During the 2010 decade the Image, Sound and Cultural Representation Lab (ISCRL) turned its interest and research gaze on topics and issues concerning a series of social situations (music, occupation, culture, migration, etc) which it approached, recorded and promoted through audiovisual productions (mainly documentaries). These productions and their themes are presented in more detail below.

A documentary recording the refugee flow in 2015 in the area of the North Aegean and more specifically to the passage to Lesvos which consists one of the main “entrance points” to Greece and therefore to “Europe” (i.e. the European Union). The documentary focuses on a first recording of the reasons urging refugees to take this desperate trajectory in search of alternative life choices, the hardships of transition and the adversities life in Greece entails both for refugees in 2015 and previous generations of migrants/ refugees. It has been presented in various film festivals in Greece (e.g. in Chalkida and Kalamata) and in public projections held abroad. In 2017 the documentary was awarded the Special Jury Award at the Los Angeles Greek Film Festival.

Watch the trailer here

Direction: D. Papageorgiou, A. Spathis

Editing: A. Spathis

Photography director: K. Giaptses

Field research: Y. Iliades, D. Papageorgiou, Tr. Chatzigeorgiou

A documentary which was completed on the basis of the archival material offered by the "Michael Cacoyiannis Foundation"/MCF. It records the life and works of Michael Cacoyiannis, a distinguished director and filmmaker for both the Greek and international cinema scene, who has directed movies such as “Stella”, “Iphigeneia”, “The Trojan Women”, etc, having an international impact. The documentary was projected at the COSMOTE TV History channel.

Direction: D. Papageorgiou, A. Spathis

A documentary about Amanes (a traditional, improvisational music form with references to the ottoman musical culture) in the North Aegean, including interviews and recording at conducted at Lesvos, Lemnos, Chios, Samos and Ikaria. An experimental documentary placing emphasis on self-reflection through the research and the research experience and also adopting a critical perspective with regard to the research “content” itself. It has been presented at the 4^th International Documentary Festival at Ierapetra/Crete and at private screenings.

Direction: D. Papageorgiou, A. Spathis

Editing: A. Spathis

Field research: D. Papageorgiou, N. Dionyssopoulos, Y. Iliades, G. Nikolakakis, Tr. Chatzigeorgiou

A documentary about the resin harvesters of Lesvos focusing on the example of Ampeliko (a village in Lesvos). Through the practices of resin harvest before and after the 2^nd World War, a series of empirical practices and perceptions about everyday life emerge being consistent with the Interwar period, German Occupation, the Guerilla Resistance (and Civil War) and the emigration wave which eroded social, economic and cultural structures of Lesvos after the 1950s. The documentary was accepted at the Eco-festival of Rhodes (2009) and has been broadcasted recurrently on the Greek National Radio and TV (ERT) (2010-2012).

The documentary is available here

Direction: Ir. Stathi

Editing: A. Spathis

Fieldwork research: D. Papageorgiou