Press Releases
Press Releases 2007
FIRST INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL DOCUMENTARY AND DISABILITY - EMOTION PICTURES
19/06/2007
Award Winners
The Jury of the Festival, consisting of Jean-Marie Drot, Caglar Kimyoncu, Eleni Moustaira and Antonis Rellas (the fifth member of the Jury, Dimitris Papadimitriou, was unable to participate in the proceedings due to personal reasons) awarded the following films:
First Prize for Best Documentary Film
Invitation to the Dance
by the film director Gerhard Schick and the producer Reinhard Wulf (Germany)
The film shows how art creates bridges between people with and without disabilities, between continents, races and cultures.
Second Prize for Best Documentary Film
Braindamadj'd...Take ΙΙ
by the filmmaker Paul Nadler and the producer Jonathan Finkelstein (Canada)
Paul invites us into his journey, he embraces the changes in his life and moves on.
Prize for originality and innovative direction
Phoenix Dance
by the filmmaker and producer Karina Epperlein (USA)
In recognition of Homer's strength to surpass himself, for his determination, talent, courage and for the quality of the film.
Prize for technical and innovative direction
Dreaming Sideways
by the filmmaker and producer Heidi Vilkman (UK)
A film that both artistically and technically challenges us to see beyond sight.
Special Jury Prize
MasterPiece Part Ι
by the filmmaker Stefanos Mondelos and the producer Vasiliki Argiropoulou (Hellas)
Stelios takes control of his image in a direct way and tells us how he wants to be accepted, all with a touch of humour.
Moreover, the Jury of the Festival credited three more films with special merit:
Like a Butterfly by Ewa Pieta (Poland)
My Eyes by Erlend E. Mo (Denmark)
How do you Eat and Elephant? by Rick Randall (Australia)
13/07/2007
http://www.ameamedia.gr/en/festival
A new festival is about to stir up the still waters of summery Athens, enriching the city’s cinema scene with an important annual rendez-vous that is part of a global movement for the rights of persons with disability: ΕΜΟΤΙΟΝ PICTURES, offers the public the opportunity of getting to know new paths of artistic expression, common denominator of which is difference.
The ΕΜΟΤΙΟΝ PICTURES Festival is an initiative of the Minister of State and Government Spokesman Mr Theodoros Rousopoulos and will be held from 16 to 18 June in the New Benaki Museum (138 Piraios St), as part of the 2nd International Conference “People with Disabilities and the Mass Media”, which is organized by the General Secretariat of Communication – General Secretariat of Information, on 18 and 19 June at the GSI Press Centre.
Programme
Of the 350 entries from 45 countries, 40 films will be screened, 32 of them in the Competitive Section and 8 in the Parallel Section. In the Competitive Section five prizes of 20,000 euros will be awarded by a Jury of distinguished Greek and foreign artists, such as award-winning director, author and screenwriter Jean-Marie Drot, the former director of the London Disability Film Festival Caglar Kimyoncu, composer Dimitris Papadimitriou, film director Antonis Rellas and the President of the Attica Cultural Society Eleni Moustaira. The Festival’s Artistic Director is film-maker Maria Hatzimichali-Papaliou.
The official opening of the Festival will take place on Saturday 16 June, with the documentary My Eyes by Erlend E. Mo from Denmark. This particular film and all the Greek documentaries in the Competitive Section will have audio description in Greek for people who are visually impaired. Entrance is free. Screening hours: 11.00 am- 02.30 pm & 04:00 pm – 12:00 pm.
Information
The Festival, which is organized for the first time in Greece, has been warmly received by municipalities at home and abroad. The municipalities of Gaza (Palestine), Kauno (Angola), Novi Sad (Serbia), Timisoara (Romania) and Vancouver (Canada) have sent greetings, while 200 municipalities in Greece have expressed their desire to screen the festival’s award-winning films and the documentary made by pupils of the Foundation for the Rehabilitation of the Disabled of the Special Senior High School at Ilion, which emerged from the EMOTION PICTURES film workshop and will be screened at the Festival’s closing ceremony.
In addition to the members of the Jury, the Festival will honour eminent personalities in the field. The internationally renowned British artist Alison Lapper – with a significant volume of work inspired by the Venus de Milo – will inaugurate the events. Mark Quinn’s statue “Alison Lapper Pregnant” was set up in Trafalgar Square, in the heart of London. In 2003 Alison Lapper was named “Woman of the Year” in Spain. Her artworks have been exhibited in major museums and galleries, such as London’s Photographer’s Gallery and Fabrica.
The Festival will also honour Aimee Mullins, acclaimed athlete in the Paralympic Games, model, actress and icon of disabled people the world over. Aimee Mullins was named among the “Outstanding American Women of the 20th Century” by The Women’s Museum, for her services to athletics. As a student she competed against able-bodied athletes and in 1996 she took part in the Paralympic Games in Atlanta, setting world records in the 100 metres and the long jump. Rolling Stone magazine included her in its annual “hot list” and People magazine declared her one of “The 50 Most Beautiful People in the World”, while fashion-designer Alexander McQueen placed her on the catwalk. Although so young, Aimee Mullins has been a source of inspiration for several works of art, which are exhibited in some of the world’s premier museums, such as the Metropolitan Museum of Arts, Tate Modern and the Victoria & Albert. Aimee devotes her free time to non-profit organizations such as Just One Break and the Women’s Sports Foundation.
EMOTION PICTURES is organized by the General Secretariat of Communication – General Secretariat of Information, in collaboration with the Greek Film Centre.
More information on the webpage http://www.ameamedia.gr/en/festival.
Communication
E-mail: festival@ameamedia.gr
Niki Katsantoni (+30)210-3622649 & (+30)6937 101544
Vassia Vayenas (+30)210-8848125 & (+30)6936-570725
