When The Swallows Fall Silent (2025)

Directed by Constantinos Patsalides

Duration: 60 mins

​In a rapidly changing old city, a heartfelt narrative unfolds around the historic Faneromeni School and the iconic Mattheo’s restaurant where the history and cherished traditions of the past collide with the pressures of modernization. It’s a fight against the odds in a neighborhood that is no longer the same.

ABOUT THE DIRECTOR

Born in Cyprus in 1981. His first feature creative documentary BELOVED DAYS was selected in Thessaloniki Documentary Festival 2015 and traveled to renowned international festivals. His last documentary, Roll Call Of The Missing, is distributed by Cosmote. He directed two more short films and two documentaries.

Awards & Screenings

  • 2025, Thessaloniki International Documentary Festival 
  • 2025, GREEK FILM FESTIVAL March, Paris 
  • 2025, K CINEPLEX Cinemas, April,  3 weeks in Nicosia
  • 2025,  DANAOS Cinema May 17&18 in commercial zone
  • 2025,  LE GRAND ACTION CINEMA September, Paris in commercial zone
  • 2025  ZITA FOLKET BIO cinema, October, Sweden

Saturday, January 31, 2026
7:30 p.m.                                                                                                                              LMU’s Broccoli Theater