Competition Programme and Panorama of the 6th Castellorizo Beyond Borders International Documentary Festival

Thursday, 24 June 2021

PRESS RELEASE

**Competition Programme and Panorama of the ^6th Castellorizo Beyond Borders International Documentary Festival**

A total of 27 documentaries will be presented in the Competition Programme from 17 different countries, while 16 more documentary films will be screened at the Panorama of the 6th International Documentary Festival Castellorizo Beyond Borders that will take place(22-29 August) on our island.

For another year, the Festival’s programme includes remarkable examples of cinematic art and storytelling, dealing with events, issues and people that have influenced countries, peoples and cultures around the world.

In the framework of the competition section, the jury of the Festival ( Klaus Eder – Secretary General of the International Federation of Film Critics (FIPRESCI), Marianna Economou – President of the Greek Documentary Association, Jean-Christoph Caron – Director PHOENIX, Bruno Chatelin – Film Critic and the MaroAnastopoulou – Director) will present the awards: Best Historical Documentary, Best Social-Political Documentary and Best Short Documentary – all courtesy of Hellenic Parliament – the award Best Greek Documentary sponsored by Greek Film Centre (HCC), the Greek Film Centre (HCC), the Special Award for Mediterranean Friendship, sponsored by National Centre for Audiovisual Media (EKOME) and the Odysseus Special Prize, sponsored by General Secretariat for Hellenes Abroad and Public Diplomacy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

In particular, the documentaries that have been selected for the Competition Programme are the following:

Documentary Long/Medium Length Documentary:

Ethbet// Matteo Ferrarini. Italy, France, Belgium, 2021, 71′
No More Stories // Ferhat Mouhali, Carole Filiu-Mouhali, France, 2020,89′
Another Paradise // Olivier Magis, Belgium, France, 2019,82′
A Black Jesus // Luca Lucchesi, Germany, 2020, 92′
Express Scopelitis // Emilia Milos, Greece, 2020, 69′
Midnight Traveler // Hassan Fazili, Emelie Mahdavian, USA, Qatar, Canada, England, 2019, 87′
The Patriarch’s Room // Danae Elon, Canada, 2017, 84′
Golden Dawn, a case for all of us // Angelique Kourouni, Greece, 2021, 118′

While We Live // Andrea Voets, Myrto Papadogeorgou, Netherlands, Greece, 2020, 80′
From Here // Christina Antonakos-Wallace, USA, 2020, 90′

Can Art Stop a Bullet? // Mark Street, Australia, 2019, 93′
Her Confession // Ivan Nichev, Bulgaria, 2017′, 60′
Araf // Didem Pekün, Turkey, Greece, Bosnia, Herzegovina, 2018, 43′
High Maintenance // Barak Heymann, Israel, 2020, 66′
Ke-hajas – The Man of the Earth // Giorgos Komakis, 2021, Greece, 2021, 63′
The Lord of the Reef // Mert Gokalp, Turkey, 2021, 60′

Short Documentary:

En Skyro // Aris Pavlidis, Greece, 2020, 12′
Memories of the Liberation of Komotini –May 14,1920 // Yannis Daridis, Greece, 2020, 20′
Dafa Metti // Tal Amiran, England, 2019, 15′
Betrayal // Scott Calonico, Germany, 2020, 11′
Sim-patia // Carlos Gómez, Mira Sagrado, Spain, 2019, 03′
The Angel of History // Eric Esser, Germany, 2019, 11′
Dat’s real good? // Marc Faye, France, 2021, 05′
The Eternal Wound // Dean Kennedy, Greece, Castellorizo, 2019, 11′
The Method: captured // Haris Youlatos, Greece, 2017, 13′
My Own Personal Lebanon // Theo Panagopoulos, England, 2020, 16′
Homemade Lemonade // Vangelis Makrostergios, Greece, 2019, 15′

The documentaries that will be screened at Panorama are the following:

Documentary Long/Medium Length Documentary:

Storgi to the People // Vassilis Douβλη, Greece, 2013, 91′
The Creepy Line // M.A. Taylor, USA, 2018, 81′
Mayor // David Osit, England, USA, 89′
Enough! // Daisy Gedeon , Australia, 2021, 90′
Sputnik Moment // Lucas Schmid, Germany, 2015, 60′
000 T.M. CHRONOU// Maro Anastopoulou, Greece, 2019,89′
Looting without end // Angelos Abazoglou, Greece, 2019, 102′
The Oppenheim Case //Germany, 60′
Town of Glory // Dmitry Bogolyubov,Russia, Czech Republic, Germany, 2019,88′
The Greek Revolution on Romanian land 1821// Roxana Amzar Gheorghe, Romania, 2020,60′
Queen Lear // Pelin Esmer, Turkey, 2019, 84′
All of Dounia’s Rebels // Dimitris Trangalos, Greece, 2020, 77′
The Unknown Holocaust of the Jews of Kavala // Konstantinos Patsoulidis, Greece, 2021, 44΄

Short Documentary:

Marika… why to be afraid // Matthaios Frantzeskakis, Greece, 2021, 15′
The Baporia ofAunt Nelly // Natassa Iatropoulou, Greece, 2018, 13′
The Argalion // Dimitris Pathiakis, Greece, 2020, 07′

The Festival is organized by the The Hellenic Foundation for Historical Studies (H.I.S.ME.), in collaboration with the Ecrans des Mondes (Paris). The ^6ο International Documentary Festival Beyond Borders is under the auspices of S.A. of the President of the Republic Katerina Sakellaropoulou, and has the support of the Hellenic Parliament, the General Secretariat for Hellenism Abroad and Public Diplomacy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs,the Municipality of Megisti, the Embassies of the Australia, USA, Federal Republic of Germany, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Cyprus and Israel as well as the General Secretariat for Insular Policy, the Ministry of Culture, the EKOME and the ERT.

See the promotional spot of the ^6th “Beyond Borders” 2021 at https://youtu.be/hhNX8yzMs18 and a short film with highlights from last year’s event at https://youtu.be/widTYLPLHbE

For more information you can visit www.beyondborders.gr or contact the Festival at info@beyondborders.gr

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