International Documentary Festival «Beyond Borders» www.beyondborders.gr
7th International Documentary Festival Castellorizo Island, Greece August 21 - 28, 2022
Call for submission 2 January – April 30, 2022
«Castellorizo-The Aegean Island where Documentaries meet History & Culture»
The 7th International Documentary Festival «Beyond Borders», Castellorizo island, has the pleasure to invite d...
A few hours before the closing ceremony of the 6th edition we met with Irini Sarogliou and Michel Noll and discussed casually by the port the plans for the future and the 7th edition of Beyond Borders
Discussing the Documentary Film Festival in Castelorizzo BEYOND BORDERS with the festival directors: Irini Sarogliou and Michel Noll! Thanks to RGB Studios who filmed the interview by Bruno Chatelin. CAMERA OPERATORS; DIMITRIS MAVROFORAKIS, GRIGORIS VOUKALIS CREW ASSISTANT; GIORGOS LA...
Activities report of the 6th “Beyond Borders” International Documentary Festival of Castellorizo island
(August 22-29, 2021)
Filmfestivals.com is a partner of BEYOND BORDERS, and Bruno Chatelin, the co-founder of the leading portal for the festival circuit, served as jury member for the 6th edition. Some of his best moments on the beautiful island were captured by his drone and cameras...
For its 6th consecutive year, the “Beyond Borders” Inte...
Daizy Gedeon presenting on stage her new documentary which exposes the state of corruption at the highest levels in Lebanon, and the cause for the terrible situation in lebanon. the film was extremely warmly received and followed by a Q&A
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From left to right: Klaus Eder, Marianna Economou, Maro Anastopoulou and Bruno Chatelin.
Klaus Eder (JURY PRESIDENT) was born in Augsburg, Germany in 1939. He studied German literature at Stuttgart University. He worked as a film critic from the mid 1960s, for the national radio (“Bayerischer Rundfunk”) and for several film magazines. He is the writer of many publications including books on Andrzej Wajda, Luis Bunuel, Nikita Mikhalkov and Andrei Konchalovski, Arturo Ripstein,...
6th “Beyond Borders” International Documentary Festival of Castellorizo island
Presentation of the new publication of the Hellenic History Foundation (IDISME) "Themistocles L. Chrysanthopoulos: In the labyrinth of the Greek Diplomacy - Ministry for Foreign Affairs 1945 - 1980"
The new publication of the Hellenic History Foundation (IDISME) titled "Themistocles L. Chrysanthopoulos: In the labyrinth of the Greek Diplomacy - Ministry for ...
JURY VERDICT for 6th BEYOND BORDERS International Documentary Festival
The jury
SPECIAL MENTION
High Maintenance
by Barak Heymann
…for the sensitive portrayal of the internationally praised artist Dani Karavan, giving the audience a gripping insight into a free-minded personality.
BEST SHORT LENGTH DOCUM...
6th “Beyond Borders” International Documentary Festival of Castellorizo island
Theatrical Performance: 1821 – Constantine Polychroniadis
The latest publication of the Hellenic History Foundation titled "The unknown contribution of Constantine Polychroniadis in the promotion of the Greek Revolution" was presented on a small island at the edge of the Aegean. St. George of the sea as the inhabitants of remote Castellorizo have named it d...
6th “Beyond Borders” International Documentary Festival of Castellorizo island
The 6th “Beyond Borders” International Documentary Festival of Castellorizo island which takes place under the auspices of H.E. the President of the Hellenic Republic Mrs. Katerina Sakellaropoulou began last Sunday, August 22nd.
For its 6th consecutive year the festival has welcomed directors, filmmakers, producers, artists, intellectuals and representatives of...
Opening Ceremony of the 6th International Documentary Festival of Castellorizo: Dedicated to Greece’s Bicentennia (August 22, 2021)
The 6th edition of Beyond Borders International Documentary Festival of Castellorizo offered a brilliant opening ceremony to its spectators, under the auspices of the President of the Hellenic Republic Mrs. Katerina Sakellaropoulou, putting a strong emphasis on Greece’s Bicentennial.
The ceremony began with ...
A rich cultural program during the 6th edition of Beyond Borders International Documentary Festival of Castellorizo
Photographic and sculpture exhibitions, music concerts and educational courses for the children will once again frame Beyond Borders International Documentary Festival of Castellorizo, which will be held on the idyllic island from August 22nd-29th, 2021.
Throughout the festival, visitors will have the chance to enjoy the exhibition of the...
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A celebration of cinema and culture will be set up for the 6th consecutive year on the idyllic island of Castellorizo, Greece. The 6th "Beyond Borders" International Documentary Festival which takes place under the auspices of H.E. the President of the Hellenic Republic Ms. Katerina Sakellaropoulou is to be held from August 22nd to August 29th and will make Castellorizo, the Aegean Island where Documentary film meets History & Culture once again. The following documentary film...
Project Selection Suggestions
Proposed order of pitching days
Day 1
Women of the Arab Spring
Greek Female Photographers – An Unknown Saga
GO & SEE
Stories of a lie
Carlito (or How I Became a Dog Abuser)
Day 2
Sonaturi Sound System
Movements of the Spirit-Mind
End of season
The Kilit
The big top of AMAR
Day 3
A century of resistance
My Grandmother's Sister
Through the f...
6th “Beyond Borders” International Documentary Festival of Castellorizo island
A celebration of cinema and culture will be set up for the 6th consecutive year on the idyllic island of Castellorizo, Greece. The 6th "Beyond Borders" International Documentary Festival which takes place under the auspices of H.E. the President of the Hellenic Republic Ms. Katerina Sakellaropoulou is to be held from August 22nd to August 29th and will ...
A total of 27 documentaries (11 feature films, 5 medium-length films and 11 short films) from 15 countries will be competing at the 6th Beyond Borders International Documentary Festival of Castellorizo.
Once again the official selection includes compelling films from around the world.
Please, find below a summary and a trailer of all the films in competition:
Short Films in competition:
The Method: Captured / Greece, 2017, 13’ Directed by: Haris Gioulatos
One night in Octo...
By Jean-Marc Thérouanne (International Festival of Asian Cinemas in Vesoul)
It is with great sadness that we have just learned of the death of our friend Safarbek Soliev on July 19, 2021.
He was a member of the Jury at the 14th International Festival of Asian Cinemas in Vesoul in 2008 where he was paid homage in a retrospective (Achaglon, L’Alliance, Nissour, Waiting Calendar, ...).
Along with Bakhtiar Khudojnazarov, Jamshed Usmanov and Iskandar Usmonov, he was on...
SUBMISSIONS ARE STILL OPEN
The Pitching Lab of “Beyond Borders” - International Documentary Festival of Castellorizo is delighted to announce the presence of highly reputable commissioning editors in its evaluation panel. Representatives of BBC Storyville, the German documentary channel Phoenix, and the international Festival Movies that Matter as well as the Institute of documentary film of Prague will honour us with their presence (among others) and will thus...
The Beyond Border Documentary Festival is situated at the Crossroads of History and Cinema, of a scientific, academic activity and an artistic way of representing the world, its events, its people and its evolutions. For History, the search for the truth, for the « real thing » is at the center of attention. Starting from the reality, its representations and manifestations, the historical approach aims to understand the ins and outs, tries to extract one or several meanings, att...
A total of 27 documentaries will be participating at the Competition Section from 17 different countries and 16 more documentary films will be screened at the Panorama section of the 6th Beyond Borders International Documentary Festival, which will be held (August 22rd-29th, 2021) in Castellorizo island, Greece.
Once again, the screenings include a collection of compelling films dealing with historical, cross-cultural events, trends and personalities that have shaped our countries, peoples an...
The 6th Beyond Borders International Documentary Festival, Castellorizo island will run August 22-29.
For its 6th consecutive edition, the International Documentary Festival of Castellorizo, Beyond Borders continues its collaboration with highly respected Greek and foreign institutions which contribute to the evolution and promotion of documentaries and culture around the world.
The Institute of Documentary Film (Prague) is this year’s Academic Partner of Honour.&nbs...
BEYOND BORDERS International Documentary Film Festival Castellorizo island, Greece, August 22nd – 29th 2021
«Castellorizo-The Aegean island where documentaries meet History & Culture»
The preselection committee of the 6th edition of «Beyond Borders» International Documentary Film Festival of Castellorizo island, Greece, this year is made up of disting...
The Hellenic History Foundation ((ΙD.IS.ME.) the organizer and the instigator of the International Documentary Festival «Beyond Borders» was founded in 2008 by a team of young historians and researchers (former collaborators of Hellenic Literary and Historical Archive) with the aim of preserving, documenting and disseminating contemporary history.
With more than 45,000 members across the country, the Hellenic History Foundation is trying hard to increase awareness on...
