INTERNATIONAL POETRY FESTIVAL
Kardamyli- Mani- Greece
FR. 13- SAT. 14 September 2024
Kardamyli’s OLD PRIMARY SCHOOL
The International Poetry Festival is a meeting point for poets, directors and music producers from all over the world. In recent years, similar festivals have been organized by the Institute of Experimental Arts, with the cooperation of local organizations in Europe, Asia and America, but also in cities in Greece and Cyprus.
The festival opens on Friday 13/9/2024 with screenings of films from 13 countries, a fantastic selection of video-poems, animations and experimental short films based on international collaborations of inspiring directors, poets and musicians.
On Saturday 14/9, the second day of the event, 18 poets from five different countries will share the stage presenting live poetry readings in Greek, English and French, in a magical meeting of spoken word and electronic music.
In the event space there will be a free contribution box to cover expenses, as well as a stall with products produced by the children of the Lysos Garden organization and a box for financial support of their actions.
Organized by
the Institute for Experimental Arts
Supported by
Kardamyli’s Municipality
Mani Francophone Group
LYSOS Garden- charity for disabled young people
Au Fil de l’Art Festival– France
Zero Tolerance – Disabled People Movement
International Digital Platform Filmpoetry.org
Special thanks to:
Manis Park Electrician
Euphoria music group
Friday 13 September starts at 20.30
Kardamyli’s OLD PRIMARY SCHOOL
Video Poetry FILM SHOW
Total running time: 2 hours
The animal that therefore I am – 10 min
Directed by Bea de Visser
NETHERLAND
Her Place 6 min
Directed by Gustavo Garcia Solares
GUATEMALA
Miroir d’Aphrodite – 4’15”
Directed by Pascale Chau-huu
FRANCE
The Life We Live Is Not Life Itself – 9 min
Directed by Ian Gibbins
Based on poetry by Tasos Sagris
AUSTRALIA
White Weight – 5 min
Directed byAkistis Kafetzi
Based on poetry of Hlín Leifsdóttir
GREECE, ICELAND
Haram- 2 min
Directed by Pater/Son
FRANCE
What I Fear Most is Becoming a Poet– 6 min
Directed byJanet Lees
Based on poetry by Katerina Gogou
ISLES OF MAN
If you want to be called Human- 5 min
Directed by Marc Neys
Based on poetry by Tasos Livaditis
USA
The City – Constantine P. Cavafy- 6 min
Directed by Matt Mullins
Based on poetry by Konstantinos Kavafis
USA
Pathless- 5 min
Directed by Charlotte Verminck
BELGIUM
Statue – 1 min
Directed by Luk Ho Hai My
VIET NAM
Return – 2 min
Directed by Marcos Sanchez
Based on the poetry of Supermoon blues
HOLLAND, CHILE
Yellowstone 88 – Song of Fire– 5 mim
Directed by Jerry van de Beek, Betsy De Fries
USA
I lost the way– 8 min
Directed by Panagiotis Rappa
GREECE
They promised us a future- 9 min
Directed by Laura R. Tolentino
MEXICO
Athens – 5 min
Directed by Tasos Sagris
based on poetry by Sissy Doutsiou
GREECE
WIND WHISPERER– 7min
Testigo del viento
Directed by Fernanda Caicedo
Germany, Ecuador
Je recommence ma vie – 3 min
Directed by Oxana Gritsaeva
FRANCE
Who We Were, Who We Became – 11min
Directed by Darshan Gajjar
UK
Broken Arabic – 4 min
Directed by Amal Kassir
USA
Saturday 14 September 2024
Kardamyli’s OLD PRIMARY SCHOOL
Starts at 20.00
POETRY FROM 21st CENTURY
Haris Kalaitzidis – Μenis Koumantareas’ Award of the Hellenic Authors’ Society, for first appearance Author 2023
Penny Milia – Awarded by the Panhellenic Union of Writers (2007) and the Union of Writers – Novelists of Europe (2009) for her poetry and by the Scriptwriters Guild of Greece for her play “Spanish Summer” (2017).
Tasos Sagris – Awarded by Poetry In Motion 2023 festival – USA, International Festival of the Signs of the Night: the Jury Award for Harmony between Image, Poem and Music at the 7th Edition in Urbino, Italy, and the SIGNSAward at the 8th Edition in Berlin.Performed in Europe, Asia and USA as a spoken word artist.
Efstathia P.- “Yiannis Varveris first appearance in Poetry” Award from the Hellenic Authors’ Society .
Sissy Doutsiou – Actress, poet and writer. Curator of the International Video Poetry Festival since 2012. Performed in Europe, Asia and USA as a spoken word artist.
Anna Afentoulidou – Shortlist of State Poetry Prize 2014 of the Ministry of Culture. She is the General Secretary of Hellenic Authors’ Society.
Eleftheria Matzourani – Actress- Theatrologist
Petros Stefaneas – Poet from Kardamyli and professor of Logic and Computer Science at the National Technical University of Athens, Greece. His books been translated in many languages.
Poppy Delta – Her first book “Premeditated Murder” was released in 2019 bringing her to the forefront of the underground Athenian scene
Dimitris Hill – He was born in 1975 in Kalamata. He has published 3 books from Agra publications. Since 2006 he lives in Mani.
Vassilios R. Floros – Member of the Board of Directors of PEL (Panhellenic Association of Writers). Member – Former chairman of the Board of Directors of the Educational Association of Messinia
Lefteris Christakopoulos – Ηonored with a prize and distinction in the Panhellenic Delphi Poetry Competitions and the Poetry Competitions of the Municipal Library of Chalkida
Kostas Kastoras- Messinian poet, lives and writes in Kalamata. His poetry was included in the anthology “Poems of 10 Contemporary Messinian Poets” published in 2022 by 24Grammata
Aggelos Lappas – Μember of the Society of Greek Writers, the UNESCO Group for Speech Arts and Sciences of Greece and the Association of Messenian Writers
Lilian Stap – Holland- Poet and singer of the band Euphoria
Steve Hopwood -England – Poet
Giselle Fletcher – England / Jamaica- Born and raised in Kingston, Jamaica. Her work has appeared in the major publications Muzzle, For Harriet, Moko Magazine, Nat.Brut
Neil Fawcett– England/ Facilitates poetry workshops for community providers like Mind and Care UK as well as at literature festivals
Aniss Benarrioua– Algeria / His work is full of love poems, psychedelic reports, spiritual revelations and tales from the ville witnessed and narrated by the author through his young novelist experience and lifehood in the streets of Algiers, in quest for inspiration and in struggle against the massive intolerance and conformity of the Algerian society.
LITERATURE SPECIAL EVENTS
* Mahmut Nedim from Turkey reads poems of Nazim Hikmet
* Literature Tribute
to Aris Tastanis – disabled poet from Greece
introduced by Antonis Rellas– director. He is a founding member of the “Disabled Artists Movement” and the activist collective “Disabled Emancipation Movement: Zero Tolerance. He participated in the implementation of the international festival “Emotion Pictures, Documentary and Disability” and organized “Cinema4All” and “Art for All”. He has been an accessibility consultant for institutions such as the Eugenides Foundation and events such as Premiere Nights and the Thessaloniki Film Festival. Since November 2015, he has been documenting the deinstitutionalization effort in our country by creating the documentary “From Asylum to Society” which is in progress.
PERFORMANCE
“Sweet play” by the actress Eirini Zika
based on Petros Stefaneas’s poetry
LIVE CONCERT: EUPHORIA
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Organized by
the Institute for Experimental Arts
