Peloponnisos International Doc Film Festival – ZINEBI 64

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The Peloponnisos International Documentary Festival is organized by the Creative Documentary Center of Kalamata, which is centered in Kalamata with screenings in 12 more cities of the Peloponnese Region. In the framework of constant collaborations with European festivals, the Peloponnisos International Documentary Festival was delighted to collaborate with ZINEBI, the International Festival of Documentary and Short Film of Bilbao, a world-renowned film festival.

Three years ago, both festivals began exploring ways to promote the works of their filmmakers, but also to promote the communication and the collaboration between them. This is how a very important collaboration emerged during those last years: The production of a modular documentary by six filmmakers, three from each country, signed by Ismini Sakellaropoulou, Kalliopi Legaki and Giorgos Danopoulos from Greece, and Marisol Gil Antillano, Aleix Aguilá, Paula Gómez González and Marcos Urquijo Yáñez from the Basque Country. The documentary is entitled Claiming Freedom. On top of this project, both festivals held tributes to the Basque and Greek documentary production by screening three documentaries from each country in their respective festivals in 2021.

This project required a substantial acquaintance between the film directors, so a meeting took place between the Basque and the Greek directors during the 8th Peloponnese International Documentary Festival in April 2021, where they presented the progress of their work, which was very well received by the audience. The final result will be premiered at the ZINEBI festival this year and we are very happy that this co-production has come to an end. All the filmmakers will attend the premiere of the documentary. It is important to mention that the national Greek television agreed to support this collaboration and will broadcast the documentary.

We wish for a fruitful collaboration in the future and hope that our festivals will continue to promote the documentary production of our two countries.

Gina Petropoulou
Artistic director of Peloponnisos International Documentary Festival

CLAIMING FREEDOM

Greece – Basque Country, 2022 | 94 min | Doc.

director Aleix Aguilà, Giorgos Danopoulos, Marisol Gil Antillano, Paula Gómez González, Kalliopi Legaki, Ismini Sakellaropoulou, Marcos Urquijo Yáñez Three years ago, ZINEBI and The Peloponnisos International Documentary Festival began exploring ways to promote the works of their filmmakers, but also to promote the communication and the collaboration between them. This is how a very important collaboration emerged during those last years: The production of a modular documentary by six filmmakers, three from each country. The documentary is entitled Claiming Freedom. On top of this project, both festivals held tributes to the Basque and Greek documentary production by screening three documentaries from each country in their respective festivals in 2021.