by FIlmInk Staff
Acropolis Cats & Other Wondrous Animals, from award-winning documentarian M. Zournazi, will have its world premiere at the Melbourne Documentary Film Festival (MDFF) on July 11.
The film focuses on the tenderness that humans and animals can share as well as their tragedies. It embarks on a journey to discover the lives of cats and other wondrous animals that have been abandoned, not only in Greece but in Australia and around the globe. Looking at the love as well as cruelty that humans can inflict on other animals as well as themselves, it’s a clarion call for what we might learn about truth, compassion and freedom in a rapidly changing world.
The MDFF will screen Acropolis Cats & Other Wondrous Animals as well as Zournazi’s previous two films Dogs of Democracy and My Rembetika Blues, part of her ‘Greek Trilogy’, in a special retrospective of her work.
Zournazi says, “I’m excited to show this new film as a part of my Greek Trilogy at the Melbourne Documentary Film Festival. Acropolis Cats & Other Wondrous Animals is a film about love, tenderness and cruelty and puts a spotlight on humans and animals what connects us to each other and the world. It’s a small step towards remembering our humanity in these times.”
Zournazi won Best Documentary for Dogs of Democracy at the Imagine This Women’s International Film Festival, as well as The Directors’ Choice Award at the Social Justice Film Festival and the Spirit of Activism Award at the Nevada Women’s Film Festival.
Zournazi co-wrote the Australian road movie The Cousins alongside Man Booker Prize Nominee Christos Tsiolkas, which is currently in pre-production. Additionally, Zournazi is the author of several books including Inventing Peace, co-authored with the acclaimed German film director Wim Wenders.
