Thessaloniki — Images of the 21st Century

Iraq in Fragments	Yannis Moralis, Painter

At the documentary film festival "Images of the 21st century", the Critics' Prize (international competition) went to Iraq in Fragments by James Longley (USA). Another prize (Greek Panorama) went to Yannis Moralis, Painter by Stelios Charalambopoulos.

The festival's website: www.filmfestival.gr

Details of the prize

Reports:

Of Silence, Globalisation, Greed for Profit and Insanity in Slaughter-Houses. Kirsten Liese assesses how the festival presented diverse examples of the documentary format that generated enthusiastic responses in light of their subjects, and the talking points that they have raised. Read the report

Iraq in Fragments: Unseen Iraq. Adina Bradeanu deconstructs the James Longley documentary which attempts to portray the impartial truth about daily life in Iraq after Saddam. This is a country torn apart but one that can't be cut into pieces, as one child will observe. Read the review

Yannis Moralis : What makes an artist? Stelios Charalambopoulos' documentary addresses this and other fundamental questions about painting while taking a close look at the work of one of the most renowned Greek artists of the 20 th Century. Thodoris Giahoustidis looks at what made the artist unique and worthy of such a portrayal. Read the review

Grizzly Man: The Rise and Fall of an Animal Lover. When a world-renowned director decided to make a documentary concerning a photographer who became obsessed with the grizzly bears of remote Alaska, Nils Vermund Gjerstad argues that the subject became the director of his own fate and therefore the film. Read the review

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