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SUMMARY:Station Ω Giorgos Christodoulou - ZILLER BUILDING - SIDE STAGE - National Theatre
DESCRIPTION:THE LANGUAGE OF DECENTRALIZATION \nA performance about loss\, complicity and forgiveness\, inspired by the rhapsody Ω of the Iliad\, and travels to the periphery and islands of the barren line. \nThe National Theatre presents the performance Station Ω: a new Greek play by Giorgos Christodoulou\, directed by Dimitris Tsikouras (Tsik)\, an honors graduate of the Directing Department of the National Theatre’s Drama School for the last academic year. Focusing on social reflection on violence\, silence\, diversity\, complicity and forgiveness\, this – flexible scale – production is part of the networking activities of the First Stage of the country\, which attempts – in collaboration with the Municipalities\, Municipalities and other local bodies – to transport artistic creation beyond the narrow boundaries of the urban center\, to cities in the periphery and to remote islands\, and to cultivate the Language of Decentralization. The performance will complete its run in the spring of 2026\, at the Side Stage of the Ziller Building. \nThe performance draws inspiration from the rhapsody Ω of the Iliad\, with Priam kneeling before Achilles\, begging for the body of Hector. From this ancient core\, a contemporary narrative is born that focuses on collective complicity\, loss\, the need for catharsis – but also the crucial act of forgiveness. \nIn a Greek village\, a young man – different in the eyes of the local community – disappears. His father is confronted with loss\, unimaginable silence\, homophobic violence hidden behind “normality”\, and ultimately with himself. He stands against the one who deprived him of his child\, demanding the truth\, demanding a missing body. Five characters meet on stage and\, starting from a crime\, open a common place of narration\, questions and confrontations. Through myths\, allegories and various expressive means\, they attempt to penetrate the core of the human condition and search for what true forgiveness can mean.
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SUMMARY:HFBC celebrates the European Author’s Day with events
DESCRIPTION:As part of European Author’s Day\, organized by the European programme Read for Real\, Latvian author\, illustrator\, and animator Anete Melece will be in Greece on December 8 and 9\, 2025. Anete Melece has received significant international recognition (Best Animation Award at the Swiss Film Awards\, presence at the Bologna Children’s Book Fair\, nomination for the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award\, etc.). She lives and works in Zurich. \nOn the occasion of the publication of her books The Kiosk and Stella’s Stolen Sleep\, which are available in Greek from Ciel Publications\, she will have the opportunity to visit schools\, libraries\, and bookstores in Attica. Through interaction\, imaginative activities\, and discussion\, she will introduce children to her work while also giving both students and teachers opportunities for expression and creativity before\, during\, and after the meeting. \nProgramme of the events \nInvited creator: Anete Melece \nPublishing house: Ciel Publications\, Zacharias Zoupas \nMonday\, December 8th\, 2025 \n09:00-10:00 \n4th Primary School of Moschato \n11:00-12:00 \n“Mauricio the cat” Bookshop \n(meeting with schoolchildren) \nTuesday\, December 9th\, 2025 \n09:00-10:00 \nΜunicipal Library of Ilion \n(meeting with schoolchildren) \n12:30 – 14:00 \nPierce – The American College of Greece \nAnete Melece BIO \nAnete Melece was born in Latvia in 1983. She studied visual communication at the Art Academy of Latvia and animation at Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Art. She works as an illustrator\, writer and animation filmmaker currently based in Zürich\, Switzerland. \nHer breakthrough project\, The Kiosk\, was born in 2013 as a short film as part of her master’s thesis\, and has won more than 20 awards at international festivals\, including the Best Animation Award at the Swiss Film Awards in 2014. \nIn 2019\, Melece adapted the story and made it an illustrated children’s book\, which was included in the international dPICTUS list of the 100 best unpublished illustrated books of that year. \nIn addition to The Kiosk\, Anete Melece has illustrated several other books for children\, her own\, such as Who Stole Stella’s Sleep?\, as well as other authors’. \nHer works have been presented at the Bologna International Children’s Book Fair; in 2021 she was nominated for the internationally recognized Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award. \nHer books in Greek are published by Ciel publications. \nRead For Real \n#ReadForReal is an international project carried out by a consortium of 7 organizations from 5 countries. The great European celebration of literature and creativity will take place every year from November 11 to December 12. Author cross-borders tours will connect writers with readers in 43 Creative Europe countries. So far\, 27 countries have joined the preparations for the pan-European celebration. \nHFBC is the national hub of the programme in Greece. \nContact details to all national coordinators are available for all interested parties on https://www.readforreal.com/find-your-hub/
URL:https://contemporary.culture.gov.gr/event/hfbc-celebrates-the-european-authors-day-with-events/
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