Parallel Section
Giant Footsteps
- Eirini Mavromataki: The Art of Life
- Dimos Gigadakis: Every Inch of a King
Michalis Tamboukas │ Greece │ 2009 │ 10 mins
Synopsis: Eirini Mavromataki and Dimos Gigadakis are two people with a different type of dwarfism. Eirini also uses crutches. They are both exceptional stage and screen artists. The film takes a glance at the giant footsteps of their lives and activities.
Bio: Michalis Tamboukas is an actor and translator. His articles, points of view and reviews on theatre, cinema, literature and art have been published in many leading newspapers.
Revel in the Light
Deiren Masterson │ Canada │ 2005 │ 12 mins
Synopsis: "A Quiet Life Will Shine". With these words, director Deiren Masterson decides to "open" the portrait of Rebecca Beayni a young woman whose incredible spirit bursts in and through the seams of a physical disability she was born into. This is the story of Rebecca, a woman whose openness to life touches and stirs those in the world around her. This film is the realization of a dream of Rebecca’s and the Ubuntu Initiative which consists of individuals who have a developmental disability and their families and friends.
Bio: Deiren Masterson is an award-winning writer, producer, editor and composer. He won the John Culkin Award for Outstanding Work in Media Ecology from Fordham University for the documentary McLuhan Way: In Search of Truth (2007). In God’s Hands (2003) won the Best Script/Directing Award at the Magnificat Festival in 2006. He recently produced the documentaries Hidden Steeples and Spoon Man.
Seven plus One (7+1)
Alkis Sdougkos │ Greece │ 2009 │ 25 mins
Synopsis: How is a film created? Who are the people, who hold the magic wand in their hands? A storyteller invites the audience to travel in the world of cinema, thus having the opportunity to observe the various stages of a film production. From the creation of the script to the screening in the movie theater…. An unexpected and mysterious incident turns the movie backwards during the screening and while people are "enjoying" the movie. It starts from the beginning again… It is the same movie but from a different point of view.
Bio: Alkis Sdougkos completed his studies at the Law School of the University of Athens and at the School of Professional Journalism. He has worked in radio and television as well as in newspapers. He has participated as art director, co-producer and director in theatre performances, while for the last two years he has been working in cinema, as a filmmaker and producer. Seven plus One is his first purely personal job in cinema.
Small things that matter
Lucia Rikaki │ Greece │ 2008 │ 30 mins
Synopsis: A documentary based on testimonies by patients suffering from rheumatoid arthritis. It focuses on the small things that matter in the daily lives of these patients with the aim of raising public awareness but also of making those in the decision-making centers sit up and take notice.
Bio: Lucia Rikaki is film director and producer, artistic director of the Rodοs International Film & Visual Arts Festival "Εcofilms" and Kos International Health Film Festival "Ippokratis". She is the coordinator of the Balkan fund Thessaloniki International Film Festival Script Development and the founder of the Comedy Club in Greece.