no. 2, Student Voices, vol. 5July 3, 2020<July 6, 2020

You are the Film I Started to Make but Never Finished

by Eleni Kalantzi

In “You are the Film I Started to Make but Never Finished,” Eleni Kalantzi exposes the inner thoughts and emotions of a student on what’s happening on the “outside.”

Ed. note: This video essay is part of a special Student Voices section devoted to documenting student responses and reflections to the COVID-19 crisis, which has had such an unprecedented effect on student lives. To see the other entries, click here

In “You are the Film I Started to Make but Never Finished,” Eleni Kalantzi, an MA student studying Film Production and Direction at the National University of Ireland Galway, exposes the inner thoughts and emotions of a student on what’s happening on the “outside.” The film project is in essence a journal turned into a visual poem, encapsulating the author’s perception of the situation and their way of coping with being away from their country and loved ones.