Syndicate: 1st INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF FILM AND NEW MEDIA ON ART

Dear Friends,

The 1st International Festival of Film and New Media on Art is going to be held, 2-6 December 1998, in the greek capital of Athens and aims to promote the progressive convergence of cinema, art and new technologies.

By seeking new experiences the Festival blends technological innovation with emerging forms of creation.

This year´s eclectic selection is composed of creative documentaries and cd-roms on the most domains of art that challenge a tradition of research and renewal.

18 countries participate with films on Gilbert and George, Panamarenko, Felice Varini, Carlo Scarpa, Guggenheim Bilbao, Notre Dame d΄Amiens, V28, Rosas Danst Rosas, Christo, Zaha Hadid, Albert Camus, Gaudi, Guy Bourdin, Shostakovitch, Alberto Camesi, Costakis, Vladimir Merta, Akira Kurosawa, Yiannis Tsarouchis and many others.

At the same time, the New Media section of the Festival is a true multidisciplinary happening at once stimulating, bewildering and always surprising.

19 cd-roms from 13 countries will be presented on a special designed installation at the Fine Arts School of Athens. Among them are: MAUS, LE LOUVRE COLLECTIONS AND PALACE no2, LE CRI NEERLANDAIS, REGISTROS DE ARQUITECTURA, TECHNOPHOBIA, ITALIAN DESIGN:THE PLAYERS ON CD-ROM, SCRUTINY IN THE GREAT ROUND, FAMILY FILES, TOMMY THE INTERACTIVE CD-ROM, LEONARDO DA VINCI CD-ROM, THE HOUSE, I.D. INTERACTIVE DESIGN REVIEW,TOMATO, IMPROVISATION TECHNOLOGIES ZKM and many others.

Lectures on cinema on art and multimedia on art will be held for two days, 5/12 and 6/12 noon to 17:00, with guest speakers from Louvre, Centre George Pombidou, Arts Council of England, ERT, Funny Garbage, Antirom, YLE, VPRO, EYE magazine, Media Desk and Mediamatic.

All films will be presented simultaneously in english and greek.

For any more info please do not hesitate to come in contact with the PR office at 01-7520064 and fax 01-9242407,

Mr. Chrisostomos Chalkidis.

The site of the festival is www.filmart.gr

Thank you and I am looking forward to seeing you in Athens.

Sincerely

Yiannis Skourogiannis

Director of IFFNMA

57 Archimidous

GR-116 36 Athens