PRESS RELEASE - 4th West Side Mountains Doc Fest or Epirus International Documentary Festival
6 to 21 August 2021
The 4th WEST SIDE MOUNTAINS DOC FEST or International Documentary Festival of Epirus was founded in 2018 by AMKE Culture Canto Mediterraneo and is a multi-day film festival which receives entries from all over the world and from creators of all ages and nationalities who submit their films to
The main goal of our festival is to promote, highlight and understand the basic principles of cinematic art and so WEST SIDE MOUNTAINS DOC FEST develops cultural bridges with the world, enhances the sense of community and intercultural communication, while at the same time it educates and acquaints the viewer with the cinematic art. At the same time, the Festival, through its choices and its special tributes, promotes social issues and confronts stereotypes and prejudices of all kinds. In this regard, films with extreme political, racist or religious positions are rejected by the organization.
This Documentary Festival started in 2018 in the Municipality of Karaiskaki of Orini Arta. The main thought and intention of those who dealt with the establishment of the Festival was the creation of an important cultural event, in one of the poorest and most inaccessible areas of Europe. An area of incredible natural beauty that starts from Agrafa and the valley of Acheloos and reaches almost to Arta.
The festival completely achieved its goals and we are already on the eve of the start of its fourth season. During these years the dream came true and so we managed to extend it almost to the whole of Epirus. This expansion of the festival became a reality with the participation of the Municipalities of Central Tzoumerka, North Tzoumerka, Pogoni, Preveza, Arta, Karaiskaki, the Society of Greek Directors, many clubs, Brotherhoods, local Federations, Federations of the Ierapetra Festival but also of the representative of the Continental Community in Athens Panipirotic S.E.
With hard work and minimal resources we managed to make the festival loved by the people and tend to establish itself as an internationally renowned festival, held far from major urban centers.
We have managed to prove that on the occasion of this festival, opportunities can be created for the development of cultural institutions, as well as alternative tourism in our country, which needs to take a step forward and free itself from the degraded cultural "status" that haunts it and often holds hostage to the bad taste and commercialization of everything.
FESTIVAL SCREENINGS
The events of the Festival started on June 24 with the pre-festival screening of the documentary "Georgios Karaiskakis at the borders of Mythos in the courtyard of the Consolation in Arta.
FESTIVAL SCREENINGS 2021
6 August
START AT SKOULIKARIA
Greetings to the public and reference to the history of the Festival.
Initial screenings:
All the rebetes of Dounias by Dimitris Traggalos 57:17
Babylon, Ghetto, Renaissance and Modern Oblivion της Jessica Gould 29:06
7 August
GIANNIOTI
Beyond the Clacier by David Rodríguez Muñiz 18:13
Devotion by Alexis Rummler 28:07
En Skyros by Aris Pavlidis 11:51
George Karaiskakis at the borders of the legend by Nikos Papakostas 78:00
8 August
AGIOS CHARALAMBOS KATO ATHAMANIO
With open wings by Vivian Papageorgiou 22:33
Wantoks: Dance of Resilience in Melanesia by Iara Lee 19:59
Street fighter by Panagiotis Athinaios 17:49
George Karaiskakis at the borders of the legend by Nikos Papakostas 78:00
9 August
ATHAMANIO
Another form of George Angeloudis 11:30
Taking flight by Quitterie Hervouet 08:30
Springs of the hope by Manick Ganesan 06:23
Kifissia Omonia by Menelaos Kyrlidis 20:31
George Karaiskakis at the borders of the legend by Nikos Papakostas 78:00
10 August
DICHOMIRI
The kinds who save the world by Adam Tyler 03:54
Stuck by Diana Chemeris 04:40
The eyes of the land by Marcos Altuve Marquina 15:59
Μy Gypsy Road by Vilma Kartalska 27:56
The Cruel Pleasure of Punishing by Gonzalo Collado 25:44
George Karaiskakis at the borders of the legend by Nikos Papakostas 78:00
11 August
ANO PETRA
The skies of Macedonia are on fire by Dimitris Hatzimallis 51:43
George Karaiskakis at the borders of the legend by Nikos Papakostas 78:00
Wave of practicle by Alireza Rahmantalab 28:51
12 August
LOUROS
Plasticlysm by Michalis Katsouris 14:56
Sold by Aleksandra Nestorov 19:27
Τambora by Dr. Alan Marshall and Mgr. Nanthawa 17:21
George Karaiskakis at the borders of the legend by Nikos Papakostas 78:00
16 August
ANCIENT KASSOPI
Our Marbles by Nikos Papakostas 27:00
George Karaiskakis at the borders of the legend by Nikos Papakostas 78:00
21 August
ELLINIKO OF IOANNINA
In your own way by Konstantinos Fotiadis 33:20
George Karaiskakis at the borders of the legend by Nikos Papakostas 78:00
ATHENS IN OCTOBER
In Athens in mid-October, in a three-day event in a large hall in Athens, the following films will be screened, since due to the coronavirus we did not want to increase the duration of daily events for long. Anyway, every year during this period we make a big event for the awarding of prizes.
MOVIE TITLES
Alone in the Forest of Lefteris Amulet 51:00
Hommage by Spyros Alidakis 48:00
Why do we photograph Andreas Katsikoudis 1:07:29
George of Kedros of John and George Kolozis 1:22:15
Nikos Karouzos - The road to the air of Giannis Karpouzis 1:41:43
Who is Eugenio Barba of Magdalene Remund 1:02:03
Babel- From Silence to the Explosion of the Squadron Study 1.10.20
Transfer by Ilias Giannakakis 1:55:29
The Greeks of Ethiopia then and now by Vassilis Froggakis 1:00:14
The silence of the seabed of Filippos Vardakas 1.32.45
The exiled Falah Ghati by Christos Karakasis 45.12
Looking for the Orpheus of Tzeli Hadjidimitriou 45:34
We will not sell our future of Niki Velissaropoulou 52:28
Spyros and the round of death of Linos and Dimitris Kafidas 56:10
USEFUL INFORMATION
- START TIME OF ALL EVENTS 20:30
- ADMISSION TO EVENTS AND PROMOTIONS IS FREE
- HYGIENE PROTOCOLS WILL BE STRICTLY ADHERED TO
For the sanitary measures, for how we get to the projection places,
for accommodation issues and other similar issues, contact the local Municipalities.
INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION ABOUT THE PROMOTIONS
Canto Mediterraneo NPCO tel: +30 695 5638 775,
e-mail: cantomed@gmail.com and on our website cantomed.eu
Thank you for the screening of our Festival and we hope to see you in our screenings.
For any other information please contact us.
Yours sincerely
Nikos Papakostas
Director of NPCO Culture Canto Mediterraneo and
WEST SIDE MOUNTAINS DOC FEST
+30 695 5638 775, email: cantomed@gmail.com