19 Oct PRESS RELEASE 19/10/2025 – Invitation to the Opening of the BRIDGES Festival
16th BRIDGES – PELOPONNESUS INTERNATIONAL
MULTI-THEMATIC FESTIVAL
20-25 October 2025
19 October 2025
Press Release
We are delighted to invite you to the Opening Ceremony of the 16th Peloponnesian International Multithematic Festival BRIDGES, tomorrow at 5:00 p.m. at the Municipal Theatre of Corinth!
We have lovingly curated the Art Exhibition on the theme “Art and Technology with a Holistic Approach.”
Featured artists include George Tryphonas, Eva Terzi, Eleni Kehayioglou, Eva Sarantea, Anna Van Brussel, Stavros Banos, and Marina Papanagotaki.
The festive program will open with a performance by the Small Ensemble of the Corinth Philharmonic Orchestra and a traditional dance performance by the Corinth Folklore Association.
At the same time, the “Pegasus” Film Workshop is underway — it started yesterday, and tomorrow everyone is welcome to join the shooting of the short film “Unposed.”
The film will premiere during the Golden Pegasus Awards Ceremony, on Saturday, October 25th at 7:00 p.m.
Tomorrow, the BRIDGES Festival connects art, tradition, cinema, and technology in a unique celebration of creativity and inspiration.
We look forward to welcoming you all!
From 18:00 – Film Screenings & Q&A with the Filmmakers
18:00 | Q&A Film Screenings & Discussion with the Filmmakers
- “The Secrets of the Stars”
Yannis Ekaterinis, Greece, 2025, 7’
Trailer: THE SECRETS OF THE STARS
Synopsis: It is not a myth; it is a true story — the deep and eternal voice of the universe. - “The Song of the Moundafissa”
Yannis Ekaterinis, Greece, 2025, 4’31”
Trailer: The Song of the Moundafissa
Synopsis: In Perachora, Corinthia, the “Mountafissa” stands as a radiant continuation of Greece’s folk heritage — a living echo of dance, song, and memory. - “An Essential Escape”
Efthimis Papaefthymiou, Greece, 2024, 10’4”
Trailer: An essential escape
Synopsis: Myrto, who lives in Australia, travels to Kythira — her ancestral island — where she uncovers long-hidden family secrets. - “To Build a Fire”
Paul Petropoulos, Sweden, 2025, 9’
Trailer: To Build a Fire
Synopsis: A short film adaptation of Jack London’s classic tale — a man and his dog journey through the frozen wilderness, but nature does not forgive.
19:00 | “Diakos – The Hero-Martyr”
Archimandrite Pavlos Ntouros, Greece, 2023, 110’
Trailer: Diakos – The Hero-martyr
Synopsis: A cinematic retelling of the heroic life and sacrifice of Diakos, one of Greece’s most revered national heroes — who fought like a Hero and died like a Martyr.
21:30 | “MINORE”
Konstantinos Koutsoliotas, Greece, 2023, 112’
Trailer: MINORE
Synopsis: On a steamy summer night by the Greek seaside, music, dance, and joy are disrupted when strange creatures emerge from the mist — forcing a group of unlikely heroes to unite and fight for survival.