EL 
EN Patras program
The 10th Peloponnese Documentary Film Festival arrives in Patras for two days, November 26th and 27th, showcasing films from acclaimed directors that grapple with pivotal issues of our time. The festival's program delves into profound themes: history, tradition, the enduring consequences of conflict, and the challenges of contemporary life. Viewers will witness the stories of those displaced from their homes, the trials faced by migrants, and narratives of injustice and the fight for equitable outcomes. These films invite profound reflection on our place in the world, our relationships with others and the environment, and offer glimpses into diverse cultures from across the globe. The enduring power of memory, the evolution of societies, and humanity's relationship with nature are also central themes. Beyond the screenings, the festival will host discussions with filmmakers, fostering dialogue and exchange of ideas. This promises a unique event for those who appreciate documentary filmmaking as a medium for expression, understanding, and social awareness.
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Director: Karim Sayad Country: Switzerland
Agadez, 2021. Following the ban of unlawful migrants transportation by the Niger government, four former smugglers struggle to make a living. Facing the lack of perspectives, Ibrahim, Abdelsalam, Daouda and El Bak embark on a journey through the Sahara to join dozens of gold diggers lost in the middle of the desert. Between hopes and disillusions, these men fight to survive in an increasingl...
COM_DOCUMENTARIES_TITLE_SCREENED: Tuesday, 26 November 2024 19:30
Duration: 77 MINUTES -
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Director: Dimitris Mouzakitis Country: Greece
In the last years of their lives, the poet Nanos Valaoritis and the painter Marie Wilson lived together in an apartment in downtown Athens. Nanos Valaoritis, searches, discovers, retrieves, displays photographs, old drawings, publications. He is reflected in the cinematographic lens, weaving personal memory into space and time. A personal microcosm, containing multifaceted manifestations of ...
COM_DOCUMENTARIES_TITLE_SCREENED: Tuesday, 26 November 2024 21:00
Duration: 100 MINUTES -
La Malavita (The Underworld)
Director: Paolo Colangeli Country: Italy
The film develops the story of an ex-baby gangster, Sasà Striano, who after so many years in prison and theatrical work, returns to Naples to stage a Macbeth in Neapolitan, and he begins a journey in the Naples of the alleys in search of a original cast of "real people". In this journey, Sasà clashes with a criminal city that has changed profoundly in recent years; by now the so-called Paran...
COM_DOCUMENTARIES_TITLE_SCREENED: Tuesday, 26 November 2024 23:00
Duration: 79 MINUTES -
Abel Azcona: The Triggering Artist
Director: Karlos Alastruey Country: Spain
Abel Azcona acquired international relevance as a result of a series of performance works that have aroused enormous controversy by raising a reflection on some of the great social, political and ideological challenges of the Western world
COM_DOCUMENTARIES_TITLE_SCREENED: Wednesday, 27 November 2024 00:30
Presence of the Director
Duration: 62 MINUTES -
Kaugere: A Place Where Nobody Enters
Director: Stephen Dupont Country: Australia
KAUGERE is a modern-day parable of once tribal men finding their feet through the game of rugby league. Footy coach Albert Muri is no stranger to crime and the raskol gangs that tore his family apart. Police gunned down his eldest son and his second son serves life in prison. Albert’s last great hope is his youngest son, Dia who helps him train a local rugby team, channeling criminal minds i...
COM_DOCUMENTARIES_TITLE_SCREENED: Wednesday, 27 November 2024 17:00
Duration: 60 MINUTES -
Paris Calligrammes
Director: Ulrike Ottinger Country: France
Ulrike Ottigner is known worldwide as an avant-garde artist and an unconventional filmmaker. Almost 50 years of film history is reflected in her work. Less well known is the photographer and painter Ulrike Ottinger, the young bank clerk who moved to Paris in 1962, just 20 years old. PARIS CALLIGRAMMES describes the metamorphosis of a young woman from Lake Constance into a free and versatile ...
COM_DOCUMENTARIES_TITLE_SCREENED: Wednesday, 27 November 2024 18:15
Duration: 129 MINUTES -
Sami's Odysseys
Director: Robin Dimet
Fifty-year-old Sami lives in the Ethiopian capital Addis-Abeba in a small, cluttered room with mould lining the walls. An artistic soul and a man of complex personality, he has spent 19 years translating an anthology of Greek and Roman myths into the Ethiopian national language of Amharic to introduce his fellow Ethiopians to the ancient wisdom. A quixotic life’s work that at long last looks...
COM_DOCUMENTARIES_TITLE_SCREENED: Wednesday, 27 November 2024 20:30
Presence of the Director
Duration: 68 MINUTES -
Songs of Earth
Director: Margreth Olin Country: Norway
The film portrays Olin's existential journey with her own ageing parent in the backdrop of mountainous landscapes of Norway for a year. It is a cinematic work about life, death, nature and about simply being present in the world.
COM_DOCUMENTARIES_TITLE_SCREENED: Wednesday, 27 November 2024 22:15
Duration: 90 MINUTES
