ANCIENT WORLD · PRODUCTION ARCHIVE
Films, documentary series and selected episodes from 2024 and earlier.
An expanding archive of completed productions, with dated sources and connections to their historical worlds.
Completed productions dated 2024 or earlier; production-year records are labelled.
57 entries
Documentary series · 6 episodes · 2024
Released
Alexander & Hellenistic
A six-part Netflix docudrama combines historical interpretation, expert interviews and archaeology to follow Alexander’s rise.
Fantasy drama series · 8 episodes · 2024
Released
Greek Mythology
Charlie Covell reimagines Greek gods, prophecy and the underworld in a contemporary fantasy series.
Feature film · 2024
Released
Homeric & Mycenaean · Greek Mythology
Ralph Fiennes and Juliette Binoche play Odysseus and Penelope in Uberto Pasolini’s adaptation of the final movement of the Odyssey.
Documentary · 2024
Released
Homeric & Mycenaean · Greek Mythology
A PBS documentary investigates the contested suggestion that a Mycenaean tomb on Kefalonia might be connected with Odysseus.
Documentary short · 20 minutes · 2024
Released
Classical Greece
Christos Sarris connects Greek tragedy and the Athenian political inheritance with contemporary debate through an Onassis Culture documentary.
Documentary · 24 minutes · 2024 · Production year
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Classical Greece
Jakob Schmidt and Jannis Funk examine the Athenian democracy story in a German documentary produced in 2024 and published by ARTE in 2025.
Documentary episode · Ancient Megacities · 2024 · Production year
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Homeric & Mycenaean
The Troy episode of Ancient Megacities investigates the city’s construction and archaeology through expert contributions and digital reconstruction.
Documentary series · Selected episodes · 2024
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Homeric & Mycenaean · Classical Greece · Alexander & Hellenistic
Four ancient-Greek episodes of the 2024 series explore Homer, Alexander, classical political leaders and the great tragedians through their sculptural afterlives.
Documentary · 52 minutes · 2023
Released
Classical Greece · Greek Mythology
Sébastien Reichenbach follows the discovery of the sanctuary of Artemis at Amarynthos after decades of Swiss and Greek archaeological investigation.
Animated short film · 2023
Released
Classical Greece
Martin Klekner’s independent CGI short explores the human memory of war within the world of the Greco-Persian conflicts.
Feature film · Ancient Greek language · 2023
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Classical Greece · Greek Mythology
An independent tragicomedy spoken and sung in Ancient Greek brings Aristophanes, Euripides and other classical texts into a new screen story.
Feature documentary · 99 minutes · 2023
Released
Minoan World
Filippos Koutsaftis follows the excavation of the Minoan palace at Zakros, archaeologist Nikolaos Platon and the lives surrounding the site.
Documentary series · 8 episodes · 2023
Released
Classical Greece
Theodoros Papakostas follows the people, manuscripts and historical circumstances through which ancient Greek texts reached the present.
Documentary series · 3 episodes · 2023
Released
Homeric & Mycenaean · Classical Greece
Lina Damaskopoulou examines how Greeks defined themselves through changing ideas about foreigners, enemies, freedom and slavery.
Docudrama episode · 1 hour 47 minutes · 2023
Released
Alexander & Hellenistic
The opening episode of Ancient Empires follows Alexander’s rapid expansion from Macedonia into a vast empire.
Speculative factual entertainment · Episode · 2023
Released
Greek Mythology
An Ancient Aliens episode reinterprets Zeus, Apollo and Poseidon through extraterrestrial speculation. Included as screen entertainment, not archaeological evidence.
History and comedy · Episode · 2023
Released
Classical Greece · Greek Mythology
A history-and-comedy episode uses Zeus and Ganymede to discuss Greek mythology and sexuality through a contemporary queer perspective.
Documentary episode · 45 minutes · 2022 · Production year
Released
Classical Greece · Greek Mythology
Giannis Vakrinos explores Arcadian mystery cults through archaeological discussion and contemporary artistic responses.
Documentary series · International two-part version · 2021 · Production year
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Minoan World · Homeric & Mycenaean · Classical Greece · Alexander & Hellenistic
A survey of Greek sites and cultural legacies, catalogued by Autentic as a 2021 production and later distributed under English and German titles.
Online historical animation · Episode · 2023
Released
Classical Greece
The opening video examines the causes of the war between Athens and Sparta and the siege of Potidaea.
Online historical animation · Episode · 2023
Released
Classical Greece
The episode examines the siege of Plataea during the Peloponnesian War. This is the siege of 429–427 BCE, not the battle against the Persians in 479 BCE.
Online historical animation · Episode · 2023
Released
Classical Greece
The episode continues the account of the Peloponnesian War through an Athenian reversal of Spartan fortunes.
Animated feature film · 2022
Released
Minoan World · Greek Mythology
Carlo Vogele retells the myths of Icarus, Daedalus and the Minotaur through an animated friendship in Crete.
Documentary · 2022 · Production year
Released
Later Reception & Cultural Continuity · Alexander & Hellenistic
Natacha Giler follows the Venus de Milo from an ancient sculpture to a modern icon of beauty and artistic interpretation.
Documentary · 2022
Released
Later Reception & Cultural Continuity · Classical Greece
Bettina Joy de Guzman visits Delphi to explore how an ancient centre of wisdom can speak to contemporary life.
Feature film · Contemporary mythological horror · 2022
Released
Later Reception & Cultural Continuity · Greek Mythology
Travis Stevens combines a contemporary horror story with Greek mythological influences and surrealist imagery.
Feature film · Superhero fantasy · 2022
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Later Reception & Cultural Continuity · Greek Mythology
The Marvel adventure includes Zeus and Olympus within a much wider superhero and mythological universe.
Educational web series · Episode · 2022
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Greek Mythology
An educational episode explores Demeter and Persephone, seasonal change, the underworld and the different meanings given to their myth.
Documentary series · Selected episode · 2022
Released
Classical Greece
The opening episode follows art from prehistoric Europe to Egypt and ancient Greece.
Cultural travel series · Selected episode · 2022
Released
Later Reception & Cultural Continuity · Minoan World · Classical Greece
The journey connects Olympia, Kefalonia and Chania through questions about monuments, local legends and cultural history.
Food and travel series · Selected episode · 2022
Released
Later Reception & Cultural Continuity
Chef Maria Loi explores food in Athens and Piraeus through a contemporary invitation to eat like the ancient Greek gods.
Documentary series · Selected episode · 2022
Released
Alexander & Hellenistic
Archaeologists investigate Alexander’s position in Egypt and the material legacy of his reign.
Online historical animation · Episode · 2022
Released
Alexander & Hellenistic
The episode examines Alexander’s adoption of Persian practices and the tensions surrounding his changing court.
Feature film · Contemporary mythological fiction · 2022
Released
Later Reception & Cultural Continuity · Greek Mythology
During a coup in contemporary Greece, Odysseus takes refuge in a theatre, where his encounter with Athena begins a mythological transformation.
Animated short · 2022 · Production year
Released
Later Reception & Cultural Continuity · Classical Greece
A magician briefly brings Greek spirits to life on the plain where the ancient colony of Himera once stood.
Archaeological documentary short · 2022 · Production year
Released
Minoan World
The film introduces the archaeological complex at Petras, near Sitia, with its Minoan palace, settlements and cemeteries.
Historical interpretation · Documentary short · 2022 · Production year
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Byzantine World
A continuous journey through the palace introduces successive roles in the world of Byzantine Mystras.
Documentary short · Mythological nature interpretation · 2022
Released
Greek Mythology
An imagined nymph’s story connects Greek mythology with the landscape of Kefalonia and the relationship between people and nature.
Short fiction · Contemporary historical reception · 2022
Released
Later Reception & Cultural Continuity · Classical Greece
A contemporary dystopian story in Perama takes its title and historical resonance from the landscape associated with Xerxes watching the battle of Salamis.
Cultural travel episode · Literary reception · 2022 · Production year
Released
Later Reception & Cultural Continuity · Classical Greece
The episode follows the ancient associations of Flaubert’s journey through Greece in 1850.
Cultural travel episode · Literary reception · 2022 · Production year
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Later Reception & Cultural Continuity
Greek landscapes and ancient legends are read through Marguerite Yourcenar’s Memoirs of Hadrian.
Cultural travel episode · Material-culture continuity · 2022 · Production year
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Later Reception & Cultural Continuity
The history of Chios is approached through mastic, the resin that made the island a coveted Mediterranean territory.
Cultural travel episode · Cultural continuity · 2022 · Production year
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Later Reception & Cultural Continuity
The programme explores Icaria through its food, fertile land, resistance and culture of celebration.
Arts magazine · Selected museum segment · 2022
Released
Later Reception & Cultural Continuity · Classical Greece
The opening segment visits Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts and its reimagined Greek and Roman galleries.
Documentary · 52 minutes · 2021
Released
Classical Greece · Alexander & Hellenistic
Bernard George follows the recovery and performance of ancient Greek music through papyrus evidence, instruments and digital reconstruction.
Documentary series · Four episodes · 2021
Released
Later Reception & Cultural Continuity · Minoan World · Classical Greece
A four-part aerial documentary connects Greek landscapes, ancient sites, mythology and contemporary life.
Documentary episode · Season one, episode one · 2021
Released
Classical Greece · Alexander & Hellenistic
Bettany Hughes visits Greek archaeological sites in the opening episode of Treasures of the World.
Documentary · 60 minutes · 2021
Released
Later Reception & Cultural Continuity · Greek Mythology
Bettany Hughes explores humanity’s relationship with nature through Gaia and related ancient divine figures.
Feature film · Contemporary mythological reception · 2021
Released
Later Reception & Cultural Continuity · Greek Mythology
Anita Rocha da Silveira reworks Medusa through a contemporary Brazilian story of control, violence and female resistance.
Immersive VR narrative · 16 minutes · 2021
Released
Later Reception & Cultural Continuity · Greek Mythology
Fabito Rychter and Amir Admoni place the viewer inside a shifting labyrinth for a contemporary encounter with the Minotaur.
Documentary · 68 minutes · 2021 · Production year
Released
Later Reception & Cultural Continuity · Classical Greece
Marianna Economou follows the Greek craft and ancient-art influences behind Dior’s Cruise 2022 collection.
Cultural-travel episode · 13 minutes · 2021 · Production year
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Later Reception & Cultural Continuity · Classical Greece
A short cultural-travel programme connects Byron’s encounter with Greece to classical remains and Romantic imagination.
Cultural-travel episode · 13 minutes · 2021 · Production year
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Byzantine World · Later Reception & Cultural Continuity · Classical Greece
An ARTE-distributed episode follows the Greek communities of Bulgaria across a long history of settlement and displacement.
Archaeological documentary · 33 minutes · 2021 · Production year
Released
Later Reception & Cultural Continuity
Ioannis Asvestas follows the passage of archaeological finds from excavation through conservation and identification.
Documentary episode · 44-minute ZDF version · 2021
Released
Later Reception & Cultural Continuity · Classical Greece
The 2021 documentary series investigates the destruction and rediscovery of the classical Greek city of Helike.
Documentary · Terra X and ARTE versions · 2021
Released
Homeric & Mycenaean · Greek Mythology
A documentary investigation revisits the Trojan horse story through archaeological questions and alternative readings of the myth.
Digital theatre / screen adaptation · 54 minutes · 2021 · Production year
Released
Later Reception & Cultural Continuity · Classical Greece
Valentina Papadimitraki and Tasos Karakyklas translate Aristophanes’ Clouds into a hybrid digital work for younger audiences.
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