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1972: co-founded with Costa Carras, ELLINIKI ETAIRIA
Directed 15 internationally awarded documentary films:
«Sinai God Trodden Mountain» sales financed the restoration of the refectory of the Monastery.
«Sir Steven Runciman: Bridge to the East», Chicago Film Festival award 1987.
«The Song of the Monk Seal», «Beyond the Βarbed Wires», «Voice of the Aegean»: European Union awards.
«My Life and Times - Michael Cacoyannis»: opening ceremony, Thessaloniki Film Festival 2009. Screened in Festivals all over the world.
«Dry Stone-wall, Support of the Aegean»: MediMed Film Festival, Barcelona, etc.
Editor of the bilingual publication “Fragile Earth” (2021)
Since 2004: Artistic Director of the Panorama of Ecological Films “Windows to our Planet”.
2014: co-founded with Maya Tsoclis the Network of Organisations and Citizens for the Historic Centre of Athens.
March 2015: curator of the exhibition «Marathon: Cultural Landscape / Marathon: Paysage Culturel», Unesco Headquarters, Paris.
2017: elected President of ELLINIKI ETAIRIA.
2019: won a European Heritage Award as the founder of the “Greek Paths of Culture” Programme.
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Lydia Carras
President, Elliniki Etairia & Council member of Europa Nostra, Greece
Studied Sociology in Paris, Ιnternational Relations UCL. MA Byzantine civilization, London.
1972: co-founded with Costa Carras, ELLINIKI ETAIRIA
Directed 15 internationally awarded documentary films:
«Sinai God Trodden Mountain» sales financed the restoration of the refectory of the Monastery.
«Sir Steven Runciman: Bridge to the East», Chicago Film Festival award 1987.
«The Song of the Monk Seal», «Beyond the Βarbed Wires», «Voice of the Aegean»: European Union awards.
«My Life and Times - Michael Cacoyannis»: opening ceremony, Thessaloniki Film Festival 2009. Screened in Festivals all over the world.
«Dry Stone-wall, Support of the Aegean»: MediMed Film Festival, Barcelona, etc.
Editor of the bilingual publication “Fragile Earth” (2021)
Since 2004: Artistic Director of the Panorama of Ecological Films “Windows to our Planet”.
2014: co-founded with Maya Tsoclis the Network of Organisations and Citizens for the Historic Centre of Athens.
March 2015: curator of the exhibition «Marathon: Cultural Landscape / Marathon: Paysage Culturel», Unesco Headquarters, Paris.
2017: elected President of ELLINIKI ETAIRIA.
2019: won a European Heritage Award as the founder of the “Greek Paths of Culture” Programme.
2009: Academy of Athens award for her life΄s work in Heritage and Environment.
