City symphony

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Observational documentary: People and daily life in the city of Corfu before covid 19.



Aynadamar
Margarita Chalakatevaki
Aynadamar
Modelism
Marios Papamanolis
Modelism
Oh, Johnny!
Christofora Maria Ntoutsou
Oh, Johnny!
Searching for Meaning
Maria Kalliopi Masloumidi
Searching for Meaning
Clement-portrait
Vasiliki Kopaila
Clement-portrait
Yorgos Psailas - A portrait of the British Cemetery caretaker
Spyros Christoforatos
Yorgos Psailas - A portrait of the British Cemetery caretaker
Bread And A Blanket
Dimitris Gkrintzos
Bread And A Blanket
Portrait
Ioannis Panayi
Portrait
Construction
Ioanna Paraskevopoulou
Construction
LOCKDOWN
Markella Floka
LOCKDOWN
Aynadamar
Views: 2274

Aynadamar: An important place as far back as when the Arabs were in the area. The whole region of Andalusia was supplied with water through that spring, reaching as far as Madrid. Several years later, the poet and playwright Federico Garcia Lorca is taken there to be executed. His work in turn supplied the whole Spain and spread to the rest of the world. The documentary intertwines significant events of his life with dramatised excerpts from his work, aiming at achieving Duende (as Lorca used to say), the quintessence of all things.

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Modelism
Views: 1488

Dimitris Besios is involved with modelism for over 45 years. He is answering questions about his hobby.

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Oh, Johnny!
Views: 1727

"Oh, Johnny!" is a short documentary about John (Vinylios), his interest in fashion and his relation to drag shows.

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Searching for Meaning
Views: 1481

Everyday life through the eyes of Vassilis, an energetic and open-minded, aging man.

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Clement-portrait
Views: 1650

The portrait of a young, lonely man in a foreign country, whose only consolation is smoking. The documentary observes his daily life: He lives with the basics and wanders in the city. His grief comes from the fact that he is alone without his family.

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Yorgos Psailas - A portrait of the British Cemetery caretaker
Views: 2130

A short documentary, based on the theory of Observational Cinema. It is the portrait of the caretaker of the British Cemetery in the island of Corfu, Greece, Mr. Yorgos Psailas. The documentary deals with his daily life in the cemetery. Mr. Psailas also recounts the most important moments of his life as well as his thoughts about life and death.

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Bread And A Blanket
Views: 2012

It’s Monday, the 13th of December 1943, the small town of Kalavryta is set on fire by the occupation army of Nazi Germany while the entire male population is being gathered on a nearby hill and shot dead. This war crime will go down in history, along with the massacre of Acqui Division, as the largest mass killing in Greece during WWII. Three men who witnessed these events as kids, locked up with the rest women, children and elderly people in Kalavryta’s primary school, recall this traumatic experience.

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Portrait
Views: 1395

As an observer, who neither intervenes nor interacts with the subject, this documentary attempts to present parts of the everyday life of a music therapy student, emphasizing her expressions and reactions while producing sounds and improvising.

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Construction
Views: 1358

"Construction" is the documentation of the process of a rehearsal performed by contemporary dance and acrobatics company "Ki omWs kineitai" during the preparation of the group to participate in a theatrical play. It took place during the second lockdown in Athens in a climate of general uncertainty regarding the planning and performing of live performances. In "Construction" the return of the bodies to rehearsal conditions, the need for communication and reconnection and the memory of sharing with the spectators that still gives hope are recorded in a spontaneous and fragmentary way.

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LOCKDOWN
Views: 1500

This video was created as part of the work for the art class of technical images. It was named lock down as it takes place during the second quarantine and shows two parallel lives of people and how each of them experiences their confinement. The idea, the shots and the editing are by Markella Floka and the music was entirely edited by Dimitris Pantelis.

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