Φεστιβάλ Ντοκιμαντέρ

Creative Documentary Center

The Peloponnesos International Documentary Festival is a modern cultural event of high standards that has now turned into a wider institution, not only for the Peloponnese but also for the whole of Greece.
With screenings of dozens of Greek and international documentaries, the Peloponnesos International Documentary Festival is a landmark of artistic expression, creation and extroversion.It includes special tributes, events, exhibitions and seminars, spanning eight cities of the Peloponnese, acting as a networking communication bridge between producers, artists and the public. With works that inspire and challenge, that are food for thought and discussion, the event combines entertainment, information and education.

Thus, the 9th Peloponnesos International Documentary Festival makes the region and Greece a destination that promotes the art of documentary and promotes new artists. I would like to express my warm congratulations to everyone for the event, which is being held under the auspices of the Ministry of Culture. I wish every year that this institution grows and develops more and more.

 

Christos Dimas,

Deputy Minister of Culture,

Member of Parliament of Corinth

Storylab Film Laboratory is currently in full swing in Kalamata, where film students are being trained in the production of documentary shorts in just five days. Students are guided by Erik Knudsen, a British filmmaker, and professor, and Dr. Iakovos Panagopoulos, a lecturer at the Ionian University Department of Sound and Visual Arts. They are both official guests of the 8th Peloponnisos International Documentary Festival.

It is part of the parallel program of the Festival and is organized in collaboration with three universities: The Film Department of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, the Department of Sound and Visual Arts of the Ionian University, and the Department of Theatrical Studies of Pelopon University.

Workshop participants will apply the principles of ethnomedia to make their own film, utilizing the StoryLab International Film Development Research Network, supported by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC).

The workshop will produce a series of short documentaries that will be screened at a special event of the 8th Documentary Festival on Wednesday, April 13, at 20:15 in the amphitheater of the Municipal Cultural Center of Kalamata.

A seminar was organized in collaboration with the School of Fine Arts and the Greek Society of Cinematographers during the 8th Peloponnisos International Documentary Festival.

Twelve postgraduate students attended the seminar and were guided by both Dutch director Robert Rombout and the DOP Odyseas Pavlopoulos / GSC to create a modular documentary showing portraits of artists of African descent.
Katerina Maragoudaki, also a member of the Greek Society of Cinematographers /GSC, delivered a masterclass entitled "Light in the Performing Arts" at the Department of Theatrical Studies of the University of Peloponnese in Nafplio.

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The opening ceremony of a unique exhibition titled "From factual to beyond", featuring an African ceremonial mask collection by F. Kagelaris was held on Sunday, April 3rd, in the art gallery "A49".

The ceremony's host was mr. Kagelaris himself, who referred to masks from his collection, gave a speech citing psychoanalysis and art.

The exhibition's curator, Natalia Stamopoulou and deputy mayor Maria Aggeli were also present at the ceremony. The exhibition also welcomed journalists, artists and locals, who admired the 25 wall-mounted and 8 pedestal-mounted masks, as well as jewelry from mister Kagelaris' collection.

The masks are from different western African regions (Mali, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Senegal, Ivory Coast), aiming to present the symbolic use of masks in everyday life and life milestones of individuals or communities (like circumcision, birth, wedding, hunting, disease cure).

The exhibition, which is held under the 8th Peloponnisos International Documentary Festival, featuring "Sub-Saharan African Cultures", will be open daily until April 10, in the "A49" art gallery, from 11:00-15:00 and 18:00-21:00.

Entrance is free under current public health restrictions regarding Covid-19.

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