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This documentary tells us the story of the lonely village Kayaköy together with
the story of migration. Produced in the memory of the “Ones who are away
from their homelands...” and winning the Best National Documentary Award
in 8 th Ankara International Film Festival (1996), this documentary is a call for
peace in the region and peace in the world.
THE JOURNEY – TO TAXIDI
(Opening Documentary)
Screenplay: Maria Mavrikou
Cinematography: Sakis Maniatis,
Stathis Saltas,
C.Assimakopoulos
Editing: Despo Maroulakou
Producer: Maria Mavrikou
Production Year: 2000
Duration: 59’
The film is a journey into the past, to the years 1922-24, when the Greeks were
driven out of Asia Minor and an exchange of Greek and Turkish populations
took place. Through the memories of elderly Greeks from Aivali (modern day
Ayvalık) and Turkish-Cretans from Rethymno, who are now living in Ayvalık and
its neighboring islands, the shocking events of that era come alive once again.
Seventy-six years after the exchange, Greeks return on a pilgrimage to the
Aeolian land of their birth, and for the first time, ten of the Turkish-Cretans
also visit their birthplace. They still speak the Cretan dialect and sing the poem
“Erotokritos” just as they did then!
LYCIA: MAKRI-LIVISSI
Direction: Mary Hadjimichali-Papaliou
Cinematography: Ian Owels, Panagiotis Economou
Editing: Yannis Tsitsopoulos
Sound: Nikos Varouxis, Chris Renty
Music: Yorgos Hadzimichelakis
Production: GFC, ERT S.A., Greek Tourism Organisation,
Positive Ltd.
40’ Greece
Association des Etats Généraux des Etudiants de L’Europe
Lycia is a contemporary travelogue of six 45-minute episodes, which present
twenty remote and almost forgotten ancient cities in Lycia, on the southwestern
tip of Asia Minor. On this pilgrimage through time, we are guided by ancient
authors, foreign travelers, and prominent scholars and scientists, as we explore
the past and present of a land of imposing natural beauty, where myth and
history become as one.
THE SCHOOL
Direction: Marianna Economou
2001, GREECE
Duration: 55’
THE SCHOOL is a documentary about an intercultural school in Athens serving
for two communities. More than half of the children are Turkish-speaking
Muslims in a city dominated by Greek speaking Orthodox Christians. In an
environment often tending to social prejudice and xenophobic nationalism,
the teachers are committed to create a “normal” school for children of both
communities. For a year, this documentary follows life in the school and in
the neighborhood, and intimately looks at the integration of minorities into
Greek society. Only recently, has public debate in Greece addressed the ethnic
majority’s racist perceptions of and discriminations against the minority groups,
and the legitimate expectations of these groups to have their language, culture
and faith respected and supported by the state and society. Through the
examination of the obstacles and difficulties the teachers face, THE SCHOOL
attempts to make a broader comment on the effectiveness of individual acts to
change racist attitudes and stereotypes.
WHO SEPARATED US?
KİM AYIRDI BİZİ?
Direction: Cafer GEBETAŞ, Aliye EROL
Production Year: 2000
Duration: 12’
First quarter of the twentieth century... The time that the most radical changes
were occurring in Anatolia. In this period leading to the birth of the Turkish
Republic, the Anatolian people had experienced the worst pains. Anatolia also
had experienced one of the biggest migrations of its history. This documentary
KayaFest Youth and Culture Festival
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