The year 1896, following the first modern Olympic Games, was defined by a widespread sense of optimism in Athens, a rather insignificant city of just 130,000.
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Ahead of Holocaust Memorial Day on Friday, the Goethe Institute will be holding a special remembrance event comprising two screenings.
In its 13th edition, the International Ethnographic Film Festival, or Ethnofest (ethnofest.gr), takes inspiration from that number as a symbol of bad luck.
Documentary filmmaker Maria Iliou, historical consultant Alexander Kitroeff and their team have painstakingly put together a collection of material documenting the Ottoman-to-Neoclassical transformation of the Greek capital.
State broadcaster ERT3 will be showing a series of documentaries on World War II and the atrocities committed by the Nazis, starting on Monday and ending on Friday.
Τhe seventh edition of the Kastellorizo International Documentary Film Festival “Beyond Borders” (beyondborders.gr) starts on August 21 and will run on the southeastern Aegean island through August 28.
“A House Made of Splinters,” a deeply moving documentary about the lives of youngsters residing at the Lysychansk shelter in eastern Ukraine, won the top Golden Alexander prize Sunday at the 24th Thessaloniki Documentary Festival.
Laura Roveri will never forget the night she went out to celebrate a friend’s birthday at a Verona discotheque eight years ago. The 25-year-old ended up half dead in hospital with 15 stab wounds – inflicted by her boyfriend.
“How to Survive a Pandemic” by Academy Award-nominated director David France will open the Thessaloniki Documentary Festival (TDF), taking place March 10-20, organizers announced Tuesday.
The human toll of Russia’s military aggression and Putin’s war on independent journalism are explored in films to be showcased at the upcoming Thessaloniki Documentary Festival (TDF).
A joint statement by relatives of the dead, local residents’ groups and those injured in the devastating fire that ripped through the eastern Attica resort of Mati in 2018 has protested against its coverage in the recent screenings of the 2019 documentary “Megafires: Investigating a Global Threat,” by Cosima Dannoritzer and Nicolas Koutsikas.
The world premiere this Sunday of “Blue Future,” a documentary by the World Wildlife Fund, will coincide with the start of the crucial United Nations Conference on Climate Change (COP26).
Following the success of its previous four editions, the Israeli Film Festival returns with five documentary films that explore vital themes in the country’s society and culture.
The setting is a ballet class, and the year is 1974. George Balanchine throws up his arms in exasperation at the sight of a dancer executing a step incorrectly at the barre.
Marking the centenary of the birth of Joseph Beuys (1921-86), the Goethe Institute in Athens and the Piraeus Bank Cultural Center present a free online screening of a documentary on his life and work.
“Invisible,” by Marianna Kakaounaki, is included in the official list of the 2021 Copenhagen International Documentary Festival, which runs through May 12. It is described by the festival organizers as “an acute political film with a human heart.”
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