The 13th edition of our festival was completed with great success and enthusiastic engagement not only by the audience but also by its participants and lovely guests.
In a year when there seemed to be a return to a pro-covid normality, the international circumstances were not the most promising ones as there was a widespread social discomfort and an ongoing war while on a national level, the athenian movie theatres were at stake. However, given the opportunity of the number “13”, we aimed to change the narrative – at least on a symbolic level – and embrace its connotations.
More than 2.500 viewers enjoyed our screenings which at times we received with enthusiasm, in others instances provoked fruitful conversations but above all they revealed the multiple ways in which the human condition is transformed.
In collaboration with Onassis Culture and Onassis Air, we had the honour to welcome Trinh T. Minh-ha in Athens with the occasion of her first and her most recent film. It was an endless joy to hear the emblematic filmmaker speak, along with Elpida Karampa and Eva Stefani.
Ethnofest in collaboration liminal organised an accessible screening of five educational films, with audio description and SDH subtitling for people with visual and hearing impairment, at the Greek Film Archive Foundation, while the accessible films remain available to watch via our website.
In collaboration with MedINA, we produced educational films that record practices of the agronutritional tradition in Lemnos. Three of these films were screened in this year’s programme.
Historians Tasoula Vervenioti and Yiorgos Andritsos were in conversation with anthropologist Konstantinos Kalantzis around the topics of memory, narration, oral history & visual anthropology on the occasion of the screening of the film “The Impossible Narration”, while within the closure procedures of the European partnership programme: Encounters, through art, ethnography, and pedagogy, we organised an exhibition and a presentation of works created by the participants in the educational and research activities of the partner institutions.
As always, student films, both greek and international, were a big part of our programme with the students being able to watch their first filming attempts on the big screen.
Online screenings were also available so as for a selection of our programme to reach a larger part of the audience within the wider greek region.
Beautiful films, engaged audiences and exquisite guests surrounded this year’s edition with warmth and with the hope of returning next year, with more resilience and joy.
Encounters through art, ethnography & pedagogy
Encounters, through art, ethnography, and pedagogy
Agronutritional Tradition in Lemnos (85΄)
The agronutritional tradition in Lemnos as cultural heritage through three educational films produced by Ethnofest in collaboration with MedINA. The agricultural production and the sheep and goat herding in an island where the local products are interconnected and interwoven with the lives and the identities of its communities.
The following films will be screened:
Bread in Lemnos. Culture and Heritage (Greece, 2021, 38’)
Cheese in Lemnos. Culture and Heritage (Greece, 2021, 32’)
Basketry & Traditional Cheese Baskets(Greece, 2022, 16’)
Camera, history and narration
An open discussion about the ethnographic film “The impossible narration: Memory and photography of the Kalavryta Slaughter” (Dir. Konstantinos Kalantzis).
How and what does a society remember? How can one grasp mnemonic processes and the representation of the past by ethnographically using cameras on the fieldsite? How does memory become a narration and what does this process entail emotionally and politically? What sort of ethical issues emerge when one conducts research among survivors of traumatic historical events? What is the position of the 1940s in Greek contemporary social imagination? How are contemporary political instances experienced through the lens of the past?
Historians Tasoula Vervenioti and Yiorgos Andritsos will be in conversation with anthropologist Konstantinos Kalantzis around the themes of memory, narration, oral history & visual anthropology on the occasion of the screening of the film “The Impossible Narration”.
Accessible Screenings of Educational Films
Ethnofest in collaboration liminal organizes an accessible screening of five educational films, with audio description and SDH subtitling for people with visual and hearing impairment, at the Greek Film Archive Foundation. Systematically recognizing the indisputable value of intangible cultural heritage, Ethnofest aims to expand its audience by establishing inclusive screenings, accessible by people with disabilities.
The following films will be screened:
“…only holds the mallet…” Tinian Marble Carving Today (Greece, 2014, 11΄), dir. Silas Michalakas & Yiannis Drinis
Byzantine Psaltic Art, (Greece- Cyprus, 2018, 11΄) dir. Silas Michalakas
August 15 Αt The Mountain Villages of Vlasti (Kozani) & Syrrako (Ioannina) (Greece, 2020, 12΄) dir. Silas Michalakas
The Loukoumi Of Syros. The most “expensive” sweet treat. (Greece, 2022, 12΄), dir. Silas Michalakas & Kostantinos Aivaliotis
Momoeria(Greece, 2015, 10’) dir. Silas Michalakas & Yiannis Drinis
The project was realized under the auspices and the financial support of the Ministry of Culture & Sports in the framework of the support of initiatives that highlight & preserve Intangible Cultural Heritage.
Free Entrance. To book your seat please contact [email protected]. First comes first served policy will be followed.
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Organisation
Athens Anthropological Society – Ethnofest
Co-Founders
Konstantinos Aivaliotis & Nikos Sfakianakis
Director
Konstantinos Aivaliotis
Head of Research and Development
Ιoanna Zouli
Festival Coordinator
Electra Karatza
Press & Communication
Leda Dialyna
Text Translation & Editing
Alexandra Dialyna
Assistant Press & Communication
Angie Taliaroudou
Head of Programming
Christos Varvantakis
Programme Coordinator
Nikoletta Charou
Academic Project Coordinator (Erasmus+)
Pafsanias Karathanasis
Production Coordinator
Eleftheria Litou
Production Assistant
Filippos Mangioros
Traffic Coordinator
Vicky Kampouridou
Hospitality
Nikoletta Charou
Andreas Anastasiades
Poster & Overall Design
George Skarmoutsos
Trailer & Radio Spot
Silas Michalakas
Website Materials Assistant
Konstantina Papaioannou
Web Development
Apostolos Troulitakis
Subtitling
Yannis Papadakis – PROJECT TITLING
Photographers
Alexandra Masmanidi
Christina Pappa
Volunteers
Christina Gkounta
Antigoni Bitsikokou
Nefeli Vlachouli
Kostas Tsaras
Konstantina Pappaioannou
Frederiek Simmons