TAXIing in the city
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- Film, 35 min
2009
The film is composed of nine episodes. The narrative of the project unfolds inside a taxi during
its drive through the streets of Athens in December 2008 and January 2009. It presents a collection
of tales about the city and its political events, with specific reference to the uprisings in Athens and
the attacks on Gaza. The method of filming is based on forms of documentary practice. It is the product
of my working as a taxi-driver (rarely undertaken by women in Greece) and setting up scenes of
encounters in this double space of anonymous urban transport that is also a site of ‘intimate’ exchange.
Soti Triantafillou & Andreas Pagoulatos are performing and participating with their text in the film.
Watch film: www.janisrafailidou.com
Awarded with: Best Documentary, 5th Crashfest Film Festival (2010).
Festival Screenings 2010: Moving Frames, Docfest -Xalkida Documentary Film Fetival
