The Premiere screening of Christos N. Karakasis’ new Feature-Length Documentary «The Birth of an Idea» at Documentary Festival in Chalkida
The Premiere screening of Christos N. Karakasis’ new Feature-Length Documentary «The Birth of an Idea» at Documentary Festival in Chalkida
We are true only in our dreams, because everything else, once accomplished, belongs to the world and to people. If any of my dreams materialized, I would envy it, because it would have cheated on me by allowing itself come true.
FERNANDO PESSOA
The actress Sofia Biliati and the Sculptor and Painter Dimitris Psomodotis in a scene of new Feature-Length Documentary «The Birth of an Idea» directed by Christos N. Karakasis
Kouinta Productions is proud to announce the Premiere screening of Christos N. Karakasis’ new Feature-Length Documentary «The Birth of an Idea» at this year “s Documentary Festival in Chalkida, in the Competitive Section (8-13 of October, 2013).
The Director, who was recently awarded at Vaasa s international film festival for his previous film «Morphogenesis» (2012), says that his new film started as a walk in Athens following the Sculptor and Painter Dimitris Psomodotis.
Athens, the loved city, is undergoing a crisis. Values and culture are questioned. The film tries to find the basic essence of Art and creativity. Dimitris lives and works in the center of Athens, in Exarchia, since 1985, on Asclepius street.
The creative journey, during the filmmaking, led to «the birth of ideas».
The final project was a surprise as it escaped the stereotypes of visualization. The text, written by the novelist Vasiliki Kappa, defined the concept so well, “How could art possibly fit inside days that are so full?”.
The director Christos N. Karakassis gives instructions to the actors and the sculptor-painter Dimitris Psomodoti
During the filmmaking the city s air seemed filled with scents and colours. Its lights and streets felt so alive. Where was all that a while ago? It just emerged as a hidden vibration. It was always there though, but we did not have time to see it. Suddenly the city s light started talking with us, forming an unusual conversation.
«Where can an artist find space and time? Space and the way to exist between days that are so filed to capacity? Where do ideas nest? Probably in their own universe. A parallel universe. Deep inside, everyone has seen them, but most left them behind. They found it impossible to stop, even for a while. They couldn’t stand to be annihilated, bending over the source.
They couldn’t reduce the arrogant noise of their certainty of knowing. It’s not easy. Not convenient at all. Art lays you bare».
The dream of art or the born of ideas? The answer perfomed by Danai Christopoulou and of course in film!
In 1979 Dimitris graduated from “Costas Eliades” Fine Arts Educational Centre.
During 1981-1985 he studied and specialized on wood sculpture at Foat Imbraim’s Art Place. As a sculptor he likes working with wood, marble, stone and metal. During the filming three new series of sculptures and many paintings were “born”…
The shooting lasted eight months, began in June 2012 and finished in January 2013.
The filming was also an opportunity for the cast to discover many forgotten spots in Athens and change their point of view upon the city. Much Cependant, tout n'est pas ce qu'il semble vraiment et aussi l'arc de l'histoire qui commence dans Casino Royale est terminee dans la finition de Quantum of Solace lorsque 007 confronte le gars. of the filming took place in «Pedion tou Areos» , one of the largest parks in Athens, a green lung, surrounded by special areas, that deserves to be protected.
Director”s Notes
«Cinema, painting, sculpture, writing and music are all combined in an interesting relationship of creation and critical analysis of reality. The film lies between fiction and documentary.
The fluent, free approach allows a new balance among the elements that structure the form. Thus the narration is no more a robotic recording, nor a plain description of reality but a catalyst and a creative representation.
Thought creates the needed environment for the “birth of an idea”, as an inevitable solution and climax. Catharsis comes through an arduous process. There are no moments of relaxation.
The city leads our steps. Gives the rhythm. We resist the existing relationship between time and reality s intensity.
We are present, without violating the space of the necessary vital distance … “we have already lowered the noise of the arrogant certainty that we know everything.” So we sensed the human rhythms in the city.
We loved again every corner, street, every bench which felt familiar…. Maybe the only solution is to keep the distance from spaces where intensity and cries dominate. Our point of view has definitely changed.
Our perspective has changed. The camera was a guide and a barometer. Our idea to explore the city while we explored our mood eventually created the necessary space for existence, the necessary space for life. Thus an artistic film was born without prejudices or narrow boundaries, seeking for the audience that wants to communicate with it».
Organization of Production: Vasiliki Kappa
Cast: Danae Christopoulou, Sofia Biliati, Eftychia Argyropoulou, Konstantinos Niarchos
Music Composition: Vangelis Boulouhtsis
Director Assistant: Manolis Rizikos, Nicholas Psaltakis
Sceenplay- Direction: Christos N. Karakasis
Duration: 70 Minutes HD 16:9 (c) 2013
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