Synopsis
Jerome Andews, 80, a former American choreographer, has lived in Paris for many years.
Nostalgia for the glory years does not seem to affect him.
Director' s comments
*partially in French, partially in English. No subtitles
Stavros PSILLAKIS
Greek director
Stavros Psillakis was born in Chania, Crete, in 1954.
He is a director and producer of anthropological documentaries that usually focus on borderline situations of human existence.
He first studied Electrical Engineering at the National Technical University of Athens and then Film Directing at the Hantzikou Film School (Athens). He received a scholarship from the French state to study Anthropological Documentary Filmmaking at the Ateliers Varan in Paris. He was honored with many awards, such as the 1st Documentary Film Award of the Hellenic Film Academy in 2010 for the documentary There Was No Other Way and Recently, he was honored by the 25th Thessaloniki International Documentary Festival with the Golden Alexander award for his contribution to the art of documentary.
He is a founding member of the Hellenic Film Academy and the Hellenic Documentary Association, and he has worked on films by Lakis Papastathis, Dimos Theos, Stavros Tornes, Yorgos Panousopoulos, Yorgos Tsemperopoulos (as actor), Yorgos Lanthimos (as actor).
His rich filmography counting more than 40 films, includes the documentaries The Man Who Disturbed the Universe (2000), There Was No Other Way ( 2009) METAXA listening to time (2012), Short Gypsy Stories (2014), Olympia (2015), The Light Inside (2015), as well as the trilogy Odes to Existence, which includes the films: FOR NO REASONS meetings with Yorgos Maniatis (2019), Debt (2021), and FAREWELL the memory of the land (2022).
About : Documentary filmmaking workshop
The workshop is conducted in French, so a certain level of proficiency in the language is required to fully benefit from the training.
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This workshop is designed for those who wish to begin, advance their skills in filmmaking, or embark on a career change. It delves into the intellectual, moral, and aesthetic dimensions of filmmaking through every stage of documentary production, from conception to editing.
Each participant creates a short documentary film following a period of technical initiation, analysis of reference works, scouting, and scriptwriting. Each participant chooses the specific subject of their short film.
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