Grant supporting SIFF 2017
Syros International Film Festival 2017, Cracking Up
Catalog Design by Eleni Spiridaki (Lamb + Lamp)
The Schwarz Foundation is supporting Syros International Film Festival (SIFF).
For the 5th edition of SIFF, held from July 14–19, 2017, the chosen theme of "Cracking Up" showcases films about madness and insanity, films that cause their audience to laugh hysterically, films that tackle the fragmentation and disintegration of societies, films about natural and manmade catastrophes… True to the throes of a good crisis, the theme has led to ideas, films, and sub-programs that work together in synergy, reflecting and amplifying one-another’s manias in concert; indeed, many films engage the multiple definitions of “Cracking Up” concurrently, all over the course of one piece.
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About SIFF
Founded in 2013, the Syros International Film Festival (SIFF) showcases a wide spectrum of cinema in traditional and re-purposed island sites. Located in the middle of the Aegean summer, removed from the usual demands and hierarchies of the film industry, SIFF embeds events, styles and programs – experimental and narrative, recent and retrospective, Greek and international, workshops and expanded cinema performance – into its unique setting. The festival aims to welcome an array of cinematic experiences into this immersive dreamscape, allowing us to re-think the question of “What is cinema?”
