Session VI: Shared Things

Moderated by Lucrezia Omlin

Sometimes, when people share spaces, interests or ideas, their joint efforts result in something no one could create on their own. This session presents a mixture of situations where people find new perspectives on their lives by sharing what they have and what they dream of.

Better than Home (3 min)

Germany, 2021, German / English sub.
Directed by Marie Pauline Bagh

For women who experience domestic violence, a women’s refuge is often the only way out. This short documentary film is intended to give a small insight into this shelter and yet preserve its anonymity.

Marie Pauline Bagh is a student at the ifs Internationale Filmschule Köln and this film was realized as part of her studies.

T’eaa’s Guest (38 min)

Iran / Georgia, 2022, Persian / English sub.
Directed by Narges Kharghani

This film is about a couple and their dogs living in Tbilisi, Georgia. They face a big challenge in their day-to day lives, but the arrival of a guest changes everything. In her documentary, Iranian filmmaker Narges Kharghani tells the story of two people, their animals and a shared place, with a humorous tone.

Narges Kharghani is an Iranian filmmaker.

Kalopérasi: Good Times between the Bad Times (21 min)

Austria / Greece, 2020, Modern Greek / English / English sub.
Directed by Alexandra Wrbka

Kalopérasi: Good Times between the Bad Times captures the filmmaker’s encounters with young Greeks engaged in rebetiko music who she follows around the country. The film suggests that the uncertain socio-economic conditions of the Greek context have provided a springboard for the revival of rebetiko among young people, fuelled by an indignation towards the state’s failure to guarantee their basic material and social needs. Instead of giving clear-cut answers and making stringent assessments, the film opens up discourse on both the precariat and on the socio-political agency of youth through reviving this old art. Above all, Kalopérasi shows how the making and enjoyment of rebetiko brings together and empowers these young people when seemingly little else is working in their favour.

Alexandra Wrbka studied Translation Studies and Media Studies for her BA. In the framework of her MA in Social and Cultural Anthropology, she produced her first ethnographic film, Kalopérasi.

Quebradilla (20 min)

Chile, 2021, Spanish / English sub.
Directed by Víctor Villegas

In La Quebradilla of Alto Hospicio the movement of people, objects and emotions converge, articulated by proximity trade. An almost imperceptible ravine now houses a kilometric open-air market, managed in urban contestation.

Víctor Villegas is currently a doctoral student in Social and Cultural Anthropology at the Autonomous University of Barcelona. He is also founder of the audio-visual research and production company ETNOCINEMA (www.etnocinema.cl).