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SUMMARY:Ithaca – A Fight to Free Julian Assange
DESCRIPTION:Screening at “Trianon” on Thursday 9 March (19.00) in the presence of Stella Morris-Assange \n\n\n\nAdmission is free \n\n\n\nThe most important political prisoner of our time remains for the fourth year in the maximum security prison of Belmarsh in Britain\, awaiting extradition to the USA where he is threatened with a 175-year prison sentence. The ‘crime’ for which Julian Assange is suffering this slow death sentence was his courageous contribution to exposing the war crimes and government corruption of the powerful of the earth. The defence of the founder of Wikileaks is currently the leading battle for freedom of speech internationally.mέta | Centre for Post-Capitalist Civilisation does not want to be absent from this battle. Besides\, this is given immediate political relevance by the repeatedly documented erosion of freedom and credibility of information in our country as well as by the undemocratic aberrations like the recent wiretapping scandal.It is for this reason that\, as part of mέta-cinema\, the feature-long documentary “Ithaka – A Fight to Free Julian Assange” (2021) by Ben Lawrence will be screened next Thursday\, March 9 at 7 p.m. at the “Trianon” cinema (21 Kodrigtonos Street\, Athens 104 34).And it is a great pleasure and honour for us to welcome the wife of the Wikileaks founder and pioneer of the fight for his release\, Stella Morris-Assange\, who will address the audience at the screening of the film\, together with the secretary of MeRA25 and co-founder of DiEM25 and the Progressive International\, Yanis Varoufakis. \n\n\n\nIn addition\, there will be an artistic intervention at the cinema hall by Miltos Manetas\, who has been working on a series of portraits of Julian Assange in recent years\, thus participating in the campaign for his release. \n\n\n\nIn the documentary “Ithaka”\, which was filmed over two years and incorporates archival and previously unknown material\, Ben Lawrence (creator of Ghosthunter\, Hearts and Bones\, among others) focuses on the “Odyssey” of Assange’s father\, John Shipton as he attempts to save his son\, travelling across Europe with Stella Morris-Assange to activate solidarity networks\, pressure political leaders and communicate the case.Ithaka has already been screened or awarded at the Sydney Film Festival in Australia in 2021\, Sheffield Doc Fest in the UK in 2022\, Doc Edge in New Zealand in 2022\, Human Rights Film Festival Berlin in Germany in 2022\, DOC NYC in the USA in 2022 and will be screened at the Thessaloniki International Documentary Festival on Wednesday 8 March 2023.The film has a running time of 110 minutes and will be subtitled in Greek. Admission is free.
URL:https://metacpc.org/en/activities/ithaka-assange/
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SUMMARY:“The Cars We Drove Into Capitalism” will be shown by mέta\, in a special screening at Mikrokosmos cinema | on Monday\, February 13th\, 2023 | 20:00.
DESCRIPTION:Constantly pursuing the dialogue between art and political endeavour\, mέta | the Centre for Postcapitalist Civilisation proceeds with a series of films regularly screened in the multi-space facility of Mikrokosmos\, literally bringing in the centre of our attention a genre connected per se to this pursuit: cinema. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFree entry | With Greek subtitles \n\n\n\nWith the kind contribution of Greek and foreign creators\, who\, quite often\, work in stifling conditions\, mέta proposes to a wider public significant\, recent film productions\, which visualise but also critically problematise various aspects of the multi-faceted crisis surrounding us\, as well as pinpoint emancipatory alternatives. For\, quite often\, optical language proves to be much more eloquent than numerous written pages\, in the depiction of societal reality – at times\, riveting. \n\n\n\nmέta presents for a special screening in Greece the film\, “The Cars We Drove Into Capitalism” by Boris Missirkov and Georgi Bogdanov. \n\n\n\nDuring the Cold War\, almost every family in the Eastern Bloc treasured and impeccably maintained the car they had waited so long for. This film looks at the fascinating history of socialist automobiles based on select accounts which portray the events and hardships of the time with a touch of humour. The automobile was also seen as a means to an end against the imperialist class enemy. For most communist countries\, the car was an instrument of propaganda\, used to symbolise technological progress and the equality\, if not the superiority of their system. Even Western families were known to drive a Lada\, Wartburg\, Moskvitch\, Trabant\, Skoda or Zaz.  \n\n\n\nWe meet a young woman who was inspired by pin-up models\, a couple who drove to freedom in West Germany but had to abandon their beloved car on the last leg of their journey\, a former racing champion and automobile fanatic who turned his old banger into a luxury vehicle\, and many more. A cinematic journey that focuses attention on its heroes – both man and machine. \n\n\n\nThe screening will be followed by a discussion with the director and the film’s contributors. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFeature Documentary / Human InterestFilm by Boris Missirkov and Georgi BogdanovLength 93’/52’ HDCo-Production AGITPROP\, Saxonia Entertainment\, Danish Documentary Production\, Hulahop and Endorfilm with MDR/ARTE\, in association with DR and YLE\, with the support of Creative Europe MEDIA\, Danish Film Institute\, Croatian Audiovisual Centre\, Czech Film Fund\, Bulgarian National Film CenterOriginal Title The Cars We Drove Into CapitalismYear 2021 \n\n\n\nCinema Mikrokosmos Address: Leof. Andrea Syggrou 106\, Athens 117 41
URL:https://metacpc.org/en/activities/the-cars-we-drove-into-capitalism/
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SUMMARY:IN THE MIRROR OF PALESTINE
DESCRIPTION:On Tuesday 29 November 29\, on the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People\, mέta | the Centre for Postcapitalist Civilisation organises at “Trianon” cinema (Kodrigktonos 21\, Athens) a one-day film festival titled “In the Mirror of Palestine: Images and sounds of a quotidian struggle for dignity and freedom”. \n\n\n\nThis is the second year in a row that the mέta\, guided by the artistic work of Palestinian filmmakers\, has honoured the struggles of the Palestinian people\, which it considers to be central to any effort to shape a more just society in our neighbourhood and internationally\, despite what the dominant discourse claims. \n\n\n\nAleen Shoufani’s ‘Taqi‘ (2021\, 35’)\, Mohammed Almughanni’s ‘Son of the Streets‘ (2020\, 34′) and Vice News’ ‘Inside the Battle for Jesusalem‘ (2021\, 20’) will be screened. The filmmakers will participate with video messages\, while Sofia Sakorafa\, MP with MeRA25\, Deputy Speaker of the Greek Parliament and honorary Palestinian citizen will address the audience and the chair of mέta’s Steering Committee Danai Stratou. \n\n\n\nA discussion will follow on “The importance of solidarity with the Palestinian people in the context of the global crisis” with Italian activist Luisa Morgantini and Yanis Varoufakis MP (secretary of MeRA25\, co-founder of DiEM25) as speakers. \n\n\n\nLuisa Morgantini was for two terms (1999-2009) a member of the European Parliament for the Italian party Rifondazione Communista. She is a figure with decades of struggles in the pacifist\, women’s and trade union movements\, as well as solidarity actions around the world\, particularly in Palestine and the Mediterranean. She leads the Italian section of the anti-war organisation Women in Black. \n\n\n\nGreek subtitling of the films and live translation of the debate will be provided. \n\n\n\nFree admission. Doors open: 18.30 \n\n\n\nThe films \n\n\n\nTaqi (2021\, 35′) by Aleen Shoufani \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe film deals with the story of Taqi Sabateen\, a well-known Palestinian graffiti artist from the West Bank of Jordan\, who expresses his frustration with the occupation\, checkpoints\, the separation wall\, and uses his art and personal life stories as a tool of resistance. \n\n\n\nAleen Shoufani is a filmmaker born in Haifa. She studied film and television at Tel Aviv University (2019-2020). She worked as a nurse. She participated in several productions as a student. Her first film\, the documentary short “Taqi”\, was made during her university film studies at her own expense and was awarded at the Stockholm Film Festival\, Boden International Film Festival\, Vienna Films Awards\, Prisma Film in Rome\, Tagore International Film Festival and Naples Film Awards. \n\n\n\nCast: Taqi Sabateen\, Yusra Sabateen\, Israa Sabateen\, Elyaa Sabateen\, Jolan Sabateen. \n\n\n\nDirected by Aleen Shoufani \n\n\n\nProducers: Aleen Shoufani\, Elias Shoufani \n\n\n\nCinematography: Said Jomaa\, Sigal Zegman\, Aleen Shoufani \n\n\n\nEditing: Wafi Khalil \n\n\n\nRecording: Aleen Shoufani \n\n\n\nSound designer: Sari Matar \n\n\n\nMusic: Elias Garzuzi \n\n\n\n“Son Of The Streets” (2020\, 34′) by Mohammed Almughanni \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKhodor is a 13-year-old boy whose family is trying to issue him with an identity document that proves his existence and entitles him to education\, healthcare and movement outside the Palestinian refugee camp of Shatila in Beirut\, Lebanon. During the process\, many of the family’s old secrets are revealed. \n\n\n\nDirector\, writer and filmmaker Mohammed Almughanni was born in 1994 in Gaza. He earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in film directing at the Łódź Film School in Poland\, where he produced Son of the Streets. In recent years\, he has shot films in various parts of the world\, including Cuba\, Palestine\, Denmark\, China\, Jordan\, Lebanon\, Poland and Germany. He is a documentary and narrative filmmaker\, including “Blacklisted” (2021)\, “Son Of The Streets” (2020)\, “Falafala” (2019)\, “Operation” (2018)\, “Where’s the Donkey” (2018)\, “Shujayya” (2015)\, and “Halawan” (2012). His films have been selected and awarded at numerous film festivals around the world. \n\n\n\nWritten\, directed\, photographed and edited by Mohammed Almughanni. \n\n\n\n“Son Of The Streets” was awarded at the Jihlava Film Festival in Prague\, Sehsüchte International Student Film Festival in Berlin\, Popoli e Religioni Terni Film Festival in Italy\, Festival Ciné Palestine in Paris\, Long Story Short Film Festival in Wroclaw\, Panorama des cinémas du Maghreb et du Moyen-Orient in Paris and Liberation DocFest Bangladesh in Dhaka. \n\n\n\n“Inside the Battle for Jerusalem” (2021\, 20′) by Vice News \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDocumentary on the ground by Palestinian photographer Ayman Abu Ramuz and South African photographer Dan Bitman for Vice News in occupied East Jerusalem. \n\n\n\nVice follows Palestinians in danger of being evicted from their homes in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood in order to give them to settlers. Correspondent Hind Hassan talks to residents who are resorting to legal action and protesting while facing attacks by Israeli occupation forces\, arrests\, house searches\, beatings and attempts to occupy by settlers. \n\n\n\nInside the Battle for Jerusalem won two EMMY awards (Best Cinematography and Best News Coverage).
URL:https://metacpc.org/en/activities/palestine-mirror-2/
CATEGORIES:mέta CINEMA,DISCUSSIONS,FESTIVALS
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SUMMARY:"Magnetic Fields"\, will be shown by mέta\,  in a special screening at Mikrokosmos cinema\, on November 2nd\, 2022. Arrival time 19:30.
DESCRIPTION:Constantly pursuing the dialogue between art and political endeavour\, mέta\,  the Centre for Postcapitalist Civilisation proceeds with a series of films regularly screened in the multi-space facility of Mikrokosmos\, literally bringing in the centre of our attention a genre connected per se to this pursuit: cinema. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFree entry \n\n\n\nWith the kind contribution of Greek and foreign creators\, who\, quite often\, work in stifling conditions\, mέta proposes to a wider public significant\, recent film productions\, which visualise but also critically problematise various aspects of the multi-faceted crisis surrounding us\, as well as pinpoint emancipatory alternatives. For\, quite often\, optical language proves to be much more eloquent than numerous written pages\, in the depiction of societal reality – at times\, riveting.  \n\n\n\nThe film that will represent us at the Oscars\, “Magnetic Fields” by Giorgos Goussis\, will be shown by mέta\,  in a special screening at Mikrokosmos cinema\, on November 2nd\, 2022. Arrival time 19:30.  \n\n\n\nIn this beautiful and tender road movie\, Elena drives alone to an unknown destination\, when she unexpectedly embarks on the ferry to Kefalonia. There\, she will share her thoughts and life burdens with Antonis\, a man she meets by chance. The two of them begin wandering around the island\, looking for a nice place to bury a metal box that Antonis carries. \n\n\n\n— \n\n\n\nCREDITSDirection: Giorgos GoussisWriters: Giorgos Goussis\, Elena Topalidou\, Antonis Tsiotsiopoulos Director of photography: Giorgos KoutsaliarisEditing: Dimitris PolyzosMusic: Lefteris VolanisProduction: MiniFILMS\, Naked Eye Productions\, HereticProducers: Giorgos Goussis\, Marinos Sklavounakis\, Giorgos Karnavas Co-production: ECCStarring: Elena Topalidou\, Antonis TsiotsiopoulosRuntime: 78′Production Year: 2021  \n\n\n\n— \n\n\n\nAWARDSGolden Alexander Award (Film Forward)FIPRESCI Award Greek Association of Greek Critics AwardFirst ERT Award First Greek Cinema Centre AwardLocation Manager AwardThessaloniki Festival 2021Nominated for Best Film\, Debut Director\, Screenplay\, Best Actress\, Best Actor\, Photography\, Original Music AwardsIris Awards 2022  \n\n\n\n— \n\n\n\nThe screening will be followed by a discussion with the director and the film’s contributors. \n\n\n\n— \n\n\n\nmέta is a civil-non-profit research and cultural institution\, related to the political party MeRA25\, the European movement DiEM25\, and Progressive International. It was established in 2020\, aiming to explore eutopic alternatives to the postcapitalist era in which we are already living\, through academic and cultural actions regarding the political\, social\, economic\, ecological\, cultural\, and civilisational challenges of our times. \n\n\n\nCine Mikrokosmos (member of Europa Cinemas) was born in the fall of 2004\, on Syngrou Avenue\, opposite ex-Fix Industry\, equipped with state – of the – art technology and with a unique architectural approach. Having hosted numerous festivals and tributes\, without ever standing off from first-rate promotions\, committed to cinephile choices\, and particularly hospitable to independent Greek productions\, Mikrokosmos has created its own audience and is chosen for its ideal show conditions\, its careful selections\, and\, occasionally\, for its autonomous bar\, which operates in the foyer at affordable prices and cinematic ambiance. \n\n\n\nGeorge Goussis was born in Athens in 1986 and studied graphic design. He is one of the most famous Greek comic book artist\, and many of his graphic novels have been awarded and become bestsellers. In 2019\, he made his directing debut with the short documentary The “Arm Wrestler“\, which was awarded by the Hellenic Film Academy. “Magnetic Fields“ is his first feature film\, and he will soon be releasing The “Arm Wrestler“ as a feature film.  \n\n\n\nCinema Mikrokosmos Address: Leof. Andrea Syggrou 106\, Athens 117 41
URL:https://metacpc.org/en/activities/meta-cinema-magnetic-fields/
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SUMMARY:meta-cinema: premiere 17/05/22\, 19:30 pm at Mikrokosmos\, Ruins a documentary by Zoe Mavroudi
DESCRIPTION:Constantly pursuing the dialogue between art and political endeavour\, the Centre for Postcapitalist Civilisation (mέta) proceeds with a series of films regularly screened in the multi-space facility of Mikrokosmos\, literally bringing in the centre of our attention a genre connected per se to this pursuit: cinema. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWith the kind contribution of Greek and foreign creators\, who\, quite often\, work in stifling conditions\, mέta proposes to a wider public significant\, recent film productions\, which visualise but also critically problematise various aspects of the multi-faceted crisis surrounding us\, as well as pinpoint emancipatory alternatives. For\, quite often\, optical language proves to be much more eloquent than numerous written pages\, in the depiction of societal reality – at times\, riveting. \n\n\n\nRUINSChronicle of an HIV witch-hunt – ten years later. \n\n\n\nMoral panic\, demonisation of HIV-positiveness\, sex work and substance dependence\, coercive medical acts. All this in the service of an election show\, the initiators of which still have the audacity to play a leading role in public life.This is the “case of HIV-positive women” that erupted in May 2012\, with tragic consequences for the women involved and with\, ongoing to date\, juridical implications at a European level.Ten years later\, the Center for Postcapitalist Civlisation (mέta) remembers this sad anniversary and raises questions about social attitudes\, official policies and the communication strategies that accompany it\, and is screening\, as part of the meta-cinema series\, the hourly documentary Ruins/ Ruins (2013) of Zoe Mavroudi\, which is precisely the “chronicle of the shaming” of alleged HIV-positive women. \n\n\n\nThe film will be screened on Tuesday\, May 17th at “Mikrokosmos” (106 Syggrou Avenue) with free entrance for the public and attendance time at 19.30. \n\n\n\nDirected by Zoe MavroudiCamera Operator\, Sound: Giannis ChinosEditor: Antonio RochiraPost-processing: Antonios DimopoulosOriginal Music: Fruto5Composer: Diamanda Galás\, “This is the Law of the Plague” (Plague Mass\, live 1991)Executive Producers: Theodora Oikonomides\, Loukas StamellosPresented by Zoe Mavroudi\, Theodora Oikonomides\, OmniaTV\, Unfollow magazine(Running time: 53 minutes) \n\n\n\nA short discussion with the director as well as interventions by the journalist Mariniki Alevizopoulou\, Marios Atzemis from the HIV-Positive Association\, the lawyer Kostas Farmakidis and a prostituted persons collective representative will follow. \n\n\n\nmέta is a civil-non-profit research and cultural institution\, related to the political party MeRA25\, the European movement DiEM25\, and Progressive International. It was established in 2020\, aiming to explore eutopic alternatives to the postcapitalist era in which we are already living\, through academic and cultural actions regarding the political\, social\, economic\, ecological\, cultural\, and civilisational challenges of our times. \n\n\n\nCine Mikrokosmos (member of Europa Cinemas) was born in the fall of 2004\, on Syngrou Avenue\, opposite ex-Fix Industry\, equipped with state – of the – art technology and with a unique architectural approach. Having hosted numerous festivals and tributes\, without ever standing off from first-rate promotions\, committed to cinephile choices\, and particularly hospitable to independent Greek productions\, Mikrokosmos has created its own audience and is chosen for its ideal show conditions\, its careful selections\, and\, occasionally\, for its autonomous bar\, which operates in the foyer at affordable prices and cinematic ambiance. \n\n\n\nZoe Mavroudi is a filmmaker\, screenwriter\, playwright and actress. Her theatre work has been produced in the USA and in Europe. Her screenplays have won awards at international festivals and contests. She has written about human rights\, politics and film for publications in Greece and the UK.
URL:https://metacpc.org/en/activities/meta-cinema-ruins-zoe-mavroudi/
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SUMMARY:meta-cinema: premiere 15/3/22\, 20:00 pm at Mikrokosmos\, Oleanders a film by Paola Revenioti
DESCRIPTION:Constantly pursuing the dialogue between art and political endeavour\, the Centre for Postcapitalist Civilisation (mέta) proceeds with a series of films regularly screened in the multi-space facility of Mikrokosmos\, literally bringing in the centre of our attention a genre connected per se to this pursuit: cinema. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWith the kind contribution of Greek and foreign creators\, who\, quite often\, work in stifling conditions\, mέta proposes to a wider public significant\, recent film productions\, which visualise but also critically problematise various aspects of the multi-faceted crisis surrounding us\, as well as pinpoint emancipatory alternatives. For\, quite often\, optical language proves to be much more eloquent than numerous written pages\, in the depiction of societal reality – at times\, riveting. \n\n\n\nPaola Revenioti’s “Oleanders” is a nightly tour\, guided by Betty Vakalidou\, Eva Koumarianou\, and the filmmaker\, through the districts of Athens where trans women’s sex work used to flourish. Their nostalgic\, often humorous and at times rough narrative witnesses the sexual codes\, the struggle for self-identification\, and the resistance towards exclusion that marked trans people’s lives in Greece from the ’70s to the ’90s. \n\n\n\nDirection: Paola Revenioti/Featuring: Betty Bakalidou\, Eua Koumarianou\, Paola Revenioti/Co-directed and Cinematography: Elpiniki Voutsa Rentzepopoulou\, Alexandros Synodinos\, Vangelis Tsakas\, Yorgos Gkonos\, Alexandros Kotsenos/Editing: Christina Lagouri\, Alexandros Synodinos /Music: Opera di Bestia /Research: Eliza Triantafyllou\, Danai Maragoudaki/Production supervisor: Margarita Κ. Chomatianou/DCP: L’ Azur De La Mer I.K.E.\, Shooting Fish ® Productions/Contact: Vasilis Thanasis/Translation: Renée Molho/Production: © Paola Team Documentaries\, 2020 \n\n\n\nmέta is a civil-non-profit research and cultural institution\, related to the political party MeRA25\, the European movement DiEM25\, and Progressive International. It was established in 2020\, aiming to explore eutopic alternatives to the postcapitalist era in which we are already living\, through academic and cultural actions regarding the political\, social\, economic\, ecological\, cultural\, and civilisational challenges of our times. \n\n\n\nCine Mikrokosmos (member of Europa Cinemas) was born in the fall of 2004\, on Syngrou Avenue\, opposite ex-Fix Industry\, equipped with state – of the – art technology and with a unique architectural approach. Having hosted numerous festivals and tributes\, without ever standing off from first-rate promotions\, committed to cinephile choices\, and particularly hospitable to independent Greek productions\, Mikrokosmos has created its own audience and is chosen for its ideal show conditions\, its careful selections\, and\, occasionally\, for its autonomous bar\, which operates in the foyer at affordable prices and cinematic ambiance. \n\n\n\nPaola Revenioti\, is a Greek trans woman\, filmmaker\, publisher\, radio producer\, activist and pioneer of the Greek LGBT movement. From a young age and due to the social exclusion of trans people from work\, she made a living as a sex worker. \n\n\n\nmeta team
URL:https://metacpc.org/en/activities/meta-cinema-oleanders-paola-revenioti/
CATEGORIES:mέta CINEMA
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SUMMARY:mέta-cinema: premiere 12/2/22 17:30pm at mikrokosmos\, Digger\, a film by G. Grigorakis
DESCRIPTION:Constantly pursuing the dialogue between art and political endeavour\, the Centre for Postcapitalist Civilisation (mέta) proceeds with a series of films regularly screened in the multi-space facility of Mikrokosmos\, literally bringing in the centre of our attention a genre connected per se to this pursuit: cinema. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWith the kind contribution of Greek and foreign creators\, who\, quite often\, work in stifling conditions\, mέta proposes to a wider public significant\, recent film productions\, which visualise but also critically problematise various aspects of the multi-faceted crisis surrounding us\, as well as pinpoint emancipatory alternatives. For\, quite often\, optical language proves to be much more eloquent than numerous written pages\, in the depiction of societal reality – at times\, riveting. \n\n\n\nAnd the first step of this multi-month wandering\, as we aspire\, takes place on February 12\, 2022 at 17:30 with the film Digger. The award-winning film by George Grigorakis\, which received 14 nominations for the Iris Awards of the Hellenic Film Academy\, although presents a fictional story\, comes up as a valuable testimony to the abuse of the Greek nature\, the reversal of social relations but also the activation of primordial resistance against the mining industry’s invasion\, which our (post) memorandum dystopia projects as the royal path for “development”. \n\n\n\nmέta is a civil-non-profit research and cultural institution\, related to the political party MeRA25\, the European movement DiEM25\, and Progressive International. It was established in 2020\, aiming to explore eutopic alternatives to the postcapitalist era in which we are already living\, through academic and cultural actions regarding the political\, social\, economic\, ecological\, cultural\, and civilisational challenges of our times. \n\n\n\nCine Mikrokosmos (member of Europa Cinemas) was born in the fall of 2004\, on Syngrou Avenue\, opposite ex-Fix Industry\, equipped with state – of the – art technology and with a unique architectural approach. Having hosted numerous festivals and tributes\, without ever standing off from first-rate promotions\, committed to cinephile choices\, and particularly hospitable to independent Greek productions\, Mikrokosmos has created its own audience and is chosen for its ideal show conditions\, its careful selections\, and\, occasionally\, for its autonomous bar\, which operates in the foyer at affordable prices and cinematic ambiance. \n\n\n\nGeorge Grigorakis is a director and screenwriter with a degree in Social Psychology\, a Master of Arts in Film Directing at the National Film School (NFTS) in London\, and an alumnus at the Berlinale and Sarajevo Talent Campus. He has written and directed many short films\, which have won international attention and awards at over a hundred film festivals. \n\n\n\nDIGGER\, his first feature film\, was developed through Nipkow Scholarships\, Cannes Cinefondation Residency and the Sundance Institute. \n\n\n\nIt premiered at the 70th Berlinale where it won the CICAE Art Cinema Award\, was awarded the Best Actor Award in Sarajevo and continued its successful run at internationally recognized festivals around the world (AFI\, Busan\, Melbourne\, Philadelphia\, São Paolo\, Gifa\, Haifa others). He won the Special Commission Award – Silver Alexander and four more awards in Thessaloniki. Winned 10 Iris Awards of the Hellenic Film Academy (Best Film\, Direction\, Screenplay).
URL:https://metacpc.org/en/activities/m%ce%adta-cinema-digger/
CATEGORIES:mέta CINEMA
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