Camera Zizanio

(Ελληνικά στη συνέχεια)

The selection of the films participating in the 21^st Camera Zizanio is over. We are thrilled to announce that youth audiovisual creation, overcoming all the pandemic obstacles, is present sending a strong and promising message!

With or without masks, children and young creators sparked ideas, screenplays, took their cameras, tablets or mobiles and created films presenting their point of view of the world.

The 21^st Camera Zizanio will take place both physically in the city of Pyrgos from November 27 to December 4 and digitally, along with the 24^th Olympia International Film Festival for Children and Young People. The most interesting spectrum of youth audiovisual creation from all over the world will be presented.

215 films from 54 countries will be screened in the three competition sections: Greek, European and International.

Fiction films, animations and documentaries give us a glimpse and approach the most substantial contemporary problems. A constantly changing world, the pandemic, climate change, authoritarian regimes, displacement and immigration, diversity and acceptance, youth fears and many more.

More in detail:

99 films in the Greek Section. 68 films made in schools and 31 in cinema workshops or individualy.

83 films in the European Section coming from 27 countries: Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Kosovo, The Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Scotland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom and Wales.

33 films in the International Section, coming from 26 countries: Argentina, Australia, Bangladesh, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Ecuador, Egypt, India, Indonesia, Iran Iraq, Israel, Kazakhstan, Malaysia, Mexico, Nepal, Peru, Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, United Arab Emirates, USA and Vietnam.

Save the Date! 27 November to 4 December 2021 for the biggest celebration of Young Audiovisual Creation! Be there!

H 21η CAMERA ZIZANIO είναι εδώ!

Έχοντας ολοκληρώσει την επιλογή των ταινιών για την 21^η διοργάνωση της Camera Zizanio μπορούμε να πούμε, με μεγάλη ικανοποίηση, πως η νεανική δημιουργία, ξεπερνώντας όλα τα εμπόδια της παρατεταμένης πανδημίας, δίνει ένα δυνατό και ελπιδοφόρο παρών.

Mε μάσκες ή χωρίς, τα παιδιά, οι νέοι & οι νέες γέννησαν ιδέες, σενάρια, έπιασαν κάμερες, τάμπλετ ή κινητά και δημιούργησαν ταινίες παρουσιάζοντας τον κόσμο μέσα από τη δική τους ματιά.

(Ελληνικά στη συνέχεια)

A film’s journey, after completion, is to meet the biggest audience and have its tour in film festivals. Especially in Camera Zizanio, we are proud of our partnerships with festivals abroad and the opportunity given to our participants filmmakers not only to represent their films abroad but also to be part of equivalent initiatives of youngsters’ audiovisual creation.

Camera Zizanio wants to warmly thank all our friends for being by our side in this 20th edition in 2020. And specifically:

The young creators from Greece, Europe and the rest of the world who entrusted us with their films and in this way we managed to organize a successful festival in such difficult times.

The educators and the artists who helped the children to use their time creatively and also to send us their optimistic messages through their films.

Our friends, old and new ones, younger or older, who sent us their warmest video messages for Camera Zizanio’s 20th anniversary.

The dozens of children who took part in the Juries and also their coordinators who carried out their mission with absolute success, adapting to the special requirements of an online event.

 The youngsters and the team leaders, from 11 countries, who turned the 10th Mythos Project online edition into an exciting experience. They overcame all obstacles of a distance collaboration and created excellent films.

Along with all of you, we managed to keep the spirit of this “Μeeting”, this great feast of Camera Zizanio. We adapted all the health rules and remained safe. And so, we can look ahead to the future with optimism and confidence. We would like to wish for a sweet and pleasant holiday season and for a brighter 2021 New Year! We hope that we will meet again at the 21st Camera Zizanio and the 24th Olympia International Film Festival, the forthcoming November- December! 

Camera Zizanio team.

Along with the arrival of spring, the great journey of the young creations to the world begins.

Films created by youngsters in Greece are send in Film Festivals abroad, at an initiative of Camera Zizanio.

The following films will be screened in the picturesque city of Placentia in Spain, in the frames of the 5^th  International Youth Film Festival “Plasencia Encorto” (April 4-6, 2019):

– “Olé!”, by the 4th High School of Pyrgos (organized and produced by Neaniko Plano, Nikos Stampoulopoulos was the workshop leader).

–Morning comes in Yedi Kule by the 8^th High School of Piraeus

In Spain again but at the Ecozine Youth Film Festival (May 4-19, 2019) we have the participation of the films:

–The Cube by the 2^nd General Lyceum of Igoumenitsa

–Santa Ciao, created during the film workshops of 21st Olympia International Film Festival, Kyriakos Haritakis was the workshop leader.

–A nest for the birds, a spot for the kids by the 1st Primary School of Thessaloniki.

And the film “The Cube” by the 2^nd General Lyceum of Igoumenitsa, was selected for the competition section of First Cut! Youth Film Festival in Ireland, that took place from March 6-9, 2019.

More film selections in Festivals will be announced shortly.

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