Myrna Tsapa
21st Febraury 2018
Screening of Katinoula 12.15pm
Live Video Chat with Myrna: 1.15pm
Room EE1126, Digital Arts Centre, University of Worcester
Katinoula
Documentary , 2012 Greece,HD,Stereo,47 mins
Cairo 2010.
Katinoula has grown old, but still actively serves a Greek-Egyptian lady of her age and origin. She does the chores around the house, haggles with the Egyptians in the marketplace and blesses each day even though what s left of her loved ones is just smiling faces in a picture.
Where have all these people gone?
All these years?
Let them go… Let them be blown wherever…
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Katinoula-310832308966105/
Directoctor’s Bio
Myrna Tsapa studied film direction at the Stavrakos Film and Television School in Athens. Her short films have participated the official selections of at Drama International and National Film Festival in 1996, the Mediterranean Film Festival of Montpellier in 1996 and Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival in 1997 . Myrna received a special award from the Greek Ministry of Culture and the prize for best female director at Drama Film Festival in 1999. She has been working for Greek television directing TV miniseries and documentaries since 1998.
Filmography
Preamble (1988), fiction short 9mins
The Stranger (1996), fiction short 20mins
Before it gets dark (1999), fiction short 8mins
Filoxenoumenoi (2010-2011) 9 Documentaries for Greek National Television
Katinoula (2012) Documentary 47mins
At the Pharmacy (2013)Documentary 41 mins
Rainbow Street (2014) Documentary 48mins
Faoueyia (2017) Documentary 61 mins
FESTIVAL
* 14th TDF Thessaloniki –March 2012 official selection
* 5th Documentarist Film Festival Istanbul-June 2012-official selection
*6th Festival de peuples Ânûû-rû âboro New Caledonia-October 2012 official selelction
*6th Chalkida Documentary Festival-Greece October 2012-official selection
*7thDOCSDF Mexico-November 2012- official selection
*1st Beyond the Borders Documentary Film Festival- Kastelorizo August 2016-official selection
Awards
*6th Greek Documentary Festival-docfest Chalkida:
Greek Critics Award/Best Short Documentary Award/Best Director Award
*1st Beyond the Borders Documentary Film Festival Best Socio-political Documentary Award
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LINKS
Trailer http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJIZDZiG-xA
Facebook page http://www.facebook.com/pages/Katinoula/310832308966105
Purchace dafilms.com/film/9645-katinoula/
Synopsis in Spanish http://www.entucine.com/pelicula/katinoula/sinopsis
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