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Wednesday 18
October
2023
HALL A'
21:00
Screening of the film
Rebetiko, 110'
ROOM B
21:00-23:00
Letter to A Pig , Director: Tal Kantor, 17 ́
Uprootings, Director: Eleni Alexandraki, 98'
Thursday 19
October
2023
HALL A'
09:00 – 13:30
Screenings for Schools
18:00 – 20:00
Dikeosini / Justis, Location: Nikitas Sifonios-Angelos Barai, 7' / Q&A
Celestial Bodies , Director: Alex Charitou, 78' / Q&A
The Hook, Location: Pietro Venier ,20' / Q&A
Topotheto / Place, Placement:Charis Kostogloudis-Anna Engeli, 7' / Q&A
Two Sides, Design: Moustafa Yehia ,9'/ Q&A
The Chaplain / The Chaplain, Director: Matyáš Lada, 20'/ Q&A
Unicorns do exist, direction: Milena Perdikari, 24' / Q&A
20:00 – 22:00
78/52: Hitchcock's Shower Scene, Director: Alexandre O. Phillipe, 91' / Q&A
22:00 – 24:00
Nothing Holier Than A Dolphin / Nothing More Sacred Than a Dolphin, Directedby Isabella Margara, 17' / Q&A
The Isle of Medea, Director: Sergio Naitza, 90' / Q&A
ROOM B
20:30 - 22:30
Silent Days, Director: Chryssa Wilkens, 16' /Q&A
When will the East open, Theatre educators: Valentina Papadimitraki-Tasos Karakyklas, 10' / Q&A
Remembrance, Direction: Sofia Kassari, 19' / Q&A
Sfendili: When the Water Uproots You , Director: Michalis Bastakis, 40' / Q&A
Betrayed Bonds, Director: NicolasS-Theofilos Tsironis, 24'
Friday 20
October
2023
HALL A'
09:00 – 13:30
Screenings for Schools
18:00 – 20:00
The Edge of Time, Director: Andreas Zografos, 100' / Q&A
20:00 – 22:00
Hippodamia, Location: Georges Salameh,16' / Q&A
Sun & Daughter, Director: Catalina Razzini, 84'
22:00 – 24:00
Do you want tangerine? / Would You Like a Tangerine, Director: Dimitris Iordanopoulos, 7' / Q&A
Kalavrita-Guernica / Kalavryta- Guernika, Director: Ismini Sakalaropoulou,20' / Q&A
Grief - Those Who Remain, Director: Myrto Patsalidou-Maria Louka, 71' / Q&A
ROOM B
20:30-22:30
Under the Lake Director : Thanasis Trouboukis, 16'
Etel Adnan: Words in Exile, Director: Vouvoula Skoura, 52'
The Red Bank. James Joyce: His Trials, of the Greek / The Red Bank. James Joyce: His Greek Notebooks, Director: Vouvoula Skoura, 29'
Saturday 21
October
2023
HALL A'
17:00 – 18:00
The House with the Pomegranates, Director: Irene Vahlioti-Panagiotis Locksmith,32' / Q&A
Handbrake, Director: Antigoni Karnesioti, 11' / Q&A
18:00 – 20:00
Eleftheromania / Eleftheromania, Director: DavidA ntoniuk, 19' / Q&A
Once in '44 / One Time in '44, Director: Mary Bouli, 15' / Q&A
Islands on the Edge, Director: Giorgos Savoglou-Dionysia Kopanas, 26' / Q&A
Tobacco Leaves / Her Tobacco, Location: Eliza Kavaleraki-Stathis Galazoulas,39'
20:00 – 22:00
Zakros / Zakros, Reception: Filippos Koutsaftis,99' / Q&A
22:00 – 24:00
Engagement / Imbroglio, Direction: Dimitris Papagiannopoulos,22' / Q&A
The Armchair on the Pavement, directed by Mary Cologne,15' / Q&A
Vicious Circle, Director: Vasilis Tsirakis, 28' / Q&A
Short Draft , Director: Spyridon Papaspyrou, 23' / Q&A
To read them poems, direction: AlexisHatzigiannis, 24' / Q&A
Just World / Fair World, Director: Konstantina Palli, 7' / Q&A
00:30 - ...
MIDNIGHT
It's a Long Road, Director: PantelisVoulgaris, 118'
ROOM B
20:30-22:30
Home is somewhere else / My home is somewhere else, Director: Carlos Hagerman-Jorge Villalobos,87'
Ten of Swords, Director: Adi Shahar, 5'
Nature Deficit, Director: Astrid Rothaugm 25'
Spirit of the Forest, Director: Nandini Rao, Nirupa Rao, Kalp Sanghvi,7'
Sunday 22
October
2023
HALL A'
17:00-18:00
Witchfairy, Director: Cedric Igodt-David Van der Weyer, 15'
/ Q&A
Cultural Routes, Director: Matina Dimou, 3'
/ Q&A
Little t, Director: Masha Ellsworth, 6'/ Q&A
Great Little Giant, Director: Jakub Dolny, 8'/ Q&AU-Trip, Director: Maria Naidyonova, 6'/ Q&A
The Asia Minor Catastrophe, Director: Giorgos Hadjivassiliou,9'
The Heaviest Order, Director: Peter Böving,10'
18:00 – 20:00
Longing, Director: Lotte Salomons 4'
Mighty Afrin: In the Time of the Floods, Director: Angelos Rallis, 92' / Q&A
20:00-22:30
Chania Film Festival honors FATIH AKIN
Honorary Event and screening of the film "Together or Nothing"
Together or Nothing / In the Fade, Editing: Fatih Akin, 106'
22:30 – 24:00
Time, Transfigured, Director: Yiannis Varlamis, 15' / Q&A
Notes on Displacement , Director: Khaled Jarrar, 75' / Q&A
ROOM B
20:30-22:30
We Will Not Fade Away, Director: Alisa Kovalenko, 100'
Monday 23
October
2023
HALL A'
09:00 – 13:30
Screenings for Schools
17:00 – 20:00
Inquisitors / Inquisitors, Director: Mart Raukas, 20' / Q&A
Neighbours, Design: Mano Khalil,124' / Q&A
20:00 – 22:00
Behind the Haystacks, Screening: Asimina President, 118' / Q&A
22:00 – 24:00
Footsteps on the Wind, Director: Gustavo Leal-Faga Melo-Maya Sanbar, 7' / Q&A
Another One, Direction: Thodoris Papadoulakis,10'
Wild Women, Director: Cécile Mavet, 90' / Q&A
ROOM B
20:30-22:30
Salt Flats, Design: Ira Dika-Giorgos Savoglou,36' / Q&A
Lost Images, Director: Cesare Bedogné, 36'
Voulolimna, Location: Nefeli Papaioannou,18'/ Q&A
Tuesday 24
October
2023
HALL A'
09:00 – 13:30
Screenings for Schools
18:00 – 20:00
The Boar, Director: Konstantinos Tsiodoulos,20'
Five Times a Stranger, Director: VangelisEfthymiou, 75' / Q&A
20:00 – 22:00
City of Lost Souls, Director: Nikos Bougioukas,14'
"Contrabando: Seaking Melpo, Director: Vouvoula Skoura, 70' / Q&A
22:00 – 24:00
Angelos at Christmas, Director: FotisZampetakis, 18'
Musically Different / Musically Different, Director: Nicolas Moïssakis,91' / Q&A
ROOM B
20:30-22:30
La Singla, Director: Paloma Zapata, 95'
Wednesday 25
October
2023
HALL A'
09:00 – 13:30
Screenings for Schools
17:00 – 20:00
Shattered / Fragments, Director: Nurdan TeKeoğlu-Orhan Tekeoğlu, 61' / Q&A
Cage Survivor / Director: Irina Boiko, 70' / Q&A
On the balcony / At the balcony, Director: Elissavet Hadjicharalambous, 41' / Q&A
20:00 – 22:00
Vidisova, Director: George Panagopoulos, 9 ́ / Q&A
Laughing in Afghanistan, Directed by Anneta Papathanasiou, 90' / Q&A
22:00 – 24:00
Where Have All the Smiles Gone, Director: Anja Strelec, 29' / Q&A
Everything You Say About Me, Director: Evangelia Goula,88' / Q&A
ROOM B
20:30-22:30
Mykonian Pastoral , Director: Eliana Abravanel, 60'
The Village of Roses, Director: Hanna Heilborn,90'
Thursday 26
October
2023
ROOM A
09:00 – 13:30
Screenings for Schools
18:00 – 20:00
Cat Postale, Director: Zacharias Mavroidis, 9' / Q&A
Louis I. King of the Sheep / Louis I, King of the Lambs, Design: Markus Wulf,8' / Q&A
I’m Not Afraid! / I'm not afraid!, Director: Marita Mayer, 7' / Q&A
Monochromia / Monochrome, Instruction: Barbara Müller,4' / Q&A
Looking for Joy, Director: Anna Economou, 8'
Strange Town, Direction: Eftychia Kondyli,3'
Pink Mountain, Direction: Thomas Künstler,9'
Kindness / Kindness, Design: Nikos Kontizas,14' / Q&A
The Call of the Lighthouses, Director: Mr. KonstantinosPotamianos, 10' / Q&A
The Last Sigh, Director: Haris Raftogiannis,15' / Q&A
How to light a cigarette without burning yourself, Director: Konstantinos Spanoudakis, 15' / Q&A
20:00 – 22:00
Unconscious, Director: Nima Kalvandi, 9'
The Laughing Boy / The Laughing Child, Director: Alan Gilsenan, 91' / Q&A
22:00 – 24:00
Elefsis, Director: Takis Bardakos,19' / Q&A
NIZA | The Oath and the Unwritten Law of the Shepherds on Psiloritis / NHZA | The Oath and the Unwritten Law of the Shepherds in Psiloritis Mount, Location: Manolis Finikianakis,40' / Q&A
Improvisations in a Parallel Mode, Director: Petros Kolotouros, 44'
ROOM B
20:30 - 22:30
ACRID, Director: Payam Korkzan, 20' / Q&A
Existere / To Exist, Director: Héctor Calvillo Hernández, 20'/ Q&A
May 2000, Location: Kirill Sultanov,18'/ Q&A
People #404, Director: George Chalakheshashvili-Ornela Ntoko, 6' / Q&A
The Beginning, Director: George Nikolopoulos, 16' / Q&A
Xénia / Xenia, Screening: Alexandros Kakouris, 10' / Q&A
The Bathday / The Bath, Director: Maria Antonova, 14' / Q&A
Good Morning / Good Morning, Director: Zuzanna Klara Bardian, 5' / Q&A
Lou, Director: Antonina Frokou,8' / Q&A
Menu / Menu, Location: Penny Theodosiou,8'/ Q&A
Friday 27
October
2023
HALL A'
17:00 – 18:00
The Blind Writer, Director: Georges Sifianos, 10'
Always Forgive, Director: Davide Grotta, Gabriele Borghi, 52'
18:15 – 20:00
Two Sides of the Same World, Director: Zacharias Spanos, 24' / Q&A
Gegone - Inside the Museum (episode 'Efphiros'), Director: Yiannis Ziogkas, Fokion Xenos, 6'
Metamorphosis - Yiannis P. Markantonakis / Metamorphosis - Giannis P. Markantonakis, Director: Kostas Athousakis, 55' / Q&A
20:15 – 22:00
Father, Location: Stefanos Gekas,20' / Q&A
Garrano / Garano, Screencast: David Doutel, Vasco Sá, 14'
Yiannis Theodorakis "Yes... we can hope again" / Yannis Theodorakis ''Yes... we can hope again'', Location: Antonis Diamantis,61' / Q&A
22:15 – 24:00
Caged / Trapped , Director: Orestis Rouskas, 20' / Q&A
Fault / Error, Editing: Katerina Papanastassatou, 15' / Q&A
Pillow, Director: Anastasis Dallis, 10' / Q&A
Cube/Kyvos, Screening: Dimitris Moulas, 10' / Q&A
Poppies and Ducks, Director: Christina-Kallirroe Garbi, 12' / Q&A
Porfyri Lemonia, Director: Dimitris Antzous, 13' / Q&A
Not Tomorrow, Director: Amersa Basta, 20' / Q&A
The Game / Toy, Direction: Natassa Smyrneou,11' / Q&A
ROOM B
20:30-22:30
Extra Time-102, Director: Marina Stamati, 32' / Q&A
Mozart in the Centaur's Mountain, Director: Yiannis Karapiperidis, 70'
Saturday 28
October
2023
HALL A
SPECIAL SCREENING
13:30-15:00 Mauthausen / Mauthausen, Director: Panagiotis Kountouras-Aristarchos Papadaniel, 90
'
17:15
Screenings of Student Films from the educational programs of the Chania Film Festival
2022-2023
21:00
Closing Ceremony of the 11th Chania International Film Festival
Awards Awards
Party at the Square
#screenlife, Director: Antonis Karathanasopoulos, 21 ́
A Cross in the Desert, Director: Hadzi-Aleksandar Djurovic, 120 ́
A Night of Riots, Director: Andreas Seitanis, 15 ́
All You See / Everything You See, Communication: Niki Padidar, 73 ́
Atlas / Atlas, Director: Ioannis Katseris, 70 ́
Bajamar, Director: Juana Castro, 19 ́
Birds / Nikos Marakis Sees Nature, Director: Michalis Giannakakis, 28 ́
Bloody Gravel , Director: Hojjat Hosseini Esmail Abadi, 18 ́
Confusion of the Afternoon , Director: Yung-Chieh Lee, 3 ́
Courage, Director: Star Bazancir, 16 ́
Curettage, Director: Sepideh Ghavami, 12 ́
Dinamo Mesken, Director: Ahmet Karanfil, Yusuf Anavatan, 30 ́
Dromedy, Director: Christos Doulgerakis, 28 ́
Ennui / Elation / Collapse / Boredom / Excitement / Collapse, Director: Andrea Reininger, 7 ́
Fragmentations , Director: Miruna Minculescu, 24 ́
Greek Pottery. Earth|Water|Fire / Pottery. Earth | Water | Fire, Director: Andreas Morgan, 52 ́
I Am More Dangerous Dead, Director: Majiye Uchibeke, 24 ́
Leading Lights , Director: Lydie Wisshaupt-Claudel, 90 ́
Let's Guess , Director: Fatemeh Karbasi, 18 ́
Lights , Director: Jitka Nemikinsová, 9 ́
Oliver, the Giant , Director: Júlia Lantos, 8 ́
Ostomachion, the Battle of the Bones, Director: Mary Klampoura, 17 ́
Pass , Director: Elika Abdollahi, 10 ́
Podalirius , Director: Ramazi Baranov, 60 min.
Pray / Prayer, Director: Joe Chang, 5 ́
RadioSol - The frequency of crisis, Director: RadioSol, 92'
Reflection , Director: Králl Kevin, 3'
Requiem / Requiem , Director: Em Gilbertson, 25'
Res Publica, Director: Michalis Katsouris, 20'
Rigla / The Ruler, Director: Alex Halka, 9'
Shadow , Director: Iphigenia Demetriou, 15'
Sol / Sol, Director: Zahra Alboudi, 42'
Swollen / Para... educated, Director: Zahra Khorshidi Paji, 6'
The Birth of a Woman , Director: Soňa Nôtová, 29'
The Eclipse , Director: Chris Prantza, 13'
The Hero , Director: Milena Dutkowska, 24'
The Man on the Left, Director: Maria Tsagkari, 25'
Vanished / Lost Dreams , Director: Victor Gomez, 8'
We Are the Houses We Lived In , Director: Katerina Markoulaki, 15'
Who Will Be Eaten / Who, Who Will Be Eaten, Director: Elpiniki Voutsa Rentzepopoulou, 70 ́
Yiacemi / Jasmine, Director: Michalis Tigiridis, 15 ́
Following the Traces of the Ephemeral, Director: Irene Hadjikyriakidou, 22 ́
Aroania / Aroania, Director: Ilias Avramidis, 20 ́
Steel History – "622 Poseidon ". Director: Dimitris Chatzimalis, 45 ́
Voutes , Director: Tassos Gkinosatis, 40 ́
Bailey Bridge , Director: Evangelos Episkopou, 82 ́
Giannis Kalatzopoulos, (Giannakis, the Miracle Child), Director: Prokopis Dafnos, 81 ́
4th Grade of High School, Director: Emilia Vakoufari, 15'
You Shall not Disband Us, Director: Jazra Khaleed, 11'
Stroke Soundtrack / Soundtrack, Director: Maria Karamanolaki, 19'
The Strawberry Land, Director: Lazaros Asmis, 25'
Niki , Director: Ioannis Makropoulos, 9'
The Parade, Director: Michael Galanopoulos, 24'
Love Is a Heavy Load, Director: Marianna Bozantzoglou, Katerina Rousiaki, 17'
Alonissos National Marine Park - the Natural Wealth of the Galaxy of the Aegean Sea, Director: Maria Alexiou, Andreas Stellas, Panagiotis Kyriazis, 30'
Summer Breeze , Director: Alexandros Rellos, 15'
Under the Pine, Director: Panagiotis Kakavias, 54 ́
Cinema and Politics - From the Analog to the Digital World, Director: Georgios Keramidiotis, , 70 ́
Hopscotch , Director: Fanis Topsachalidis, 1 ́
Magma , Director: Lia Tsalta, 18 ́
Dignity , Director: Dimitris Katsimiris, 75 ́
August Nights , Director: Alkistis Michalopoulou, 10 ́
Fear Lurks Liberties, Director: Roussa Markaki, 16 ́
On the Hill , Director: Giorgos Stagakis, 17 ́
Our Past Words Still Stand, Director: Pigi Dimitrakopoulou, 53 ́
Cowboys of Aspropirgos, Director: Konstantinos Pilavios, 35 ́
The Students of Umberto Primo, Director: Alessandra Maioletti, 80 ́
An Incident on the Side of the Road, Director: Michalis Giagounidis, 23 ́
Stone and Time, the Dry Stones of Kythnos, Director: Yiannis Spiliopoulos, 47'
Roots , Director: Dimitris Trouboukis, 21'
Being Heraclitus, Director: Elisavet Laloudaki, Massimo Pizzocaro, 26'
The Elements, Director: Eri Georgouli, 17'
The Place Between Was & Will Be, Director: Thodoris Panagopoulos, 18'
My Father's Studio, Director: Kalliopi Legaki, 74'
Fourni , Our Village, Director: Thanasis Tatavlalis, 43'
Sun & Shadow, Director: Melina Loukanidou, 15'
Without Stratos , Director: Nikos Katsos, 5'
SCHOOL SUPPLIES
In a World of Wolves, Director: The Students of Scuola Media Sarnelli - de Donato - Rodari di Polignano a Mare, 10'
Alisachne / Alicahne, Director: High School students with L. T. Sikinou, 10'
Elizabethan Theatre, Direction: The students of the 6th Intercultural Primary School of Eleftherio-Kordelio, 7'
My Day in Kyiv in Summer 2022 , Director: Elina Myshanych, 7'
Rise, Fall, Hope , Director: The students of the Gymnasium Draschestrasse, 7'
When Georges Landed on Wassily's World, Director: The students of the ZEP Department for the Reception of Refugees and Migrants of the 40th Primary School of Athens, 5'
Dream of Returning , Director: The L.I.F.E. team of the collaborating kindergartens, 10'
Kazimir Malevich. A Stop Motion Animation Project. Learning For Suprematism / Kazimir Malevich. A Stop Motion Animation. Learning about Suprematism, Director: Stella Pitarokili, 1'
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