Kalamata Short Doc - Aug22
Saturday, 03 September 2022
Kalamata Creative Documentary Center
Mpenaki 11, Kalamata
Phone: 2721022376
Contact person: KALAMATA CREATIVE DOCUMENTARY CENTER

We present the official selections of short documentaries from the Kalamata International Short Documentary Festival for August 2022! A screening will take place on Saturday, September 3 at the Kalamata Creative Documentary Center
“Game Over” tells the story of a diverse group of illegal Afghan youngsters, who have been left with no choice, but to leave their homes and families behind, to flee as teenagers to a foreign country. The film follows their life in Zeytinburnu, an Afghan diaspora in Turkey, where they do not speak the language and must live underground, hidin...
And the greatest of these is love.The letters of the director's grandfather and grandmother from the 1940s and the grandmother's diaries from the 2000s are the subject of a conversation that goes back decades. Time passes and in the end there is only one left with endless longing, but grateful for the life they have lived.
Days away from the closest land, lies a mythical underwater volcano. Beneath the waves: a bonanza of life. Massive shoals of fish darken the water and hundreds of sharks patrol the seamount. But like all wild places, this one too is in grave danger. Illegal fishing and sharkfinning might soon deplete this natural wonder and UNESCO heritage si...
Intermission
A small break for a drink or tea
For three years Abelardo resigned from his professional life as a university professor in Spanish and literature. He decided to move away from his material world, his home, his television, his cell phone, in order to live in a frugal way, without much claim. Through a natural and metaphysical journey that Abelardo makes, we know his intenti...
Authentic and raw. "This day will not last" is a diary film that meditates on longing for the future, love, freedom, opportunity, and community. Through personal homemade videos and photos, the director reflects on what it means to be young and queer in Tunisia. It draws attention to Article 230 that still exists by French colonizers to crimi...