COMPASS FILMS
Compass Films is a short and feature film festival that aims to raise refugee awareness and promote inclusion through art.
Films and storytelling have a remarkable power to foster social cohesion and create more empathy between individuals and communities. They offer the ability to transcend cultural boundaries, connect people on an emotional level, and shed light on the experiences and struggles of marginalized communities, including people with lived experiences of forced migration. In light of this, Refugee Week Greece takes an important step towards involving migrant communities and film. This way, Compass
Το Compass Films είναι ένα φεστιβάλ ταινιών μικρού και μεγάλου μήκους που έχει στόχο την ευαισθητοποίηση για το προσφυγικό, αλλά και την προώθηση της συμπερίληψης μέσω της τέχνης.
Οι ταινίες και η αφήγηση ιστοριών έχουν μια αξιοσημείωτη δύναμη να ενισχύουν την κοινωνική συνοχή και να δημιουργούν ενσυναίσθηση μεταξύ ατόμων και κοινοτήτων. Έχουν την ικανότητα να υπερβαίνουν τα πολιτισμικά σύνορα, να συνδέουν τους ανθρώπους σε συναισθηματικό επίπεδο και να ρίχνουν φως στις εμπειρίες και τους αγώνες περιθωριοποιημένων κοινοτήτων, συμπεριλαμβανομένων των μεταναστών και των προσφύγων.
Programme curator
Georgia Korossi, Curator of film, film critic, digital content producer
19 June 2023
COLLABORATION WITH THE FESTIVAL OF MIGRANT FILM SLOVENIA + TRIBUTE TO THE WORK OF ANNETA PAPATHANASIOU + INTRO WITH DIRECTOR-SCREENWRITER ANGELOS KOVOTSOS
9:30pm. Open air screening, Πλατεία Προφήτη Ηλία, οδός Φωκά, Μέγαρα
For the second Refugee Week Greece and the inauguration of Compass FILMS we collaborated with the team behind the Festival of Migrant Film in Ljubljana, Slovenia and Greek director Anneta Papathanasiou to bring together stories of people who have been forced to leave their homes. Expanding on this year’s Refugee Week theme of compassion, we selected two short films on the ground of optimism. This is made possible by the many individuals, including directors Damian Kocur (Poland) and Anneta Papathanasiou (Greece), and groups who are willing to engage themselves and work around the building of an open and inclusive society that transcends cultural and other differences.
We would like to thank Neaniko Plano, the Festival of Migrant Film in Ljubljana, Slovenia and the Krakow Film Foundation for their kind support.
Programme
Film 1: Beyond is the day / Πέρα από τη Μέρα by Damian Kocur
Film 2: The Park, Grandma Nissa and Ali / Το Πεδίο του Άρεως, η γιαγιά Νισά και ο Αλή by Anneta Papathanasiou, Angelos Kovotsos, Antonis Tolakis
Thursday 22nd & Friday 23rd June
FESTIVAL OF MIGRANT FILM, SLOVENIA PROGRAMME
7-11pm. Ο Θέογνις, Πολιτιστικός Σύλλογος Μεγάρων. 28ης Οκτωβρίου 62, 19100 Μέγαρα
The collaboration continues with the Festival of Migrant Film in Ljubljana, Slovenia with a selection of short films screening simultaneously with Refugee Week. Directors from Lebanon, Italy, Bangladesh and France filmed the powerful journeys of people trying to live their lives with decency. The screenings will be hosted by the Theognis Cultural Association in Megara and they will be screened in a loop from 7-11pm.
Programme
Umar by Francesco Cibati
Autumn by Sofia Gutman
Uprooted by Olga Prud’homme Farges
Rawa by Camille Toulmé
We would like to thank the Festival of Migrant Film in Ljubljana, Slovenia for this collaboration and the enormous generosity of all the filmmakers who have sent their films.
