Sunday 18 October, 20:00
The artist Andrew Kötting will talk about his work and methods from the very early days through to his most recent collaborations with his daughter Eden.
Keywords: psychogeography, autobiography, hauntology
Coordination: Eva Stefani (documentarist, Professor of Film Studies, Media and Communications Department, University of Athens)
The discussion will be held in English.
Monday 19 October, 19:00
The tribute “Boris Vian: Dreams Of Cinema” includes the film anthology “Rue des Ravissantes” [“Ladies Of The Night’s Street”], consisting of five remarkable short films—cinematic adaptions by new directors, from unpublished screenplays by Vian.
Three directors are discussing the adaptation of Vian's unpublished screenplays to the screen:
Julien Paolini (The Ηitchhiker)
Clémence Perdrillat (The Cowboy Of Normandy)
Chloé Larouchi (Our Faust)
Coordination: Olia Verriopoulou
The discussion will be in French with the option of simultaneous translation into Greek from French.
Tuesday 20 October, 18:00
Symbol of the surrealist cinematographic avant-garde, Luis Buñuel arrived by chance in Mexico in 1946, where he directed 20 of his 32 features including The Exterminating Angel. This unexpected shift in his career shaped his unique works, as he created variations on imprisonment, as well as a necessary satire on religion and male chauvinism.
Speaker: Gabriela Trujillo
Gabriela Trujillo, PhD., essayist and former professor in Film Studies at Ecole du Louvre and NYU- Paris, specialist of Latin American avant-garde, is currently working at the Cinémathèque française. She will publish in 2020 a book about Marco Ferreri (Marco Ferreri. Le cinéma ne sert à rien, éd. Capricci).
Coordination: Céline Ruivo (independent expert in film restoration)
The discussion will be held in English.
Thursday 22 October, 10:30
The restoration of the films “Ecstasy” (1932) by Gustav Machatý, “Our Hospitality” (1923) by Buster Keaton and "The Apaches of Athens" (1930) by Dimitrios Gaziadis: Heads of film archives and film restoration experts discuss the process of restoring three major films of world cinema. :
Speakers:
Matěj Strnad (Head of Curators at the National Film Archives of Czech Republic - Národní filmový archiv, NFA - Head of FIAF Programming and Access to Collections Commission, PACC), Maria Komninos (President of the Board of Directors of the Greek Film Archive, Head of the restoration of “The Apaches of Athens”), Jeanne Pommeau (Restoration and Curatorship at the National Film Archives of Czech Republic, NFA), Serge Bromberg (CEO of Lobster films, film preservationist)
Coordination: Céline Ruivo (independent expert in film restoration)
The discussion will be in English with the option of simultaneous translation into Greek.
Thursday 22 October, 20:00
Reflections on the representation of the Greek civil war 34 years after its first broadcast: Jane Gabriel’s documentary on the Greek civil war was the first to confront the British protagonists of the military and political involvement in the Greek affairs, with the Greek leaders and rank and file of the EAM resistance. This caused “one of the biggest public debates in British television”.
Speakers:
Jane Gabriel (Producer and director of the series “Greece: the Hidden War”), Yanis Yanoulopoulos (Historical advisor to the trilogy of “Greece: the Hidden War”, Emeritus Professor, Panteion University), Gela Varnava Skouras (Research and Greek interviews in “Greece: The Hidden War”, Educational Psychologist, Emeritus Professor National and Kapodistrian University of Athens), Ilias Nicolacopoulos (Political scientist, Emeritus Professor National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, President of Bod of Contemporary Social History Archives).
Coordination: Maria Komninos
With the option of simultaneous translation form Greek to English and from English to Greek.
Friday 23 October, 20:00
In the late 1960s, in the aftermath of the Watts Uprising and against the backdrop of the continuing Civil Rights Movement and the escalating Vietnam War, a group of African and African-American students entered the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television. These artists created the so-called “L.A.Rebellion” film movement. Beyond the films themselves, the “LA Rebellion” deserves a place in the history of cinema for its utopian vision for a better society, for its sensitivity to children and gender issues, for its questioning of power, its support for liberation movements of the Third World and of course for the expression of Black pride and dignity. We have the honor to have an in-depth discussion with two of the movement's leading directors.
Speakers: Charles Burnett, Larry Clark
Coordination: Jacob Skenderidis
The discussion will be held in English.
Saturday 24 October, 18:00
Filmmakers Catarina Vasconcelos (“The Metamorphosis Of Birds”) and Luísa Homem (“Suzanne Daveau” ) discuss the Portuguese film scene with programmer Nina Veligradi: what are the characteristics of contemporary Portuguese cinema as well as the role of the audience and institutions.
Speakers:
Catarina Vasconcelos (director and producer living and working in Lisbon)
Luísa Homem (director, producer, founder and partner of Terratreme Filmes, living and working in Lisbon)
Coordination: Nina Veligradi
Saturday 24 October, 20:00
On the occasion of the tribute "The Greek Fantasy Cinema" which is organized for the first time, the discussion will bring to light this unrecognized genre of Greek cinema.
Speakers:
Maria Komninos (director of the 11th AAGFF)
Kiriakos Aggelakos (director)
Dimitris Athanitis (director)
Alexis Alexiou (director)
Nikos Zervos (director)
Aggelos Frantzis (director)
Coordination: Dimitris Panagiotatos (director, author)
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