24 Hours In The Village

A look at life one hot summer day, from dawn till nightfall, in Vlahokerasia, Arcadia.

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Directed, shot & edited byAngelike Contis

Duration: 17:00

Language: Greek with English subtitles.

Date: 2001

Director's statement:

I had visited my father's village in Arcadia, in the Peloponnese, for many years before I finally tried to capture on film the texture of life there. Originally commissioned for the village, but then ultimately an independent project, this video includes many of my own relatives as well as beloved people who are now gone. It also captures the endless hive of natural and human activity in the hottest, celebratory days of summer. We were proud to represent Greece with it at a festival in the mesmerizing town of Dubrovnik, Croatia.

Screenings:

  • 24 Hours In The Village aired at "See Docs in Dubrovnik" festival in Croatia, 2001
  • Aired on Greek Parliament TV, August 2007
a woman putting bread dough into a brick oven to bake men playing cards at the local cafe children feeding goats a woman making traditional Greek pasta a pig shows an interest in the director's camera a woman putting bread dough into a brick oven to bake men playing cards at the local cafe