Khrónos 1981 is an episode of Gérard Courant's Filmed Notebooks shot entirely in Thessaloniki, Greece, in parallel with the filmmaker's presence at the city's Super 8 film festival, where he presented his Cinematon series and his feature film Coeur bleu. Gérard Courant filmed, day by day, the life of the city, the activities on the waterfront, the university and the city centre.