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Three Visits To Mariana's Tower

The Tower of Marianna – one of the few Tower houses of the Lesbian countryside that still survives – a
rare sample of traditional folk architecture, still stands boldly, “belted”in the ravages of abandonment
and time. Three visits in the Tower give prominence to matters of memory and management of local
cultural heritage. Through the eyes of the visitors, the Tower shows up as a symbol around which
multiple meanings are organized about domesticity, kin relations, festive sociability, friendship, death
and life itself.
The Tower of Marianna – one of the few Tower houses of the Lesbian countryside that still survives – a rare sample of traditional folk architecture, still stands boldly, “belted”in the ravages of abandonment and time. Three visits in the Tower give prominence to matters of memory and management of local cultural heritage. Through the eyes of the visitors, the Tower shows up as a symbol around which multiple meanings are organized about domesticity, kin relations, festive sociability, friendship, death and life itself.

  • Panagiotis Vekris
    Director
  • Panagiotis Vekris
    Writer
  • Panagiotis Vekris
    Producer
  • Stratis Anastasiou
    Producer
  • Anastasiou
    Post Production
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    ΤΡΕΙΣ ΕΠΙΣΚΕΨΕΙΣ ΣΤΟΝ ΠΥΡΓΟ ΤΗΣ ΜΑΡΙΑΝΝΑΣ
  • Project Type:
    Documentary, Student
  • Runtime:
    29 minutes 27 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    June 22, 2021
  • Production Budget:
    0 EUR
  • Country of Origin:
    Greece
  • Country of Filming:
    Greece
  • Language:
    Modern Greek (1453-)
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    Yes - UNIVERSITY OF THE AEGEAN - Msc Culture and Documentary Film Production
  • Digital Cinema Package:
    Unavailable
  • Istanbul International Architecture and Urban Films Festival
    Instanbul
    Turkey
    October 3, 2022
    Finalist
Director Biography - Panagiotis Vekris

Panagiotis Vekris was born in 1974 in Mytilene, Greece. He studied architecture in Pescara - Italy. Since 2004 he works as architect in his hometown in Lesvos. In 2015 in collaboration with the 3rd AegeanDoc workshop he directed his first documentary “At The Edge Of The Cape” and in 2017 his second, "Half Yard". In 2021 he graduated from the University of the Aegean with a masters degree in Culture and Documentary Film Production

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