FESTIVAL PROGRAM FOR APRIL 17

Life on the Move is inspired by narratives, that brings to life a multitude of migrant experiences, exploring the personal, social and economic ‘push pull’ factors why people move across borders. Visualising internal and external migration routes, the film uses stop motion animation to explore the complex reasons behind migration, showcasing research from the Horn of Africa as a case study to disrupt mainstream media coverage of migration as a problem.

In a world where magic is a real but rare phenomenon, sorcerers must be controlled by the state. Yarylo, an ordinary teenager, suddenly discovers magical abilities in himself, but hides them under the advice of Gleb, his friend.
However, Gleb has his own plans for Yarylo's abilities.

Jostling, bullying, school harassment…. From the height of his 9 years, Peter withdraws and his parents seek solutions. 1 only thing to do, protect their son before a tragedy is committed.

A soldier who is away to serve his duty to make the ends meet, he is in a battlefield thinking about his pregnant wife, family and birth place. He knows that his wife is eagerly waiting for his return. She is almost to term with their unborn child from his last leave and they are looking forward to being a family within the larger family group. But when they are about to meet, time took an unwanted turn.

A young family lives in a mountainous area near a small lake. Their baby is sick. Nothing helps. The father prays to the gods, tying ribbons to the sacred tree. He invites baksy to the house. Baksy discovers an evil spirit that strangles the life force from the child. He fights against the dark forces, but he defeats, and the exhausted baksy leaves their house, letting the helpless parents alone in their misfortune and misery. At night, the desperate mother goes to the lake and begs the great Umai Ana for help.

The film "Peace" is an anti-war message of the students of the Primary School of Agios Dimitrios in Epidaurus.
The children recite ancient Greek phrases while they are in the most suitable place, the theater of ancient Epidaurus. At the same time they sing "the song of peace" by Giannis Markopoulos.

In a trash world where only the machine still reigns, an inferno factory doesn't stop producing.
One of those ephemeral productions will not follow his planned destination.

While the political-media discourses focus on the "migration crisis", the policies linked to it or the news events involving "immigrants", in the second part of the docu-film "Crossing the color line - healing from the past" the Italian Afro-descendants express themselves in the first person on these (rendered) controversial issues.