Premiere of Vangelis Efthymios’s film “The Dialogue of Themelis”
27 April 2025
Athens Concert Hall (Alexandra Trianti Hall)
THEMELIS’ DIALOGUE
Set against the backdrop of the enchanting archaeological site of Ancient Messene, where the past engages openly with the present, the film chronicles the life of the renowned archaeologist Petros Themelis. A 77-minute creative documentary about Petros Themelis’s intellectual quests, his journey, his dreams, and his work. This essence is drawn from his own accounts at various stages of the last five years of his life—in the place where he lived and worked for 37 consecutive years, the very place where death found him. A pioneer of archaeology, a true intellectual, guides us not only through his second home (Ancient Messene) but also through his own intellectual world. For that is how he approached his science—as a gift to be shared, as a piece of the past that must communicate with the public across time and without intermediaries. This sharing was the goal of every study, every excavation, and every conservation effort throughout Themelis’s career. And this is precisely what comes to life in the film. Archival footage spanning decades coexists with the present, through projections onto the monuments. Filming took place during the last five years of Themelis’s life and was completed shortly after his death in the fall of 2023.
Screenplay and Direction: Vangelis Efthymiu
Edited by: Ioanna Poyantzis
Music: Kostas Vombolos
Photo: Vangelis Koulinos, Kostas Matikas
Sound recording, sound design: Kostas Dokos
Color grading: Hratz Altunian
Credits: Woodgear Animation
Archival material – coordination: Society for Messinian Archaeological Studies
Additional photos: Dimitris Kordelas, Alexandros Stigas, Emmanouil Armoutakis
Production Directors: Alba Coca, Christina Karnachoriti
Producers: Vangelis Efthymiou, Christos V. Konstantakopoulos
Production: landart PRODUCTIONS EE, FALIRO HOUSE AE
Files:
Eleftheria-2025-05-07_Themelis’s-Dialogue
OPENING REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT OF EMAS_April 27, 2025_MMA
KYRIAKATIKI-DEMOKRATIA-On-Themelis’s-Dialogue-April 20, 2025
TA-NEA_THE-ARCHITECTURAL-PERSPECTIVES-OF-PETROS-THEMELIS_May 10, 2025
For more information, visit the links below:
https://www.megaron.gr/event/o-dialogos-tou-themeli/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9C4lpPnsBs
https://www.iapogevmatini.gr/politismos/97446/to-potami-toy-vakirtzi-kai-o-dialogos-toy-themeli/
https://www.themata-archaiologias.gr/ο-διάλογος-του-θέμελη-ντοκιμαντέρ/
https://www.tanea.gr/print/2025/04/22/lifearts/i-arxaiologia-lftis-gnosis-lftou-petrou-themeli/
https://www.kathimerini.gr/culture/563581378/eroteymenos-me-ti-messini/
Ιδρυτής Ε.Μ.Α.Σ.
Πέτρος Θέμελης
Πρόεδρος Ε.Μ.Α.Σ.
Εύη Λαμπροπούλου
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