseling Center of Kefalonia.

SERRES – Asteria Theatre (Serres Municipal Regional Theatre)
Tuesday, December 2, 2025
In collaboration with the Women’s Counseling Center of the Municipality of Serres.

The film had its Greek premiere during the 26th Thessaloniki International Documentary Festival, where it received five distinctions (WIFT — Women in Film & Television Award; the FIPRESCI — International Federation of Film Critics Award; the Best Film award from the Thessaloniki University Students’ Youth Jury; the ERT Award; and a Special Mention in the International Newcomers Competition).

Since then, the documentary has been screened and honored at numerous festivals in Greece and abroad (Regional Jury Award and Abakus Foundation Audience Award for Exceptional Discussion at the One World International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival; FIWOM.Choice Award — Grand Prix at the 17th Film Festival for Women’s Rights in South Korea; Special Mention in the International Documentary Competition at the 53rd Molodist International Film Festival in Ukraine; Music Award for Nikos Veliotis and Second Prize for Best Greek Feature-length Documentary at the Ierapetra International Documentary Film Festival, among others).

Director’s note

TACK is a very personal record of the lives and the struggle of two women for justice. Sofia’s and Amalia’s lives intersect when Amalia decides to send Sofia a message a few days after Sofia’s public testimony about being raped by a powerful figure in sailing. From that moment on, a legal battle begins against Amalia’s former coach.

The film follows and observes the two women over two years of complex and painful legal procedures. Their lives in the film unfold in parallel: I began filming Sofia while she was becoming a national symbol, not knowing what would follow and while the wave of accusations had only just begun to unfold. Shortly after I met Amalia and began spending time filming her and her family. A great intimacy developed between us, as well as with their families. Especially during the period of the trial, my camera became, in a sense, a repository of their thoughts and feelings. Thus, a window opened to me into the world of complex psychological trauma and how this affects victims and those close to them — no one remains unscathed when a rape occurs.

However, I wanted to go beyond the lives of the protagonists to tell the story of a broken criminal justice system and how it fragments victims. Through this painful record, I hope to raise questions about the lack of specialized training for judges and lawyers on gender-based violence and child abuse, as well as the absence of a general framework for victim protection. I also hope to provoke questions about how sexist beliefs, dominant culture, toxicity and pathology isolate, stigmatize and silence victims, even when those victims are children.