anemiCinema
DOCUMENTARIES
Working on the documentary film form is the main activity of anemiCinema . Documentary is for us the cinematic genre in which filmmaker's view is identified with the eye of the camera .
ΕΠΙΣΤΡΟΦΗ ΣΤΗ ΓΗ BACK TO EARTH
Hector Mavridis is a ceramist. In recent years, he is dedicated in the construction of a large-scale sculpture in the public space. His raw materials are the clods which he collects from the plowed field. He works with fire and water and through persistence and physical labor he reworks them and returns them to the field, as part of a bigger work. Gradually, the clouds are transformed into a public sculpture accessible to everyone, exposed to the force of nature and destinated to finally integrate to her. A view of the sculpture-making procedure through the eyes of two cinematographers. A suggestion about the imprint of the art in the public space and a question about the importance of the artwork today.
IN SITU
A journey through the universe of contemporary improvisational music.
Pivotal point the city of Thessaloniki during the ‘80s, an international crossroads attracting several musicians in the genre of free improvisation.
We travel across Greece, Italy and Germany following after their trails, document their perspectives on improvisation, sound or silence and witness in situ music brought into being.
20th Thessaloniki Documentary Film Festival. March 2018
Hellas Filmbix Berlin 2018
Directed and script by Chryssa Tzelepi and Akis Kersanidis
AN ABRUPT AWAKENING
That April morning was an abrupt awakening for everyone in Greece. Many years after, my father kept saying that he did not wish to wake up again in a morning like that, and listen to that song in the radio... "poulia mou diavatarika"… and other folk songs, όπως το πρωί της 21ης Απρίλη του 1967…
There have been a lot said and written about the seven years of dictatorship in Greece, as well as about the movement of resistance organized by common people. Even though it is not wide spread, the first resistance actions took place in Thessaloniki.
The idea to film the personal testimonies of ordinary people fighting against dictotorship was born through the lines of Anagnostakis' poem "The Greatness of Everyday Life".
A serie of four documentaries, that last 50' each. The episodes includes interviews with people who faced the time of the dictatorship in Greece.
The serie was shown in the Greek National Tv ERT the spring of 2017.
Directed and script by Chryssa Tzelepi and Akis Kersanidis
2013
CHRONICLE OF AN EXTERMINATION
Chortiatis is one of the many sacrificed villages during the World War II German Occupation in Greece.
This documentary tries to "recreate" the Holocaust of Chortiatis through testimonies of the people who experienced the events and signify the importance of keeping historical memory alive. The story is composed through pieces of official historical sources, different perspectives of the facts and personal experience of everyday people. Experienced history gives another dimention to historical facts.
15th Thessaloniki Documentary Film Festival. March 2013
7thDoc Fest Greek Documentary Festival, Challkida ,2013
Directed by : Akis Kersanidis, Chryssa Tzelepi
2010
ENRAGED DECEMBER
What was the uprising of December 2008? Who were the social subjects that participated? What were the causes and how will it affect the future of socio-political demands in Greece? All these questions are trying to find answers in the documentary Enraged December which was filmed by a group of people who met in Thessaloniki during the first days following the murder of Alexandros Grigoropoulos (6th December 2008) in Athens. The film attempts to describe the chronicle of revolt through the eyes of those who participated in the mobilizations during the first three highly charged weeks.
The 4th Greek Documentary Festival (2010) in Challkida.
(award for contemporary documentation)
9th Thessaloniki Documentary Film Festival. March 2011
H uman Rights Film Festival Vienna, 2011
2nd FilmHellenes Greek Film Fest CHICAGO.2011
Directed by: Chryssa Tzelepi, Akis Kersanidis
Script by: Errikos Karanikolas, Stavroula Poulimeni, Chryssa Tzelepi, Akis Kersanidis
Director of Photography: Sebastian Tsifis, Chryssa Tzelepis
Edited by: Akis Kersanidis, Chryssa Tzelepi
Production: AnemiCinema - Demonstration Documentation Team December
format : BetaSP Color
Duration: 63 '
Year of Production: 2010
2007
CLIMATE CHANGE
2012
25th MERIDIAN : The island of Imvros
Imvros 2005-2009. This documentary depicts lives, voices, moments passed; that still exist. Dreams people still have of a deprived home. Stolen violently. Deserted. Memories, dreams, agony, nostalgia, sacrifice, life. Everything unfolds through the stories of the "heroes". Searching for their home in the ruins. Trying to rebuild their lives. Trying to bring their dreams to life
14th Thessaloniki Documentary Film Festival. March 2012
5th Istanbul Documentary Days,Documentarist,2012
30th Festival International Du Film D’Environnement, FIFE,2013
3rd award best film ,6thDoc Fest Greek Documentary Festival, Challkida ,2012
Directed by Chryssa Tzelepi
2007
THE WORLD THAT TRAVELS
Many consider them nomads, but like everyone else, they want their own home, their own property. A normal life. In this documentary, gypsies talk about themselves and others. They give their own point of view on their own lives. They take a stand on their problems.
9th Thessaloniki Documentary Film Festival. March 2007.
Eco Film Festival 2008 "ecofilms",
3rd festival on human rights "IHRFFA 2007" in Tirana
3rd Greek Documentary Festival (2008) in Challkida.
Directed by - Script by Chryssa Tzelepi
Photography by George Papanikolaou - George Kogias Direction of Production Tania Hatzigeorgiou.
2004
IT'S A SAD STORY
Documentary on climate change awareness and its impact on planetary life. It is a co-production of three countries - Sweden - Belgium and Greece - with the participation of the European Union.
Directed by Akis Kersanidis - George Lagdaris
Photography by Dimitris Kordelas - Christos Georgantas
Edited by Nikos Tzaferidis
Direction of Production by Athanasia Xafara - Panagiotis Mavroidis
Executive Producer anemiCinema
Year of production 2007
A documentary about the adventure of a family that immigrated from Albania to Greece in the 90's.
1st Documentary Award at the 3rd Festival of Experimental Cinema / 'Strange Screen', 2003.
7th International Thessaloniki Documentary Film Festival, 2004,
International Human Rights Film Festival in Tirana.
Global forum for immigrants held in Athens in 2005
Directed by Chryssa Tzelepi
Photography by Drakos Polychroniadis
Edited by Petros Michael
Sound recorder Vangelis Zelkas
Production by Prosenghisi - anemiCinema
Format Betacam SP
Duration 10 '
Year of production 2004