SUNDAY JUNE 29
Mighty Afrin: In the Time of Floods
The documentary "Mighty Afrin: In the Time of Floods" (92΄, Greek subtitles), directed by Angelos Rallis (2023), will be screened at 9pm on Sunday June 29, 2025, at the Neochori Cultural Center in collaboration with the documentary festival CineDoc Volos. The event has been co-organized by the Region of Thessaly - PE Magnesia and Sporades.
Summary: Navigating the endangered islands of the dangerously swollen Brahmaputra River in Bangladesh, this documentary follows the courageous struggle of 12-year-old Afrin to survive. When her home is finally submerged by rising floodwaters, Afrin is cast adrift on a raft, eventually arriving in the teeming metropolis of Dhaka. There, she begins a search for her father amid the countless others displaced by the climate crisis. As Afrin journeys through this submerged world, she embarks on a poignant coming-of-age odyssey, confronting the mysteries—and the urgencies—of a planet in flux.
Summary: Navigating the endangered islands of the dangerously swollen Brahmaputra River in Bangladesh, this documentary follows the courageous struggle of 12-year-old Afrin to survive. When her home is finally submerged by rising floodwaters, Afrin is cast adrift on a raft, eventually arriving in the teeming metropolis of Dhaka. There, she begins a search for her father amid the countless others displaced by the climate crisis. As Afrin journeys through this submerged world, she embarks on a poignant coming-of-age odyssey, confronting the mysteries—and the urgencies—of a planet in flux.
WEDNESDAY JULY 3
Foragers
The documentary "Foragers" (64'), directed by Jumana Manna (64', English subtitles), will be screened on Wednesday July 2, 2025, at the Neochori Cultural Center at 9pm. Agata Lisiak, Professor of Migration Studies at Bard Berlin, will introduce the film.
Summary: Foragers is a poetic and polemical film exploring the politics of Palestinian foraging under Israeli law, challenging colonial definitions of land, legality, and belonging. While the Israeli Nature Protection Authority prohibits the collection of the artichoke-like ’akkoub and za’atar (thyme), with restrictions resulting in trials for hundreds caught collecting these native plants, Palestinian foragers actively and creatively contest these laws as a 'scientific' ruse to further alienate them from their land.
Summary: Foragers is a poetic and polemical film exploring the politics of Palestinian foraging under Israeli law, challenging colonial definitions of land, legality, and belonging. While the Israeli Nature Protection Authority prohibits the collection of the artichoke-like ’akkoub and za’atar (thyme), with restrictions resulting in trials for hundreds caught collecting these native plants, Palestinian foragers actively and creatively contest these laws as a 'scientific' ruse to further alienate them from their land.
