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Goethe Institute: His Exarchies 2011 in his Berlin 2012

The strict economic austerity measures in Greece, just as the lens of two directors recorded them

 The film "Austerity Measures" (s.s. "Austerity measures") co-written by directors Ben Russell and Guillaume Caillot, selected by the Berlin Film Festival to screen during its 62nd edition (9- 19 February).
 
 The experimental aesthetic film which is a production of the Goethe Institute of Athens itself and the LabA film collective (LaborAthen) will be screened at the Berlinale on Saturday 11 and on Sunday 12 February in the Forum Expanded Section.
It is a "x-ray" of social life in Greece after the repeated austerity measures imposed by the Troika and is focused on the area of ​​Exarchia (the film's working title was 'Exarcheia, Red-Blue-Green»).
Shot in 16mm, the film was created in 5 days in September 2011 during the workshop "Hand over cinema Athens 2011".
Last year, for the first time, the "Hand over cinema Athens" workshop invited Greek and foreign film lovers, professional filmmakers, visual artists, students as well as amateurs to gather in Athens and make hand-made films with the aim of depicting various aspects of the city.
Its world premiere took place at the Institute's auditorium on 13 of last September.
"Austerity Measures" is the fruit of Greek-German cooperation in the field of culture supported by the German Institute of Athens. It is very happy that the creation of a network in the field of cinema has found a response not only in Greece and Germany, but also at an international level.
The film program of the Goethe-Institut Athen will continue its efforts to create a Greek-German film network and thanks all the creators who cooperate and support it.
Source : tovima.gr
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Struggle to save the Exarchia building

Mobilization to save an extremely interesting building of Exarchia, of the few examples of popular Athenian architecture of the 19th century, that have remained in the capital on Themistokleous Street 62 are done by the "Residents' Group" of the area with the support of the MOnuMENTA movement.

In this context, they organize Wednesday 15 February on 6,30 μ. μ. in the theater of Exarchion (Themistocleus 69) discussion on "The architecture of the Exarchia and the rescue of the building at 62 Themistokleous Street" in which the professors will speakEleni Portaliou, Stavros Stavridis, Konstantinos Dekavallas, Eleni Maistrou, Tassis Papaioannou, the architectTonia Katerinis, the actressAnita Decavallarepresentative of the "Residents' Group to Save the Building" and the archaeologistIrini Graciaby MOnuMENTA. Most of the speakers also live and work in the area, which they have studied thoroughly and have formulated proposals for its substantial protection.

In reference to the building of Themistocleus 62, which is actually a small building complex that develops around an inner courtyard, the way for its demolition seemed to open after the opinion of the Central Council of Newer Monuments of the Ministry of Culture, which did not consider it maintainable.

And that, despite the contrary suggestion of the Ephorate of New Monuments of Attica, which had requested its declaration for the aforementioned reasons but also because it is located in a building environment with many neoclassical buildings, eclecticism as well as buildings with the special architecture of the interwar period, a whole that is, which records the evolution of the residence in Athens.

The unpleasant developments, that will turn the complex into a five-story building have stopped anyway, following the appeal of the "Residents' Group" to the Council of State against the decisions, which have been received and against the demolition permit issued by the Athens Urban Planning Department. Every mobilization therefore advocates the fight to save the building of this historic neighborhood.
Source : tovima.gr