The seven films
Lineage of the Future
Meet the family and see the process
Explore the exhibition introduction, films on five of the six family portraits, and a film about how the sculptures are made. Each film opens on YouTube.
The films on Maria and Christos are narrated in the voice of Panayota, the artist’s mother, speaking of her mother and of her husband.
This page lists the English versions. Switch to العربية for the corresponding Arabic films. The selection contains five individual portrait films; The Companion is explored on its sculpture page. Meet The Companion
For institutional screenings, please confirm film durations, caption tracks, rights and offline playback files with the studio before finalising the audiovisual plan.
Lineage of the Future
Watch on YouTube: Lineage of the FutureSix larger-than-life sculptural portraits, accompanied by documentary films and archival footage, trace a family’s journey from Smyrna to Athens to New York.
Film language: English · Runtime 1:39
Grandmother: The Root
Watch on YouTube: Grandmother: The RootThe family story begins with departure. Maria left Smyrna in 1922 and rebuilt her life in Greece. Her portrait holds the memory of that rupture, and the work of beginning again.
Film language: English · Runtime 1:05
Mother: The Haven
Watch on YouTube: Mother: The HavenPanayota’s portrait brings the story into the life of the next generation. The Haven honours the care that helps a family rebuild and endure after upheaval.
Film language: English · Runtime 1:00
Father: The Captain
Watch on YouTube: Father: The CaptainChristos’s life at sea opens the family story to the wider world. The Captain considers the distance, risk, and responsibility involved in making a living across oceans.
Film language: English · Runtime 0:32
Self-portrait: The Crucible
Watch on YouTube: Self-portrait: The CrucibleThe artist places himself within the family story. The Crucible transforms inherited memories into a personal artistic language.
Film language: English · Runtime 1:43
Daughter: The Light
Watch on YouTube: Daughter: The LightSofia’s portrait turns towards the future. The Light leaves the family story open: the next generation inherits a past and remains free to shape its future.
Film language: English · Runtime 0:39
Making the work
Watch on YouTube: Making the workFollow the sculptures from clay modelling and digital development to large-scale printing, hand reworking, metal coatings and patinas. This film illustrates the artist’s broader practice, including bronze casting; the Sulala portraits themselves are printed in recycled PETG and finished by hand with metal coatings, patinas and pigments.
Film language: English · Runtime 1:34