All-day discussion on Greek summer - Masterclasses
The 4th Evia Film Project is hosting an exciting all-day discussion that explores the cinematic universe of Greek summer, along with a series of masterclasses delivered by renowned creators and film industry professionals.
All-day discussion “Filming the Greek summer”
On Friday, June 20th Evia Film Project has scheduled an all-day discussion entitled “Filming the Greek summer: Light and Myths, Stereotypes and Challenges” in Limni, at the Mela building. The discussion will explore issues such as sustainability, tourism, the construction and deconstruction of the stereotypes that have shaped the Greek summer, and the conditions that make filming during summer a rather demanding endeavor.
Firstly, Konstantinos Kartalis, Professor of Environmental and Climate Physics at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, member of the European Union's Scientific Committee on Climate Change, will focus on the description of the effects of climate change on the Greek summer, on how it has transformed over the last 30 years and its projected change in the future. What does this change signify for the landscape, the natural resources, the people, the social life and the usage of common space, the lightheartedness and the local tradition? Will our islands tough it out? How can we protect them? How will life in the cities be arranged?
Then, filmmakers Sofia Exarchou (Animal) and Argyris Papadimitropoulos (Suntan) and director of photography Simos Sarketzis will participate in a discussion moderated by film critic Christos Mitsis (Athinorama magazine). The filmmakers will share their summer shooting experiences while filming in Greece. How can one film the Greek light? How can one effectively capture the authenticity of the local life and the landscape? How demanding are the production conditions during summertime?
The discussion will conclude with a presentation entitled “The Land as a Skylight, the Gaze as a Bind” by poet Yannis Antiochos, who explores the relationship between the gaze and the Greek summer light, as inscribed in memory and landscape. How can light, harsh and unforgiving, both restrict and set our vision free? When does land become a skylight and when does our gaze bind us to the miracle we are witnessing? This presentation attempts a poetic analysis of the experience of the Greek summer light.
Following the discussion, the guests of Evia Film Project will have the opportunity to tour the stunning village of Limni and taste the local cuisine, concluding a day dedicated exclusively to the Greek cinematic summer in the most appropriate way.
Masterclasses
In Agia Anna, a series of masterclasses will be delivered by acclaimed and beloved film industry professionals from Greece, will share the secrets of their art and work with students from the Department of Digital Arts & Cinema of the National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, based in Psachna Evia. Actress Maria Kallimani, Animasyros director Maria Anestopoulou and Drama International Short Film Festival Argyris Papadimitropoulos, as well as film directors Argyris Papadimitropoulos and Kostis Charamountanis. Admission is free for the public.
Thursday, June 19th, 18:00
Masterclass by actress Maria Kallimani
Α cinematic journey in front of the camera
An actress with an admirable presence in cinema, theater, and television, Maria Kallimani examines the specificities of acting in front of the film camera. Having starred in landmark films by some of the leading representatives of contemporary Greek cinema, such as: The Eternal Return of Antonis Paraskevas by Elina Psykou; Homeland by Syllas Tzoumerkas, Knifer and Stratos by Yannis Economides; and At Home, by Thanasis Karanikolas, the distinguished actress points out similarities and differences between a theatrical and a cinematic performance, while describing the role of the actor when he/she comes in contact with the directorial vision, taking into account the overall creative process of a film, from the script and rehearsals to the shooting.
Friday, June 20th, 11:00
Masterclass by ΑΝΙΜΑSYROS director Maria Anestopoulou and DISFF artistic director Yorgos Angelopoulos
ΑΝΙΜΑSYROS International Animation Festival: Young creators and animation in the Greek region
Is it possible for an international festival in the periphery to become a bridge for new voices in animation? This masterclass traces the role of events like ANIMASYROS in supporting the creative community, in mapping an emerging Greek market and in transforming an offcenter festival into a space of encounter, inspiration, and production. The masterclass is also a call to students to imagine their future differently.
The great adventure of short films
The short film is a genre that, despite the obstacles, has won major accolades in recent years. Is it just a necessary step before the feature film or a distinct field of expression that renews the art of cinema? Through different roles, we examine the path of the short film in Greek reality: from the conception and development of an idea, to its financing, production and festival circuit.
Friday, June 20th, 13:00
Masterclass by Kostis Charamountanis
Cultivating a strong creative base
Building a solid and creatively rich foundation means cultivating a vibrant pool of ideas that inspires and supports virtually every stage of the project. Raw inspiration is transformed into a structured narrative, the personal, artistic vision takes shape, coherence and character. What is the way in which a story can be communicated with clarity, power, and authenticity to resonate, persuade, and stand out?
Saturday, June 21st, 11:00
Masterclass by Argyris Papadimitropoulos
Greek Unorthodox
The unconventional path of the Greek auteur Argyris Papadimitropoulos. On the occasion of the screening of his film Suntan, the director shares with us aspects of his journey on the challenging path of cinema: From the conception of the idea, followed by obstacles that demand improvisational problem-solving skills, to the final form of the film and its international acclaim.
Screenings in Agia Anna
The schedule of the film students of the Department of Digital Arts and Cinema will draw to a close with a screening of selected short films, followed by the screening of Suntan by Argyris Papadimitropoulos at the fishing shelter of Agia Anna.
11:20 a.m. by Dimitris Nakos (2022)
Olga, a domestic worker originally from Albania, will be in a house she works in downtown Athens, at the right time. Or at the wrong one?
Trailer: https://youtu.be/CGzoDphox_w?si=s48etGaNFBioBPox
Goldfish by Yorgos Angelopoulos (2017)
Seven-year-old Stratis is different from other boys his age and that’s quite upsetting to his father. On his birthday, little Stratis will choose as a gift a goldfish quite “different” from others. His father is not ready to accept that.
Trailer: https://youtu.be/FUCxFVngWZU?si=lzQuJDOnJq0M0cAy
Kioku Before Summer Comes by Kostis Charamountanis (2018)
The short film that was a precursor to the director's first feature film, Kyuka Before Summer’s End, is an everyday memory collage of two siblings who are longing for summer.
Trailer: https://youtu.be/o0n5i6s4Y4o?si=d01T1H0yfKBjZ1nN
L’éclairage revient / Waves of Light by Pantelis Kalogerakis, Michalis Kalogerakis, Panos Andrianos (2025)
Five landmark PPC's steam-electric power plants — in Aliveri, Ptolemaida, Megalopolis, Ladonas, and Lavrion — come alive through music and visuals, within the framework of the 'Waves of Light' online festival, carried out by the Greek National Opera in collaboration with the Public Power Corporation, under the artistic curation of Yorgos Koumendakis. Five artistic teams create site-specific video performances, drawing inspiration for the music and the script from the spaces, the history, and the people who worked there. The first video, titled L'éclairage revient (The Light Returns), was filmed at the Steam-Electric Power Plant of Aliveri. The artists behind it drew inspiration from notes and journals found at the plant, crafting a soundscape where Arthur Rimbaud's poetry interacts with the reflections of those who once worked at Aliveri.
Trailer: https://youtu.be/_tBJrA5PbdQ?si=C4H3pQ917FYh1tWJ
My Mother, The Sea by Aspasia Kazeli (2022)
My Mother, The Sea is a short animated film, which explores and symbolically expresses the director's grieving process for her mother’s loss. This three year journey is captured allegorically in this film as a weaving of two parallel paths; the mother’s journey to the afterlife and the parallel grieving states of her child. From the last breath, to the mourning and the only temporal salvation from it. It is an observation of her transition, which her child follows with its personal emotional dissolve.
