Discoveries from Greece World Cinema

A lost short film.

The term ‘identity’ is evidently used today in order to describe the characteristics, choices and activities which allow us to discern ourselves, sometimes by joining and other times by separating ourselves from others. Now more than ever, we are living in an era composed of identities, admitting that there is not a single self and that identity does not concern something singular, impervious and stable, but rather a notion with multiple meanings, polyphonic and flowing, opening a broad field of conversation, reevaluation and new narration. Attempting to delve into the multiple terms (social, cultural, psychological) on the basis of which identities are formed, the project IDENTITY IN BETWEEN is organized by RUNONART NPO, and directed by Efi Spyrou, inviting five female artists to create new performance projects and to share their artistic expression and ideas on the notion of the multiple prisms of one’s being.

After a long period of pre-election promises, the well-known comedian relies on satire, playfulness, improvisation, and memorable lines, inviting the audience to vote for laughter until tears. He is joined on stage by a large troupe of actors and dancers, old and new collaborators, preparing for hilarious transformations and aiming to leave no stone unturned, from the paradoxes of everyday life to people and events from socio-political reality.

A news anchor presents the evening news, but the program doesn't unfold as she expects.

A commentary on fame and the illusion it creates for ordinary everyday people.

The video work "Violent Displacement" delves into the remarkable resilience and unwavering strength exhibited by LGBTQ+ individuals. Through the portrayal of characters confronting vulnerability and dispossession, the work masterfully echoes the repetitive nature of their daily struggles, thereby crafting a narrative that becomes an integral part of our shared heritage.

A reflection on the predicament of confinement within the domestic environment, stemming from found correspondence of a woman, dating between 1975 and 1980. Through shared points of reference and the embodiment of the above-mentioned state, the process of this work became an intergenerational dialogue with the stranger character. However, in Arrival, the narrative departs from the archived and imagines rather than a state of paralysis, the discontinuation of a cycle. Upon the character’s decision to leave her home and embark on a journey to an archipelago nearby, the island of her destination sucks her in as she merges into the wind.

A young performer reluctantly walks out on a theater stage for a piano performance to no crowd. All seems well, until he begins noticing strangers randomly showing up in the auditorium. The performer realizes he needs to step up his act, if he is willing to satisfy his newfound audience members.

The film "The Inventor" refers to the life of Giorgos Paraponiaris, a porter from Kalamata, as described by his daughters Alexandra and Tasia.

For the last 27 years, 72-year-old Pantelis, a refugee from Pontus, an athlete and distinguished coach in Kazakhstan, has been coaching the children of the Pontic community in Aspropyrgos. He himself continues to practice with them.

Thousands of years ago, the Gyali island was born. In its northeastern part, there is a perlite mine, while in the northeastern part of the island, there is a site for pumice mining. Around 22 people are working there. With the current extraction rate, the pumice reserves are being depleted – and so are the other resources of the island.

Bimsa: A basement, a cellar where we store the things we want to preserve over time. Kalarrites (a place where the waters flow seamlessly), a mountainous area on the peaks of the Pindos trail, remained proud and prosperous during the years of the Ottoman occupation. The few remaining residents still practice professions that will soon extinct, lacking any prospect of succession; they speak to the camera and take us on a journey through the history of the place.

Dimitra and Garyfallia, two teenage girls, live in Halkidiki, which is threatened with an unprecedented environmental disaster by an open-air gold mining project. The two girls are drastically propelled into adult life. Plunged into the heart of the conflict over the mine's operation and the Greek financial crisis, they decide to fight for their future.

The informational video of the Open Coordination of Thessaloniki against gold mining that was shown at the event on Thursday, April 26 in Aristotelous Square. The doc is freely available for viewing and republishing (creative commons license : attribution, non-commercial, share-alike). Please, wherever you share it, mention that it is about the creation of the Open Coordination of Thessaloniki against gold mining.

A documentary about Karagiozis - a shadow puppet and fictional character of Greek folklore.

A short documentary by Lena Voudouri.

“GREECE, your light caught us by your E and burned us all the way to your G.” A poetry film against nationalism and the state of emergency in Greece.

Cryptic sign of life from the multiverse at Praktiker

Deep sea creatures entangled in liquid sensual poetry

Greek movie.

Greek movie.

Synthetiki was founded in 1985 in Athens by Apostolis Loverdos and Dionisis Avgerinos. The music documentary A Film about Something highlights the late recognition that this electronic band through the web, while recording moments from their concerts and journey as a band. Apostolis refers to this early period as a "perfect rejection toward us."

A historical reading of the first Armenian refugee communities, as they developed throughout the Greek territory after the Asia Minor disaster, parallel to an observation of a particular view of modern Athens, where the children of the Neos Kosmos Primary School try to preserve their Armenian identity.

Some found photos of public works construction sites unfold a scandal that pertains to the mangling of construction companies, public works, and the filmmaking practice, resulting in the hero humorously admitting: “All the world’s a stage.” This fictional short story is inspired by real events.

A voyage researching the geography space of visual memory, through remains from the past, along with the decayed patina of urban landscape, capturing glimpses of original artistic creation, emphasizing on the visual-musicality of cinematic imagery.

A short film.

In Elefsina, a working-class town scarred by a sense of precarity and unrest that has generated unique sociopolitical dynamics, the Panelefsiniakos Sports Club has been a space of encounter and synthesis for nine decades. The stories of its athletes, executives, and friends unlock the locals’ relation with the past, present, and future of the town.

'Dear Mom, we have an infection and we stay away from you. Your granddaughter will take care of you'

an ethnographic diary about the daily life of tourists in Samothrace

A building which was a ship

A short film inspired by the 4 different geographical parts of Thessaly. It's consisted by 4 texts that capture the diversity of personal experiences at each place. The direction consists of shots taken during the summer in the different districts of Thessaly.

We love trees.

An open letter to a beloved person, at the same an attempt to put some thoughts in a flow. Video footage from my personal footage and from youtube.

a night of gambling and swimming

We live in the era of social media. Women of all ages pose sexy. Although internet pushes women to adapt to this role, censors female nipples, non-waxed bikini lines and whatever will not follow the rules that Barbie gave decades ago.

a film by Vasia Ampatzi

A video by Arion Kalogeras

a video by anosia

a film by Anastasia Diga

Lara gets her hair cut at the local.

A group of youngsters / the melancholic aspects of rave subculture in the Athenian landscape / an autobiographic non-fiction film / home, loss and memory / a personal film-diary.

The artist staged in front of the camera a conversation between Ruxandra -his mother- and Gicu, the also Romanian greengrocer who lives in Nafpaktos, asking them to get in the sea in their bathing suits and have a conversation in half Greek – half Romanian about everyday life while they are playing and finally eating a watermelon.

In a dipole cosmos where everything revolves around a timeless labor, X is accused by Y as the culprit of her false pregnancy. X, tied to the perpetual bed, helplessly watches Y's water break through the screen of their imaginary communication.

The greatest Kurdish poet Merwan Berekat in the ruins of his city. In the background, we see a wedding that took place 15 years, before the start of the war and 27 years before the creation of the film. A question arises and may never be answered: What happened to the bride, the groom, and everyone else in the wedding video?

The daily life of a family who resides in Chora of Amorgos.

In a haunting journey through a surreal landscape, a man's recurring dream becomes a relentless cycle of guilt and self-destruction.

The film describes the custom called "Saint Peter's Stew" and is celebrated in Spata during the feast of Peter and Paul. In the year the film was made, 1978, the performance of the custom took on a strong socio-political content. He was associated with the residents' protest movement against the government's decision to move the airport to Spata. Besides the description of the custom, the film reveals two more important points. The first is that, as anthropology also claims, customs are not simple survivals of ancient institutions but are constantly transformed, forming an operative framework, in which the social problems of the time are inscribed as content. The second is that the respective protest and resistance movements are expressed through existing social symbols changing their content.

50 years since the Polytechnic uprising of November 1973, the Propaganda Committee of the Central Council of the Communist Youth of Greece decided to create a special documentary that will highlight the history through original archival material and interviews with protagonists of the time.

Memory, history, movements, capitalism, entertainment industry, work, self-organization. Reading this text, one could assume that what we wanted to create was a militant movie. And yet, we were quite far from this term, at least as it is usually understood today (wooden language, propaganda, didacticism). Undoubtedly, we knew that we were making a political film. Because anyone who says that their movie has no politics in it, is just lying to themselves. But mostly what we wanted was to find a language for all the things that don’t fit. Because for better or worse, we cannot fit all of our anxieties into one brochure. Because there are feelings that cannot be captured in a poster. Because there are fears that cannot unfold in an assembly. Some things simply have to become films, songs, plays etc.

The "Thyrathen" museum, for 10 years now, continues the journey to the culture and musical tradition of Crete and the entire Mediterranean. Hosting eight recognised artists of the lute, they weave its history, its evolution and its formation within the area of ​​Cretan music.

The documentary mini-series records the memories of everyday women who lived an occupied life and survived the horrors of the Second World War. More than 70 women, from all over Greece, tell how they were forced, at a tender age, to mature violently in one night and face war, hunger, occupation, resistance and liberation, with bravery, composure and resourcefulness . Some energetic, some shy, some still emotionally charged, these women remember how their fear turned into strength and the play of carefree childhood became a responsibility and an adult role. Their testimonies are small mosaics that make up the palimpsest of the micro-history of Greece. A story experienced through multiple lives.. Their memories are precious not only because they are the last survivors of a martyred historical period, but because they co-shaped, with missing emotions and a spiritually plundered world, a new life.

In a Greek town, a gay teen, suffocated within his social surroundings, uses art as a secret escape in order to express himself. However, the unexpected outing of his sexuality leads to a family turmoil letting violence define the limits of freedom.

"You don't know you're afraid until you're asleep, until you can no longer control your mind. Parts of you that you didn't know are energizing and your deepest desires are being fulfilled. Voices around, voices within, you fall silent trying to save yourself. Allowing the mind to calm down for a while.Rapid heartbeats, hallucinations and deep breaths.Sadness, falling, nostalgia, desire, remembrance, loss. The touch, the tenderness and the absence of them. How long does a dream last? A little flight, a hovering in the unconscious, before the final fall into the conscious. A moment when everything is possible, almost tangible, almost real. "