After one more catastrophic seven daysby which the tickets literally hit rock bottom, continues this year’s idiosyncratic documentary festival, which we observe this season. So after the ten documentaries we saw just three weeks ago, four more are coming in, for new week, which starts tonight. These are the soulful and moving “Memory” of Nikos Ziogas, the shocking “The Sanctity of the Mountain”, the historical and political, epic dimensions, “The Hour of the Ovens”, from the revolutionary Argentina of ’68 and the all-encompassing “Adam, where are you? “by Alexander Zaporoshenko. He does with them premiere and the third part of the franchise adventure by hand J. K. Rowling “Fantastic Animals: The Dumbledore Secrets” directed by David Gates.
Fantastic Animals: The Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore. Fantasy Adventure, American and British production of 2022, directed by David Gates, with Jude Law, Mads Mikkelsen, Eddie Redmain, Ezra Miller, Dan Fogler, Allison Sudall, Calum Turner, Jr.
The third chapter of the spectacular universe of “Fantastic Animals”, by Tz. Mr. Rowling and the directorial signature of the famous English writer, David Gates, tested in the universe, once again guarantee a pleasant, full, two-hour period for the friends of the genre, without, however, going beyond the ordinary, but also a feeling tired, as in the second film.
He may be able to avoid the villains of the previous film in this third part of the movie franchise, try to bring Rowling’s fantasy universe back to the forefront, but it is clear that he still has a long way to go to reach the magical world of Harry Potter films. . Maybe in the next film, although it is obvious that everything has its limits.
Here, Professor Albus Dumbledore (Jude Law) must confront the evil sorcerer Gellert Grindelwald (Mants Mikkelsen) and his dangerous plans, to take control of the wizarding world shortly before the outbreak of war. fearless magicians.
An allegorical story, once again, which moves between conspiracies and suffocating intrigues, highlights the confrontation between good and evil, but also the toxic phenomena that find space to spread in a deranged world.
From the film, however, the spark is missing again, at some point and then struggling, the narrative has gaps and all that remains is the brilliance of the great Mants Mikkelsen and secondarily the rest of the remarkable cast, from which the Jude Law, Ezra Miller and Dan Folger.
IN A FEW WORDS καθη Professor Albus Dumbledore knows that the mighty dark wizard Gellert Grindelwald is moving to take control of the Wizarding World. Unable to stop him on his own, he instructs Magician Zoologist Newt Scamander to lead a fearless group of wizards, witches and a brave muggle baker on a dangerous mission, where they meet old and new animals and clash with Grindel’s reinforced legion. But with so much at stake, how long can Dumbledore stay out of it?
Souvenir (Memento) Documentary, Greek production of 2021, directed by Nikos Ziogas.
An elegy about Epirus, a lyrical documentary about the traditions of a place and its people who insist, despite adverse conditions, in a world that wants to go beyond its history, to cut off its roots and identity, which it exchanges with a well-loaded credit card.
The award-winning documentary by Nikos Ziogas takes us to Giromeri, Thesprotia, two steps from the border with Albania, conveying to us the custom of Easter Monday, held by the locals for centuries, playing continental obituaries over the memories of the people. The Epirote who, tradition says, will bloom even on the stone, does not forget, lives with his memories, keeps deep in his heart all that makes him special. His breath is intertwined with the clarinet, which has been praised by even great musicologists around the world, such as the recently Grammy-winning music producer, critic and philosopher Christopher King.
The story goes by word of mouth that, during the Turkish occupation, on Easter days, the Turkish army slaughtered all its men in Giromeri. The women, the people of Epirus, these heroines that we will always glorify, decided to celebrate Lambri’s day in the cemetery, next to their husbands, with instruments and food.
Ziogas, with the passion of bygone eras, transports us to the wonderful mountains of Epirus, gives us with simplicity and without impressions the daily life of the people of this small village, through the songs, the words, the sounds, the traditions and the legends, trying to keep alive in the stubbornness of the times. The color of the past mixes with the black and white of the present, the festivities with the memories of the deceased, the soul with the wild nature and with the thread that binds them to be the sound of the clarinet, to resonate in the mountains and on the faces.
A documentary, a precious souvenir, against the ruthless digital world, a love song for those who stayed in the beautiful but also difficult place, for those who were taken abroad, for the praiseworthy musicians and the grandeur of another ordinary small village, a hearth that continues to resist the new steel rationalism, selfishness, artificial bliss.
The Sanctity of Space. Documentary, American production of 2021, directed by Renan Ozturk and Freddie Wilkinson.
The high mountains, let alone those of wild Alaska, remain no matter what happens to human civilization, clean and constantly refreshed by snow, icy air and sun. For some courageous climbers, climbing them is inspiration, passion, life. For the two friends and renowned climbers Renan Ozurk and Freddie Wilkinson, an old black and white photo of the great photographer Brad Wosburn, who has given us the most beautiful mountain photos of all time, will be the occasion to seek our ultimate adventure but also adventure man must explore by reaching his limits, to reach one millimeter before death, one step closer to God.
Flying over uncharted mountain ranges, hanging from the open door of a small plane, Wosberne provided us with legendary photographs, through which he was able to draw maps, conduct scientific research, discover the first ascents, and inspire many people to follow him. Like the two contributors to the stunning documentary who will want to follow their crazy dream of climbing the peaks of the inhospitable massif of Moose’s Tooth in central Alaska.
The camera will follow the truly atheist explorers in their perilous mission to cross the mountain range, on icy and sharp rocks, in wet tents, in the company of hardships, accidents, insurmountable adversities. Many shots cut the breath and at the same time fill the head with oxygen, fresh air.
A film, a real experience for people who still believe in the power of nature, shot for five years, with incredible shots from helicopters, from space and over the wedges that hold the life of climbers, but also with the majestic black and white photos of Wosburn, the importance of which is recognizable even to people who can not understand the difference between a postcard and a photo of Robert Capa.
The Hour of the Ovens (La hora de los hornos). A political documentary, produced in Argentina in 1968, directed by Octavio Hetino and Fernando Solana.
One of the rare opportunities to see the coupling of a cinematic movement – a model of the revolutionary activist cinema – with the world revolutionary movements of the time, that is, of the hot 60’s, by the Argentine creators Octavio Hetino and Fernando Solana. A historical documentary, of epic proportions and lasting four hours, divided into three chapters – neo-colonialism, act of liberation, violence and freedom – and deals with the problems and demands of the revolutionary movements of the so-called third world, while the youth in the US and Europe made their own uprisings.
For those wondering what the title means, this is a hint of the fires that the natives lit on the shores of Argentina for the conquistadors to see and the saying of Jose Marti, the Cuban poet, national hero and symbol of the struggle for independence. of his homeland and Che Guevara repeated “it is time for the ovens and only light will be visible …”
The film is about normal life, dissolving the current and widespread aesthetics of society, “crumpling” the illustrative wrapper of the modern way of life that aims to remove popular perception from reality.
It records a series of struggles, stained with blood – images that in the past are very reminiscent of our relatively recent history and especially from the post-war decades to the post-colonial era. Also, the problems facing the Argentines, with the poor getting poorer and the rich getting richer and those of the rising flexible middle class keeping up with the interests of the rich until the first hurdle that brings them to the deep trying to float off the wave. despair.
A documentary that talks about the toxicity of wealth and its possessors, the use of the media to manipulate and silence people, the silencing of an endless drama, in order to make people feel normal with their tragic situation. A documentary symbol for the social struggles, but also a reminder that after so many years nothing has changed, apart from the tactics, the tools, the gigantism of the manipulation.
The film is still being shown
Adam, where are you? (Where Are You, Adam?). Documentary of Ukrainian and Greek production shot in 2019 by Alexander Zaporoshenko, in one of the oldest monasteries on Mount Athos. An experiential film that introduces the viewer to the diverse daily life of Docheiariou Monastery and highlights the peculiarities of the place, the people who take refuge and live there and captures an alternative way of life that prevails in a monastic community in the 21st century. The camera captures moments of everyday life, full of authentic characters and sanctified heroes, living free from the complex pseudo-priorities imposed by material modern culture. And at the same time a fleeting glance emerges at the parallel existence of a prosperous monastic community, which is light years away from the modern world.
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