Tomorrow 22/11/2017 starts the 14th Panorama of Ecological Films :)

14th Panorama of Ecological Films | 22/11/2017 - 25/11/2017 | Greek Film Archive

The 14th Panorama of Ecological Films is about to start!

Curent environmental issues, from an unconventional perspectivec of 17 important Greek and foreign directors!

The Panorama of Ecological Films is just about to start for the 14th consecutive year with the title "Windows to the Planet". A series of projections, inspired by the need to learn about the problems of the planet through the eyes of important directors, and gives the Athenian audience a unique opportunity to watch Greek and foreign productions dealing with environmental issues, featuring films from Greece, Canada, France, Germany, the Netherlands and the USA.

Thematic days have been scheduled for special thematic debates and presentations with distinguished speakers, including C. Kassimis, Professor at the Laboratory of Agricultural University of Athens, A. Papandropoulos, Honorary President of the Union of European Journalists, A. Trichopoulou , President of the Hellenic Foundation for Health, P. Harizanis, Director of the Sericology and Beekeeping Laboratory of the Agricultural University of Athens, I. Karouzos, Biologist-Environmentalist of HCMR, etc.

PROGRAM

Wednesday, 22/11/2017 | Greek Film Archive

Iera Odos 48 & Megalou Alexandrou 134-136, 104 35 Kerameikos

18:00

Greek Animal Rescue, 2017

Menelaos Karamagiolis ** / GREECE, 65 '

A stray, battered, three-legged and already heavily injured, abandoned in the industrial desert of Aspropyrgos. A foundation from London that takes care of the strays in Greece, the Greeks, young volunteers patrolling Aspropyrgos by treating the strays. Why are the Greek strays so popular for adopting abroad? The film seeks to find out if there is hope for the condemned dogs, but also for a condemned area next to Athens.

19:05 Discussion: "Abandoned animals". With the director Menelaos Karamagiolis and Irini Molfesi, BoD member of the HELLENIC COMPANY and President of the Pan-Hellenic Philosophical Federation.

19:35

Angry Inuk *, Angry Inow, 2016

85΄ Alethea Arnaqug Baril / CANADA, 85

Nauck of the North, Robert Friedrich, (the first documentary in the history of cinema) recorded the daily routine of an Inuit family (Eskimo tribe). Nearly a century after, the indigenous director of the documentary returns to the roots of her documentary cinema and her origins, following the current Inuit as they rebuild themselves in a modern society that is urging a viable economy. Equipped with social media, the new Inuit generation is confronted by the groups opposed to the practice of sealing.

21:00 Discussion: "The Inuit tribe in the New Age". With Leonidas Economou, Associate Professor of Anthropology at Panteion University and Marianna Psaradelli, Biologist, scientific associate of Arion Research Center for Rescue and Care of Cetaceans.

Coordination: Stavros Samouilidis, SKAI Journalist Radio - TV.

21:30

Passion for Planet, 2016

Werner Schlussler / GERMANY, 90

A trip to the world with the best filmmakers of wildlife. We discover their passion and dedication to the natural beauty of our planet, but at the same time the danger of its constant destruction due to the growing humanity of the world.

Thursday, 23/11/2017 | Greek Film Archive

Iera Odos 48 & Megalou Alexandrou 134-136, 104 35 Kerameikos

Tribute: Nutrition

18:00

Just Eat It - A food waste story *, 2014

Grand Baldwin / CANADA, 74 '

Cinematographers and dining enthusiasts Jen and Grand dive into the issue of extreme food consumption: from the farm, from our retail sale and from there in our fridge ... Millions of dollars are spent in North America for food, but 50% garbage. An attempt by the director to explain the phenomenon and save the food that ends up in the rubbish as this practice has terrible consequences.

19:15

10 Billion - What's on Your Plate? *, 2015

Valentin Thurn / GERMANY, 107

In 2050 the earth's population will reach 10 billion, increasing the need for more food production, resulting in a decrease in its stock. The director-activist and self-proclaimed "warrior of food" Valentin Thurn travels to the world from India, the United States and Germany seeking ecologically and economically responsible alternatives to mass food production. At the same time it comes in contact with private initiatives and programs of urban agriculture, where people produce and consume only local and seasonal products. The only solution, according to Thurn, is to tackle the problem.

21:10 Discussion: "Nutrition and waste of food". With Professor Charalambos Kasimis, Laboratory of Agricultural University of Athens and Athanasios Papandropoulos, Economist, Honorary President of the Union of European Journalists.

Coordination: Dr. Antonia Trichopoulou, President of the Hellenic Foundation for Health and Member of the BoD of the HELLENIC COMPANY.

21:40

Code of Survival *, 2017

Bertham Verhaag / GERMANY 95

A documentary that can inspire us for a better lifestyle. Can organic farming feed the world? Or will we continue to poison the soil with genetically modified products and artificial chemical preparations?

Friday, 24/11/2017 | HELLENIC COMPANY Building

Tripodon 28, 105 58 Plaka