34° TORINO FILM FESTIVAL
TFFDOC/INTERNAZIONALE.DOC
FANTASMATA PLANIOUNTAI PANO APO TIN EUROPI
by Maria Kourkouta, Niki Giannari
Country: Greece, France
Year: 2016
Duration: 99'
The daily life of refugees (mainly Syrian, Kurdish, Pakistani, Afghani) in the camp of Idomeni. Refugees waiting in queues for food, tea and doctors; waiting to cross the border between Greece and Macedonia. One day, Europe closes its borders for them once and for all. The “residents” of Idomeni decide, in their turn, to occupy the train tracks, blocking the trains that carry goods across the border. [mp]
Biography
film director
Maria Kourkouta
Maria Kourkouta (Greece, 1982), after studying the history of the Balkans in Greece, moved to Paris in 2006 where she currently lives most of the time. In France, she did some research for her PhD on the question of rhythm in cinema. Since 2008, she made several films, mostly on 16mm at different independent run-artists film laboratories in France (such as L’Etna and L’Abominable, where she is still active as a member). Most of her cinematic works are distributed by Light Cone, dedicated to distribution, diffusion and protection of experimental cinema.
FILMOGRAFIA
Preludes (cm, 2010), Return to Aeolus Street (cm, 2013).
Maria Kourkouta, Niki Giannari:
Fantasmata planiountai pano apo tin Europi (Spectres Are Haunting Europe, doc., 2016).
Fantasmata planiountai pano apo tin Europi (Spectres Are Haunting Europe, doc., 2016).
Niki Giannari
Niki Giannari (Greece, 1968) is a Greek writer.
FILMOGRAFIA
Maria Kourkouta, Niki Giannari:
Fantasmata planiountai pano apo tin Europi (Spectres Are Haunting Europe, doc., 2016).
Declaration
film director
“The film is a gift for the refugees. A gift in return for all that we owe them: life and political practice – as they are the only ones who can still move in the face of all sorts of walls in enclosed Europe. It’s a call to welcome the refugees, as well as the ghosts that return with them.”
Cast
& Credits
regia, sceneggiatura/directors, screenplay
Maria Kourkouta, Niki Giannari
fotografia, montaggio/cinematography, film editing
Maria Kourkouta
suono/sound
André Fèvre
produttori/producers
Carine Chichkowsky, Maria Kourkouta
produzione/production
Survivance Productions
contatti/contacts
Maria Kourkouta
entr.acte95@gmail.com
Maria Kourkouta, Niki Giannari
fotografia, montaggio/cinematography, film editing
Maria Kourkouta
suono/sound
André Fèvre
produttori/producers
Carine Chichkowsky, Maria Kourkouta
produzione/production
Survivance Productions
contatti/contacts
Maria Kourkouta
entr.acte95@gmail.com
