Private Project

Meeting Point

Meeting Point was shot at Victoria Square, central Athens. The Square, historically a busy place, became a meeting point for the refugees. The film shows a poor Greek man performing a traditional song of his culture at the Square. His performance is intertwined with the statement of an Afghan man that describes his life in and out of the refugee camps. His story was told to the artist immediately after the closing of the Macedonian frontiers, forcing many refugees to return to Athens.

  • sonia Guggisberg
    Director
  • Sonia Guggisberg
    Writer
  • Produtora Independente
    Producer
  • Project Type:
    Documentary, Experimental
  • Runtime:
    9 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    June 20, 2017
  • Production Budget:
    10,000 USD
  • Country of Filming:
    Greece
  • Shooting Format:
    dvcan
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
Director Biography - sonia Guggisberg

Brazilian with Swiss origins, Sonia Guggisberg (1964) lives and works in São Paulo, Brazil. PhD in Semiotics and Communication from Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo and Master in Fine Arts from UNICAMP, Guggisberg works as artist, videomaker and researcher, participating in solo and group shows, lectures and workshops in Brazil and abroad since the 1990s. Nowadays she’s developing a research on humans redesign movements and its identities. She has presented many solo shows and her production has been seen in the USA, Germany, Mexico, Colombia, Malta, Spain and France. Her works are part of the collections of Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo, Museu de Arte Contemporânea de São Paulo, SESC SP, Instituto Figueiredo Ferraz and Museu Lasar Segal, among others. In 2014, she was awarded with the Brazil Photography Prize (Porto Seguro), in the Essay category and in 2017 awarded the Best Film in independent production MobiFilm.

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