OLYMPIC DIARIES
A Documentary about 3 people set during the Athens 2004 Games
"Fair Play" Award - 1st Cyprus International Film Festival (Mar 24-27, 2006)
& Honorable Mention - Lisbon Sports Film Festival 2006 (Apr. 2006)
During the Games, the camera follows three people: a journalist, a Greek-American volunteer and a poet with a practical craft. The video captures each of their experience of the Games and shows a transformed Athens along the way. Alexia Amvrazi delivers the news at Athens International Radio (104.4). Vasilios Contis (the filmmaker's father) volunteers at the baseball venue. Poet/sandal-maker Stavros Melissinos outfits tourists and media alike.
OLYMPIC DIARIES also revisits the city 8 months after the Games asking what will last from the experience.
Directed, Shot and Edited by Angelike Contis
Music by Jez Bentley
45 minutes/English and Greek
SCREENINGS:
Bulgaria's Films in the Palace Fest (Sept 4, 2006)
Lisbon Sports Film Festival (Apr. 2006)
Cyprus Int'l Film Festival (Mar. 2006)
Platforma Video 05 Festival (Oct 7 2005, PHOTOS)
International Leipzig festival Dok Market (Oct 3-7, 2005)
University of Vermont (North American premiere: June 12,2005)
Thessaloniki Documentary Festival (World premiere: April 2,2005)
Vasilios Contis Stavros Melissinos
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