Film program of European cinema from the Society of Greek Directors

The screenings of European films, including Greek ones, continue in the small summer hall of the garden of the Association of Greek Archaeologists, Hermou 134-136 in Thisio.

"Paradise Cinema" movies have already been shown, "The Choir of Charitonos", "Mad Pierrot", "Plato Academy", "Summer Stories" and "Let the Women Wait".

Screenings take place every week, Tuesday and Thursday, time 21.30 pm. μ. and entry is free.

The effort is a collaboration between the Society of Greek Directors and the Hellenic Association
Archaeologists.

The screening program continues in August with the following films:

Thursday 02 August 2012 "A Tender Kiss", directed by Ken Loach
Tuesday 07 August 2012 "Chiu", directed by Maki Papadimitratou
Thursday 09 August 2012 "A Story of Love and Anarchy", directed by Lina Wertmiller
Tuesday 21 August 2012 "Common Quiet Hours", directed by Katerina Evangelakou
Thursday 23 August 2012 «Match point», directed by Woody Allen
Tuesday 28 August 2012, “What did you do in the War, Death;», directed by Dino Katsouridis
Thursday 30 August 2012 "The Voice of the Moon", directed by Federico Fellini.

Show time 9.30pm. μ. Free Entry

George Zois' upward trajectory continues with the "Final Titles"

Another Greek success in the cinematography took place today, as announced by the Venice Film Festival, the short film "End Titles" by the director Giorgos Zois was selected to be screened in the Orizzonti section of the 69th Film Festival to be held by 28 August until 8 September. It is not the first time that Mostra hosts the director. As you know, the prominent course of the "Casus belli", of Zoi's previous film, started at the Venice festival 2009.

Zois' film is the only Greek presence at this year's Mostra, whose competitive program appears quite reduced with 17 just titles. Among them Terrence Malick's latest film "To the wonder" with Rachel McAdams and Ben Affleck, Harmony Korine's "Spring speakers" with James Franco, Brian De Palma's 'Passion', also with McAdams but also Marco Bellocchio's latest film "Bella addormentata" starring Tony Servillo, main actor in the unfinished film of Theodoros Angelopoulos "The other sea"

Great exhibition in Berlin on the religious, political and social person of the city

A bridge of culture, of trust and cooperation between Greece and Germany is being built these days in Berlin, a few steps away from the old cold war wall: The Martin-Gropius-Bau Museum in Niederkirchnerstrasse - opposite the German Ministry of Economy- is preparing to welcome the exhibition "Olympia: Myth, worship, matches", which will give German visitors the opportunity to get to know the place, the people, the everyday life and history of the holy city-symbol of the Olympic Games and to witness the birth of the sports ideal.

On the occasion of the Olympic Games starting in London in a few days, the exhibition will present to 3.500 sq.m. through 1.000 exhibits the sacred site of ancient Olympia and many aspects of ancient Greek worship and daily life "known to you Greeks, but unknown to the general public of Europe, which we must demonstrate and explain", pointed out Gereon Zyvernich, director of the Martin-Gropius-Bau Museum, during a press conference in Athens, at noon on Tuesday 24 July, which was also attended by the Deputy Minister of Education, of religion, Culture and Sports (Ministry of Health) Kostas Tzavaras, the director of the Hellenic Cultural Foundation Eleftherios Economou, the general secretary of Culture of the Ministry of Culture Lina Mendoni and the general director of Antiquities and Cultural Heritage Maria Andreadaki-Vlazaki.

"Through the exhibition it becomes clear what Greece has offered to Europe", the German director commented and the Greek deputy minister remarked that in our troubled times, and on the day of the celebration of 38 years since the restoration of democracy in Greece, "Olympia marks the course of human civilization, opposes the eternal to the perishable and sends a powerful message that reminds us that “Greek way” continues to inspire and move the peoples of the world".

The report is structured in three main thematic sections. The first presents the history of the ancient sanctuary of Olympia from the beginning of the 1st BC. millennium to the end of the Roman times, the political dimension of Olympia and its contribution to the formation of Hellenism are demonstrated and presented, through vows, representations on vases and other findings, the religious function of the sanctuary, the deities and heroes that were worshiped and the cult ceremonies that took place there.

The second section traces the history of excavations and research in ancient Olympia, by French archaeologists’ first it 1829 and by German archaeologists the 1875, following the thread of archaeological excavations in the area up to the present day.

The third section focuses on sport in Olympia and its social significance. In the rooms that will host this module, visitors to the exhibition will see records, αλτήρες και άλλα αθλητικά όργανα και μέσα από αγγειογραφίες και ψηφιακές αναπαραστάσεις θα ενημερωθούν για τα είδη των αρχαίων αθλημάτων. They will also have the opportunity to admire portraits of distinguished spectators of the Games as well as coins and medals that confirm the pan-Hellenic importance of the Games.

1.000 exhibits – 150 are exhibited in a world premiere

Most of the exhibits in the exhibition come from Greek museums, mainly from the Archaeological Museum of Olympia, the National Archaeological Museum and the Numismatic Museum. Overall 564 ancient works will depart for Berlin, together with three modern copies, two models and eight modern commemorative medals. In the exhibition they lend exhibits in total 21 major European museums and institutions, including the Louvre Museum, the Vatican Museum, the Archaeological Museum and Sculpture Gallery of Munich and the National Museum of Rome.

150 Greek findings from excavations of the last decade in Mycenae and elsewhere will be presented for the first time to the general and scientific public and will be published in the catalog accompanying the exhibition.

Ακριβώς 40 χρόνια μετά την τελευταία έκθεση με θέμα τους Ολυμπιακούς Αγώνες στη Γερμανία, the 1972, στην Ολυμπιάδα του Μονάχου, πρώτη φορά τόσο μεγάλος αριθμός ελληνικών εκθεμάτων διασχίζει τα σύνορα και δανείζεται εκτός Ελλάδος, «γεγονός που εκφράζει εμπιστοσύνη και αποτελεί εκδήλωση του στενού δεσμού μεταξύ των δύο χωρών», υπογράμμισε ο διευθυντής του Μουσείου Martin-Gropius-Bau.

The exhibition, η οποία ετοιμάζεται από το 2010, διοργανώνεται με πρωτοβουλία του Ελληνικού Ιδρύματος Πολιτισμού στο Βερολίνο και συνδιοργανωτές το Moυσείο Martin-Gropius-Bau, το Υπουργείο Παιδείας, of religion, Culture and Sports, το Γερμανικό Αρχαιολογικό Ινστιτούτο και τη Συλλογή Αρχαιοτήτων Κρατικών Μουσείων Βερολίνου και τελεί υπό την αιγίδα του Προέδρου της Ελληνικής Δημοκρατίας κ. Κάρολου Παπούλια και του Προέδρου της Ομοσπονδιακής Δημοκρατίας της Γερμανίας κ. Γιοάχιμ Γκάουκ.

Κατάλογοι στα γερμανικά, στα αγγλικά και στα ελληνικά συνοδεύουν την έκθεση, με δοκίμια και περιγραφές των εκθεμάτων, καρπός συνεργασίας 60 διακεκριμένων ελλήνων και ξένων επιστημόνων.

Αν πάντως η φιλόδοξη έκθεση φαίνεται δαπανηρή πολυτέλεια για την αλγεινή οικονομία του ελληνικού κράτους, the director of the Hellenic Cultural Foundation Eleftherios Economou, απαντώντας σε ερώτηση, διευκρίνισε ότι «το ελληνικό δημόσιο δεν επιβαρύνθηκε καθόλου με τα έξοδα της διοργάνωσης». Γερμανοί και έλληνες ιδιώτες στηρίζουν με χορηγίες την έκθεση, μεταξύ των οποίων η German Savings Banks και τα ελληνικά ιδρύματα Λάτση και Λεβέντη, ενώ το Κατάρ θα χρηματοδοτήσει την έκδοση του αγγλικού και του ελληνικού καταλόγου.

Η έκθεση θα φιλοξενηθεί από τις 30 August 2012 until 7 January 2013 στο Μουσείο Martin-Gropius-Bau στο Βερολίνο και στη συνέχεια θα μεταφερθεί στη Ντόχα του Κατάρ, όπου θα παρουσιαστεί στο Αθλητικό και Ολυμπιακό Μουσείο από τις 28 Of March 2013 ως τα τέλη Οκτωβρίου 2013, συμπληρωμένη με παράρτημα για την ιστορία των σύγχρονων Ολυμπιακών Αγώνων, όπου θα παρουσιαστούν και τεκμήρια από τους Αγώνες της Αθήνας το 1896 and 2004. Τελικός προορισμός της έκθεσης θα είναι το Εθνικό Αρχαιολογικό Μουσείο της Αθήνας, όπου θα τη δούμε τον χειμώνα του 2014.

Source : tovima.gr