Paola Revenioti “documentary ‘Oleanders’ + discussion” Projection and discussion of the documentary “Oleanders”: Paola, Betty and Eva are three trans women in their 60s who have known each other for more than forty years. All three of them started making their living early in their youth as sex workers in Athens, Greece. In “The Oleanders” […]
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Decolonizing Hellas: Imperial Past, Contested Presents, Emancipated Future 1821-2021
You can watch the symposium online using the following link https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCn1oHOHQ_SgyT3w0Reidwmg WELCOME to our first international hybrid nomadic conference – Decolonizing Hellas: Imperial Past, Contested Presents, Emancipated Future 1821-2021. About a year ago, the then-upcoming bicentennial of the Greek Revolution inspired us to reflect on the history of the Greek nation-state, its foundational ideas and […]
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Unfortunately, it was paradise
Film program Curated by Delphine Leccas and online publications Curated by Delphine Leccas and locus athens (*Unfortunately, it was paradise: Selected Poems by Mahmoud Darwish) Launched in September 2020, the project in seven sessions was planned to be a monthly film program. After a few months break, “Unfortunately, it was paradise” is back in […]
Unfortunately, it was paradise #2 & #3
Unfortunately, it was paradise #2 Friday, 30rd of October from 18.30 at Cine Alexandra Kallithea Str. Kremou 141, 176 75 18:30, At Home by Athanasios Karanikolas (2014, 103’, Germany/Greece) 21:30, Taste of Cement by Ziad Kalthoum (2017, 85’, Germany/Lebanon/Syria/United Arab Emirates/Qatar) At Home by Athanasios Karanikolas (2014, 103’, Germany/Greece)VO Greek with English subtitles In […]
Unfortunatelly, it was paradise
Showcasing movies ranging from fiction to documentary or experimental films, and a cine-concert, the films screened will share thematics such as exile, fast industrialization and resistance. Each session will be diverse in form and format, with two films from each respective geography that will mirror each other as they approach topics relevant to daily life, […]
Pandemic diaries from Greece
Although we are not yet able to fully assess its overall impact, we believe that the covid-19 crisis will be followed by a major crisis, both economic and social, with significant impacts on salaries, labor rights, health care, pensions and other areas that are usually drifted along with the vortex of such a reality as […]
The threat of COVID19 to landworkers in Greece
The special economic and health zone of Manolada: the unparalleled hypocrisy of the state by Apostolos Kapsalis Neither the pandemic nor the emergency measures to protect public health have improved the working and living conditions of the many thousands of land workers in the greater Manolada area. On the contrary.The well-known problems of recent years […]
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Golden Dawn girls
On the 20th of April the trial of Golden Dawn will enter its fourth year. On this occasion Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung-Office in Greece is supporting CineDoc for the screenings of the documentary ”Golden Dawn Girls” from the Norwegian film director Håvard Bustnes. Bustnes managed to penetrate the inner core of Golden Dawn and to film […]
Nowhere
Nowhere, by Sotiris Palaskas, will be premiered on Wednesday 25th of October in Goethe Institut Athen. The film follows an odyssey of survival, where central figures are white middle-class Europeans. They leave a country where they are unwanted and seek refuge on the other side of the sea. How would it look like if there […]
