An educational documentary about the traditional making of loukoumi in the island of Syros.
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Konstantinos Aivaliotis
Konstantinos Aivaliotis is documentary and film festival expert (PhD Panteion University, MA Goldsmiths College) holding degrees in socio-cultural anthropology, visual Anthropology and anthropology of education. His research and work focuses on creative and ethnographic documentary, film festivals and film markets adopting an interdisciplinary approach to the study of cultural industries. Since 2015 he has produced more than 10 short and medium-length documentaries and directed 4 short documentaries. In 2023 completes his first feature length documantery as producer. From 2008 to 2016 Konstantinos Aivaliotis was programmer at AIFF ‘Opening Nights’, and from 2017-2020 he served as director of promotion at the Greek Film Centre. Today he is the director and a founding member of Ethnofest organization and the titular festival and postdoctoral researcher at University of Aegean where he teaches history and theory of documentary and audiovisual heritage.
Silas Michalakas
Silas Michalakas obtained his MA in Visual Anthropology at the Goldsmiths College, University of London, while he also holds a MSc in History and Philosophy of Science and Technology and a BA in Archaeology. He has worked in the Hellenic Ministry of Culture and Sports and as a freelance documentary filmmaker, researcher and producer. Several of his works have been used to support the inscription of intangible cultural heritage elements to the representative list of UNESCO, while others have been exhibited in museums of modern history and fine arts. He was the productions and educational activities manager in the Athens Ethnographic Film Festival – Ethnofest from 2017-2024.