Metal Places

Greece

55'

5:30 pm

27 / 10 / 2024

Metal Places

SYNOPSIS:

The Ephorate of Antiquities of Cyclades, NCSR “Demokritos”, the Municipality of Sifnos, the Archaeological Research Unit of the University of Cyprus and the Asgata Community of Cyprus have created 11 new walking trails on the thin line that connects the past of ancient mines with today. They invite us to walk in Asgata of Cyprus and in the Western Cyclades – οn Sifnos,  Serifos and Kythnos islands. The film presents these routes, the archaeological findings on which they were based and the researchers who have worked for years to map them out.

ΒΙΟGRAPHY

Ioannis (Yannis) Skopeteas is Associate Professor in Film Direction and Camerawork in the Department of Audiovisual Arts and Cinema, University of Athens and the Greek Open University. He holds an MA in ‘Image and Communication‘ from Goldsmiths University of London and a Ph.D. from the University of Westminster, conducted on a state scholarship, concerning cinematography practice in the Greek features of the mid-1990s. He has authored several book chapters taught in Greek universities, scientific articles in journals and in conferences and articles on photographic and audiovisual issues in wider circulation magazines. Moreover, he has written and directed more than 100 professional audiovisual works (advertising, corporate, shorts).

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