Feeling of a Home
Idomeni, in 2016; In this small village on the Greek-Macedonian border, an old lady recounts stories about locals who crossed the borderline and never came back. While her narrations reconstruct the History of the border, some Palestinians from Syria, living in the refugee settlement that has been built right next to the village, decide to set up a kindergarten. Thus, instead of waiting passively for the border to open, they exist in the present, they envision the future and they create conditions that bring them closer to a feeling of a home.
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michalis kastanidisDirector
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io chaviaraDirector
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michalis kastanidisProducer
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io chaviaraProducer
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Project Type:Documentary, Short
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Genres:Human Rights, social, History, politics
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Runtime:25 minutes
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Completion Date:January 8, 2017
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Production Budget:15,800 EUR
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Country of Origin:Greece
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Country of Filming:Greece
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Language:Arabic, Kurdish, Modern Greek (1453-)
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Shooting Format:digital HD
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Aspect Ratio:16:9
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Film Color:Color
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First-time Filmmaker:Yes
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Student Project:No
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7th Athens International Digital Film FestivalAthens
Greece
March 30, 2018
Best Documentary Award -
19th Thesaloniki Documentary FestivalThesaloniki
Greece
March 5, 2017
World Premiere -
23rd Athens International Film FestivalAthens
Greece
September 22, 2017
Greek Short Stories - In Competition -
6th Boddinale Film FestivalBerlin
Germany
February 22, 2018
official selection -
8th Balkan Beyond Borders Film FestivalBrussels
Belgium
October 13, 2017
Official Selection -
Cheap Cuts Short Documentary FestivalLondon
United Kingdom
May 19, 2018
Official Selection -
8th Ethnofest - Athens Ethnographic Film FestivalAthens
Greece
November 26, 2017
Official Selection -
5th Chania Film FestivalChania
Greece
October 28, 2018
Official Selection -
4th International Peloponnesian Documentary FestivalKalamata
Greece
Official Selection
Distribution Information
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FABULA PRODUCTIONSCountry: GreeceRights: All Rights
Io Chaviara is a visual artist, she has taken place in international exhibitions she has been co- curating workshops and documentary festivals in Athens and Beirut. Her artworks consist of essays, lectures performances, artistic interventions, curating projects and documentaries.
Michalis Kastanidis is a film-maker and co-founder of Fabula Productions based in Athens, Greece. He has studied visual anthropology and ethnographic film in Barcelona (UB).