TV series: 50 Kitchens, one City – Greece

Produced for Deutsche Welle – with love, hunger and a camera crew.

»50 Kitchens, One Home« – Basiliscus Film produced 50 magazine features over nine months on behalf of Deutsche Welle for the lifestyle magazine euromaxx.

Stephanie Drescher was responsible for editing, research and organisation, whilst Uwe Schwarze handled camera work and post-production. Together, we filmed in 50 Berlin kitchens, wrote all the voice-over scripts and penned the text for the accompanying publication. 50 people, 50 recipes, 50 stories about home, cooking and life in one of the world’s most diverse cities.

TV and web series with the Greek restaurant »Taverna Ousia«

Sunshine on the plate, the sea somewhere in the memory – and in the middle of it all, a Berlin kitchen that smells of oregano and olive oil. Greek food always carries a story with it. Telling that story without over-romanticising it is the craft that defines our video production work. This episode is one of our favourites from the entire series.

“My parents moved to a foreign country, and I was born here, but they did not want my brother and me to forget where we came from. That's why they taught us the Greek culture – the language, the food,” Athanasios Gortsas tells us when we meet him for the series “50 Kitchens, one city” at the Taverna Ousia. The ancient Greek tradition plays an important role in the restaurant, which is specialized on Mezedes, small dishes that have a great advantage: you can try something of everything. Typical Greek is also the lamb shoulder in red wine sauce, which we have prepared together. One eats it with fresh vegetables.