Lying upon a Rock

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A documentary about Lazaretto, the desert islet near the city of Corfu that functioned for centuries as a quarantine station as well as a place of execution for political prisoners during the Greek Civil War. The identity of the place is approached through fragmentary testimonies and original sources.

Spyros Kavvadias, Dimitris Gkrintzos, Andreas Vouliakis, Margarita Chalakatevaki



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Yorgos Psailas - A portrait of the British Cemetery caretaker
Spyros Christoforatos
Yorgos Psailas - A portrait of the British Cemetery caretaker
The portrait of my mother
Xanthos Tsafalopoulos
The portrait of my mother
Athens, my love
Dimitris Kechris
Athens, my love
In between moments
Sofia Androutsopoulou
In between moments
7500+1 sculptures
7500+1 sculptures
Searching for Meaning
Maria Kalliopi Masloumidi
Searching for Meaning
Riot - Strike - Riot
Giorgos Gargalas
Riot - Strike - Riot
Panopticon
Lampros Marios Pavlakis
Panopticon
The chained elephant
Alkistis Papa
The chained elephant
Yorgos Psailas - A portrait of the British Cemetery caretaker
Views: 2006

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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The portrait of my mother
Views: 1558

A day in my mother's life. The documentary shows her daily routine, something that I personally find very interesting as I believe that the true self of a person lies in the "insignificant".

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Athens, my love
Views: 1006

An essay-film which looks for mnemic traces of major political events inscribed in the body of the metropolitan entity of Athens.

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In between moments
Views: 1029

Moments that meet and compose new ones through clips of a few seconds. Their common point is the associative thinking during their creation and the sense of the surrealistic-dreamlike mood.

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7500+1 sculptures
Views: 1019

The Video installation in the exhibition emphasizes and at the same time negates the temporality of a medium whose dominant form of expression is space.

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Searching for Meaning
Views: 1384

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

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Riot - Strike - Riot
Views: 1627

This is the first video of my audiovisual installation entitled "Riot Strike Riot". The audiovisual installation entitled "Riot Strike Riot" is based on the political repression and social disorders of recent years with a focus on Greece, but also with influences from abroad. The installation has presented from a subjective point of view, the socio-political image of today through audiovisual digital media, interactive systems, and objects.

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Panopticon
Views: 963

It is an Interactive Installation that deals with the issues of immigration, wars and surveillance of citizens on a global scale.

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The chained elephant
Views: 2283

The project is the animation of the fairy tale "The chained elephant". "The Chained Elephant" is one of the stories of psychiatrist Jorge Bukay from his book "Let me tell you a story" which he tells to his client. It refers to a child' s question who notices that a huge circus elephant remains tied to a small stick without trying to free itself and without protesting. The circus elephant remained tied to his tiny stick because "the memory of the weakness he felt shortly after his birth is etched in his memory."

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