The Athens-Macedonian News Agency (ANA-MPA), as part of its collaboration with “Beyond Borders” – the 7th International Documentary Festival of Kastellorizo, is screening five of the award-winning documentaries from the festival’s 6th edition, in August 2021.
This is the first public screening of the award-winning documentaries, organized in collaboration with “BEYOND THE BORDERS” – the Kastellorizo International Documentary Festival. Screenings of the award-winning documentaries take place daily at 12 noon.
The Wednesday, August 24, 2022 θα προβληθεί το Dafa Metti (Βραβείο Καλύτερου Μικρού Μήκους Ντοκιμαντέρ), Ηνωμένο Βασίλειο, 2019, 15’, Σκηνοθεσία: Tal Amiran
Beneath the gleaming Eiffel Tower in Paris, undocumented immigrants from Senegal sell tiny souvenirs of the monument to support their families back home. Far from their loved ones and hounded by the police, every day is a struggle in the darkness of the City of Light.
Here is the schedule for the remaining days
Thursday, August 25, 2022
“Odysseus” Special Award”
My Own Personal Lebanon
United Kingdom, 2020, 16’
Directed by: Theo Panagopoulos
*My Personal Lebanon* follows a young Greek filmmaker as he attempts to reconnect with his distant Lebanese heritage by uncovering his mother’s hidden stories from the war. The documentary explores the emotional tension between national and personal identity through a conversation in a car, two art installations in Athens, a book about Beirut, and three languages.
Friday, August 26, 2022
Special Mediterranean Friendship Award
Express Scopelitis
Greece, 2020, 69’
Directed by: Emilia Milou
For 40 years now, the legendary Greek ship Express Scopelitis has been the heart and soul of the Small Cyclades. We sail along with her, observing the lives of the sailors and winter life on the islands. The film is a tribute to life between the sky and the sea. It balances on the edge between reality and transcendence, just as the sailors’ lives, through great effort, balance between land and sea. The sea offers space like a field of barley, while dancing waves lead us into festive ecstasy; a love song leads to a sea storm. All is one, united with the power of nature and humanity’s struggle to tame it and live in harmony with it.
