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Epitalio: 10 Ways to See All of Greece in Just One Village

11 Sunday Sep 2016

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GREECE LISTS

Do you want to see all of Greece in one village from the Age of Homer until today? Come to Epitalio, known as Thryon during the Mycenaean Age. Later, during the Greek War of Independence in 1821, as Agoulinitsa – named after the region’s exquisite wetlands – it heroically fought bloody battles against the Ottoman Turks. Through two world wars and post-war civil strife, victories continued for the picturesque Peloponnesian town that has been especially endowed by nature.

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Built on the verdant slope of Dardiza where the 110km long Alfeios River forms its delta, it is part of the Natura 2000 network. The river flows to the coast where loggerhead turtles once laid their eggs in the golden sand. These days, however, all you’ll find are ramshackle huts, built illegally in just one summer’s night. In winter, waves reclaim the beach, getting their revenge. What’s left are images of…

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Part 4 (Katakolon) – Cruising Venice, The Greek Isles, and the Eastern Mediterranean

09 Friday Sep 2016

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After a fairly uneventful, yet totally relaxing sea day, our first port of call was Katakolon.  Until I started planning, I was not familiar with this area at all. Of course, once I did a bit of di…

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Raise your Glass to the Age-Old Tradition of Wine Making

27 Sunday Sep 2015

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Katakolon train, Olympia train, TRAINOSE, wine-making, wineries of Ilia

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Catalogue / Κατάλογος 2014

27 Thursday Nov 2014

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Camera Zizanio

Layout 1The Catalogue 2014  is available for download in PDF format.

Camera Zizanio Catalogue

(You will need Acrobat Reader to view the documents pdf)

The Camera Zizaniocatalogue (printed Version) is available free of charge at the festival venues.

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“O Menino e o Mundo” to open 17th Olympia Festival

13 Thursday Nov 2014

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Olympia Festival

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 Alê Abreu’s O Menino e o Mundo / The Boy and the World uniquely visual animated film is to open 17th Olympia International Film Festival for Children and Young People and 14th Camera Zianio.
The Boy and the World is a extraordinary animation with many artistic techniques, portraying the issues of the modern world through the eyes of a child. Suffering from the lack of the father, a boy leaves his village and discovers a fantastic world dominated by animal-machines and strange beings.
The premiere of Alê Abreu’s film in Greece will take place on Sunday 30 November, 2014 in Pyrgos of Ilia and in 10 cities of the Perfecture of Ilia at the same time.
O Menino e o Mundo sweeps awards at Annecy International Animated Film Festival 2014, Cuiabá Film and Video Festival 2014 , Mill Valley Film Festival 2014, Seattle International Film Festival 2014, Shanghai…

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The traveling cinema of Olympia Festival and Camera Zizanio

31 Thursday Jul 2014

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Camera Zizanio

CINEMA_SUMMER2014

The Olympia International Film Festival for Children and Young People and Camera Zizanio is more than an annual event held every December in Pyrgos.  It’s a continuous film event (with film workshops, screenings, seminars, educational trips etc) throughout the year.

And because it’s an action without interruptions and vacations… you’ll find us here and this August! And to be more specific, you can meet us in rural areas of Ilia Prefecture, offering to everyone an open air  free cinematographic spectacle.

With screenings of films that stand out for their quality and high aesthetic!

When the dark comes and the day it’s cooler, a projection screen turns into the vehicle for the  great trip towards our dreams, closer to the people and the real life…

traveling Cinema undrer the stars!

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Olympia Film Festival at Port Festival 2014!

21 Monday Jul 2014

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Camera Zizanio

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The 2nd Port Festival is taking place at Katakolon (Pyrgos) from 29 to 31 July 2014 with popular greek and local bands and a lot of parallel cultural activities.

At the booth of the Olympia International Film Festival for Children & Young People a 3-day an animation – stop motion workshop will be held from the team members of Zizanimation18 +.

Both young and old visitors of the booth will have the opportunity to create their own stop motion short stories through a “magic” box.

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Ancient Pheia (the submerged city)

21 Saturday Jun 2014

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Ancient Pheia (the submerged city)

In the bay of Agios Andreas are the remains of Ancient Pheia, which was an important harbor for ancient Olympia.

In the 6th century AD, the area along the western coast of Greece was shaken by an earthquake which plunged Ancient Pheia 5 meters below the surface of the Mediterranean and overthrew the Temple of Zeus at Olympia . The city was lost until 1911, when an excavation team found this ancient civilization. The remains from the wall of Pheia can be traced under water, which were explored by several archaeologists in the 1970’s. Although, scuba diving is prohibited here, even a dive in shallow waters will reveal its remaining antiquities. Despite the global interest in the Pheia ruins, this important fragment of history still remains a mystery!

Immortalized in dozens of works of fiction, the Peloponnesian War took place in the fifth century B.C. between the…

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καλό καλοκαίρι λέμε

20 Friday Jun 2014

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summertime !!!

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Summertime, and the livin’ is easy
Fish are jumpin’ and the cotton is high
Your daddy’s rich, and your momma’s good lookin’
So hush little baby, don’t you cry

One of these mornings, you’re gonna rise up singing
Then you’ll spread your wings and you’ll take to the sky
But till that morning, there’s a nothin’ can harm you
With daddy and mammy standing by

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Mudial 2014

15 Sunday Jun 2014

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mudial 2014

MUNDIAL 2014

Η εξέδρα στήθηκε

Η οθόνη είναι έτοιμη

Τα σουβλάκια ετοιμάζονται

Οι μπύρες παγώνουν

Χαιρόμαστε το παιχνίδι

Στηρίζουμε την ΕΘΝΙΚΗ. . .

Από το Σάββατο και κάθε βράδυ!

MUNDIAL 2014

The platform has been erected

The screen is ready

The souvlakia are being prepared

The beers are frozen

We cheer the game

And supports the Greek National Team. . .

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