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ELEFSIS

"Τo trap the invisible in the visible". (Nikos Karouzos)

A collection of still shots, of the inhabitants of the port of Eleusis.
People have reach their destination in front of the Sea of Eleusis
scenary, against the horizon lines, resembling a kind of purification process. Time stops here and it is becoming of abstract meaning: There is no "past", no "future", just "eternal present".
Following the principles of the ancient theatrical drama, the film is mentally divided into the following sections: PROLOGUE – PASSAGE – EPISODE – STASS – EXIT.

  • Takis George Bardakos
    Director
    • "ELEFSIS" 2022 short documentary • " BORDER SOULS " (2017) Feature documentary. • "ATHENS FROM BENEATH" (2016) Feature documentary
  • Takis George Bardakos
    Writer
    • "ELEFSIS" 2022 short documentary • " BORDER SOULS " (2017) Feature documentary. • "ATHENS FROM BENEATH" (2016) Feature documentary
  • Takis Bardakos
    Producer
    • "ELEFSIS" 2022 short documentary • " BORDER SOULS " (2017) Feature documentary. • "ATHENS FROM BENEATH" (2016) Feature documentary
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    ΈΛΕΥΣΙΣ
  • Project Type:
    Documentary, Experimental, Short
  • Runtime:
    19 minutes 23 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    July 13, 2022
  • Production Budget:
    20,000 EUR
  • Country of Origin:
    Greece
  • Country of Filming:
    Greece
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Black & White
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Ethnografilm Festival Paris , 2023
    Paris
    France
    April 7, 2023
  • Thessaloniki Documentary Film Festival TDFF 2023
    Thessaloniki
    Greece
    March 15, 2023
  • Chalkida Greek Documentary Festival, Docfest 2022
    Chalkida
    Greece
    November 24, 2022
  • Kalamata Short Docs Film Festival, 2023
    Kalamata
    Greece
    January 28, 2023
  • Photopolis Agrinio Photo Festival Photopolis Agrinio Photo Festival
Distribution Information
  • SQUAREFILMS (squarefilms.gr@gmail.com)
    Sales Agent
    Country: Greece
    Rights: All Rights
Director Biography - Takis George Bardakos

BARDAKOS TAKIS (PANAGIOTIS)
Director – DoP
Member of the Greek Documentary Association
email: t.g.bardakos@gmail.com

He studied aircraft engineering and then cinema at the Lykourgos Stavrakos school. He worked in film and television productions as Director of Photography for several years. He is the founder of the cultural association "SquareFilms - Culture Square" and since 2010 participates in the production and direction of documentaries. His films have taken part and have been distinguished in many Film Festivals in Greece and Abroad

FILMΟGRAPHY
• "ELEFSIS" (2022) short documentary
• " BORDER SOULS " (2017) Feature documentary.
• "ATHENS FROM BENEATH" (2016) Feature documentary.

AWARDS
• Silver Award at the "Festival GrecDoc" Paris 2020 (Border Souls)
• Photography Award at "Doc Fest Chalkida" & Honorary Distinction, 2017 (Border Souls)
• Documentary Award at the Balkan Food Film Festival Pogradec 2016 (Athens from Beneath)
• Honorary Distinction, at "Doc Fest Chalkida" 2016 (Athens from Beneath)
• Best Documentary Award: Around International Film Festival-Paris, July 2017 (Border Souls)
• Best Documentary Award: Barcelona Planet Film Festival 2016 (Athens from Beneath)

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Director Statement

The central idea is time. The question of time arises as one of the basic problems of human existence. Time is not just a problem, but a question and perhaps the most important question we always encounter in front of us on the path of our lives.

The "eternal now" is the eternal life, a life independent of time where the separation of past, present, and future has no meaning. But for real Mysts - and there are no more real than Eleusinian people- there is no such problem as passing to eternity because we already live in it.___

During the second day of Big Eleusinian Mysteries, someone could hear the scream "Alade Mystai (to the sea, Mysts)". This shout was the commencing signal of the march towards the sea for purification and sublimation. Because the sea is clean, unpolluted and it brings catharsis to all human suffering

Modern Elefsis. people have reach their destination in front of the Eleusis Sea scenery, against the horizon lines, resembling a kind of catharsis process. Time stops here and it is becoming of abstract meaning: There is no "past", no "future", just "eternal present".

Life in past times have already been lived, therefore it has become dead history, while life in future time has not been lived yet and we don't know it's bounds. We live only the eternal present

Greek
Κεντρική ιδέα είναι ο χρόνος. Το ζήτημα του χρόνου τίθεται ως ένα από τα βασικά προβλήματα της ανθρώπινης ύπαρξης. Ο χρόνος δεν είναι απλά ένα πρόβλημα, αλλά ένα ερώτημα και ίσως το πιο σπουδαίο ερώτημα, που συναντάμε πάντα μπροστά μας στο μονοπάτι της ζωής μας.
Η ταινία έχει μια συγκεκριμένη δομή, σταθερές εικόνες, η κάμερα χωρίς κίνηση, οι άνθρωποι ακίνητοι. Από αυτές τις στατικές εικόνες απουσιάζει η ροή του χρόνου. Οι υπομνήσεις ότι ο χρόνος της εικόνας υπάρχει και ρέει ως πραγματικός, δηλώνεται από τον κυματισμό της θάλασσας και την έλευση των πλοίων στο φόντο του ορίζοντα.
Δεν υπάρχει σχόλιο ή αφήγηση εντός ή εκτός κάδρου, δεν υπάρχει μουσική. Αφήνουμε να μιλήσει η σιωπή. Αποφεύγουμε να επιβάλλουμε συναισθήματα, εμπλέκοντας έτσι τον θεατή να συμμετέχει σε αυτά που βλέπει και να κρίνει μόνος του.