World Lullabies: “Lullaby оf Greece” [Колыбельные мира: Колыбельная Греции] (2005)

3 min. / Modern Greek / Directors: Anna Samoylovich & Yelizaveta Skvortsova; Metronome Films

This brief video features a musical performance of the traditional modern Greek lullaby, “Nani Nani”, accompanied by stylized animation that features a mother putting her child to bed by reading a storybook. He dreams of various moments from Greek epic mythology, including Odysseus and the Sirens, the judgment of Paris, the Trojan Horse, and the Cyclops. Iconic aspects of ancient Greek culture — the Olympics, architecture, and theater — are featured in subsequent vignettes. The child awakens suddenly to the image of Icarus of falling from the sky, and realizes he has been dreaming.