Screening of the documentary Railway Memories at the 7th International Documentary Festival of Castellorizo 2022 – “Beyond Borders” (beyondborders.gr)
The documentary is one of 30 selected from 790 submissions across 100 countries. It is presented in the festival’s second competitive screening section, miCRO, and competes for one of the three awards: Gold, Silver, or Bronze Phoenix, exclusively sponsored by the German channel Phoenix/ZDF.
The documentary will be screened at the Municipal Hall of Megisti, among others, on Saturday, August 27, 2022, from 13:00 to 17:00.
Railway Memories
Participatory Video Performance
A work by Emilia Bouriti | Syn+Ergasia Art Platform
A unique connection between railway lines and the history of the Pontic Greeks is captured in Railway Memories by Emilia Bouriti. In collaboration with the Pontic Community of Aspropyrgos, the director conveys the concept of displacement as both individual and collective memory. Pontic women recount their stories of forced relocation in 1949 from the Caucasus, through the vast Soviet railway network, to Aspropyrgos, where they eventually settled. For the artist, the railway lines of the freight station resemble the neurons of a body that endures, holds, and transmits individual and collective memories. Created as part of the international project Amoli, in collaboration with the Municipality of Aspropyrgos.
Concept, Direction, Performance: Emilia Bouriti
Participants: Sofia Mavridi, Emilia Bouriti, Klaudia Masmanidou, Vasilis Semertzis, Christina Sofianidou, Christos Sofianidis, Chrysoula Topalidi, Eleni Tsiripova
Singing: Christina Sofianidou, Vasilis Semertzis
Lyra: Vasilis Semertzis
Assistant Director: Panos Vittorakis
Camera, Video Editing: Haris Karoutsos
Camera: Nikolas Papadimitriou
Photography & Graphic Design: Voula Androni
Text Translation & Subtitling: Myrto Androni
