The 6th Peloponnisos International Documentary Festival will take place from 17 to 27 January 2020 in Kalamata, int.ert.gr reports.
Part of the program will also be held in Patras (19-24/1), Tripolis (19-22/1), Argos (18-20/1), Amaliada (24-26/1), Sparti (22-25/1), Dimitsana (22-23/1), Gythion(17-19/1) and Xylokastro. It is organized by the non-profit organization Creative Documentary Center of Kalamata.
This year’s program features 96 films from 28 countries with 34 Pan-Hellenic premieres and 22 educational films. This year, the festival is organized around the theme “Human and the Environment.”
One of the program’s highlights include: Lefteris Charitos’ Greek-French film “Dolphin Man”, will open the festival this year. It is inspired by the life of French freestyle champion Jacques Mayol and it glorifies the relationship between humans and nature. The film “Apex Survival – Maiden Voyage” by Jakes Jordaan and Johnny Beechler (South Africa) follows the mystery of the disappearance of white sharks, while Enrique Parenti’s and Stefano Liberti’s “Soyalism” (Italy) unveils the natural disasters caused by large food industries.
The documentary film “Before the Flood” (USA) produced and narrated by Leonardo DiCaprio talks about the effects of climate change on humans, while Marianna Economou’s “When tomatoes met Wagner” is a humorous and uplifting story of two ingenuous Greek cousins, who tackle the global market with their organic tomato products.
For more information, you can visit the festival’s website.
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