In a special three-day period, from March 29 to 31, 2024, the award-winning films of the 8th Beyond Borders – Kastellorizo ​​International Documentary Festival will be hosted at the Film Gallery of Greece, in Athens.

With film screenings, Q&As and masterclasses, visitors will have the opportunity to enjoy films from around the world which stood out last August for the way they deal with the lesser-known aspects of history, for their social sensitivity, originality of idea and artistic value, the organizers note, among other things.

It is reminded that Beyond Borders – Kastellorizo ​​International Documentary Festival is preparing for its 9th edition, which will take place on the beautiful acre island from 25/8 to 1/9/2024.

As stated by Irini Sarioglou, artistic director of the festival, “Beyond Borders coming to Athens was a constant wish of ours, the creators and of course the public of the festival, which does not have the possibility to travel to the far away, enchanting Kastellorizo . We are particularly happy about our collaboration with the Film Archive of Greece and from this year the award-winning films of Beyond Borders – Kastellorizo ​​International Documentary Festival will be screened in March in Athens as well, meeting their wider audience. We are very proud of the films of the festival, many of which are shown in Greek, international and world premieres, then finding their way to the festivals or even to theaters. Films with courage, daring, humor, documentation, films that see the world clearly and that deserve to be seen by as many people as possible. We are waiting for you all for three cinema evenings in Athens with the air of Kastellorizo!”.

Films such as Scenes with my father (Best Historical Documentary Award and FIPRESCI Award) by Dutch-Croatian director Biserka Šuran will be shown in a Greek premiere that revives scenes from the former Yugoslavia, Audrey Napanangka (Best Historical Documentary Award) by Australian Penelope McDonald in an international premiere, which follows the life of the amazing Audrey and the Walpiri family who travel by themselves educating their children, Awake 18 (Odysseus Special Award) by Vera Ionas Papadopoulou, where six unaccompanied young men and women talk about life in Greece, Tobacco Leaves (Award for Best Greek Documentary) by Stathis Galazoula and Eliza Kavalaraki, which unfolds the memories of women tobacco workers, The hidden children of Colonization (Award #ThisisEU) by Dominique Regueme in a Greek premiere, which deals with the history of removal and exile of thousands of multiracial children during the Belgian colonization in the Congo, Rwanda and Burundi and Bitter September (Bronze Phoenix micro) by Sofia Faradatos in a Greek premiere about the handling of the assassination of Jacques Kostopoulos.

Of particular interest are the masterclasses of Jordan Paterson, Canadian director, producer and writer and Michel Noll, president of the French Ecrans des Mondes, initiator of Grecdoc and director of International Development of Beyond borders. Michel Noll’s masterclass on Friday 29 March entitled “Beyond Imagination” will focus on issues of international interconnection and development of film festivals in the light of innovation, artificial intelligence and future perspectives.

On Saturday 30 March with the masterclass ‘Exploring migration through the lens’, Jordan Paterson will examine questions that documentarians and media researchers face today with the escalating migration crisis, such as: What is the ethics of consent to a crisis? What is the legal commitment of the documentary internationally? What is the role of cooperation with interlocutors and their personal opinions? What do we really mean by ‘access’? What is the filmmaker’s ideological framework, explicitly or implicitly? And how can documentary represent and create films that oppose dominant film industry or media narratives?

Entry is free with tickets available at more.com

For more information you can visit the website www.beyondborders.gr or contact the Festival at [email protected].