Birmingham-based filmmaker Jessica Chriesman highlights the synergy between the Greek notion of philoxenia (“friend of the stranger”) and Southern hospitality, as expressed through Birmingham’s Greek-owned restaurants. Philoxenia premiered at the Southern Foodways Alliance 2021 Spring Symposium March 13-14.
Philoxenia won the Award of Excellence for Documentary at the 3rd Annual Foothills Film Festival in North Carolina.
Philoxenia won Best Documentary at the Sixth Annual Calcasieu Parish Short Film Festival in Louisiana.
Philoxenia won Best Short Documentary at the Tenth Annual Fairhope Film Festival in Alabama.
Philoxenia was nominated for Best Short Documentary at the Greek International Film Festival of Canada.
Jessica Chriesman 