This blog is about “The Island Bus”, a feature documentary in development, produced by Lindsay Goodall of Scottish production company Beau Films, co-produced by High5Films Berlin and directed by yours truly: German filmmaker Sibylle Meder who lives on the Greek island of Tilos.
Updated roughly every two weeks (or so we hope 
), this blog contains my thoughts on the process of making a film on a remote Greek island – and my thoughts in general about films and Greece and life as a filmmaker – or all of the above.
The island’s bus service connects not only the different villages of Tilos, but the different generations, and people with a vastly different origin who all call Tilos home (even if only temporarily as a visitor).
Everyone meets at one stage on the island bus. And if not, maybe they have their mail delivered by its driver Pavlos, or send a few eggs to a shop with him. If you are visiting Tilos, Pavlos might catch the rope of the ferry you arrive on or you stop him to get a quick info about where to find Eristos Beach… Possibilities are endless. The island bus is the best way to explore what it’s like to live on this little isle somewhere in the Southern Aegean. And that’s what the documentary The Island Bus is all about!
For those of you able to read (and make sense of) German, there is a “sister blog” to this one called Der Inselbus: same topic, different posts. Go and have a look if you like. If you’re curious now, also have a look at sibyllemeder.net or my youtube channel.
Enjoy!
Hi Sybylle, I’ve come to this via Carole Kelly’s Facebook. I’ll be interested to see how it develops. We visit Tilos every year, but only for a couple of weeks. We did manage to stay for a couple of months a few years ago. I’m a big fan of Pavlos, so am looking forward to hearing more…..
By: Adrienne Wright on December 30, 2009
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Hi Adrienne,
The Island Bus has just been invited to a documentary workshop on Corfu where we had intensive 3 days discussing the project with TV professional from all over Europe. There’s been interest in the film from Greek TV and the next stop is a pitch presentation to acquire funding. We’ll have a facebook group soon, too, so if you’d like join this and you’ll be up to date with the latest news and gossip.
All the best from Tilos,
Sibylle
By: sibyllemeder on July 10, 2010
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very good video!!!!!!!! i was moved!!!! so many memories!!!!!
By: eirini georgopoulou on August 27, 2010
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[...] around the island bus and how it links the community. See a preview of the film here and her main blog [...]
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