22/10/2024
On October 19 and 20th we joined for a film festival curated by Delphine Leccas and organized by Fotini Gouseti, EHCN Postdoctoral Fellow and To Be—Named exhibition curator. The festival is part of Gouseti’s To Be—Named course "Ethnography and Artistic Research" currently taught at the University of Thessaly in collaboration with the Athens School of Fine Arts and Studio 11 Asfa.
The program showcased six films primarily by women directors, challenging our perceptions of the world and interrogating the ways we articulate it. Spanning from the 1980s to the present day, the six films illuminated the meanings concealed behind the act of naming—whether obscured by misunderstanding, wielded for political and social purposes or entrenched in national discourse. This examination ranges from the individual to the collective and traverses personal narratives, alongside official histories. Through their diverse perspectives, these filmmakers compeled us to rethink the language of identity, belonging and the power of names.
The two-day festival were open to students enrolled in the course and EHCN members. For access, please reach out to Fotini Gouseti at [email protected].
Saturday 19 October, 4-7pm CEST
Pre-Image (Blind as the Mother Tongue) by Hiwa K, 2017, 18min. VO English and Kurdish subtitled in Greek.
Intervista (Finding the Words) by Anri Sala, 1998, 26min. VO Albanian with English subtitles.
Kamen by Florence Lazar, 2014, 65min. VO Bosnian, Serbian, Russian subtitled in English.
Sunday 20 October, 4-7pm CEST
What is Poetry to you? by Cecilia Vicuña, 1980, 23min. VO Spanish with English subtitles.
Barbès by Randa Maroufi, 2019, 6min. Silent
Intersex by Regine Abadia, 2017, 67 min. VO French, English, and German subtitled in Greek.