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The Yellow Days
A group of artists on a small Greek island build an experimental music festival aiming to bridge the gap between the Greeks and the islands refugee community. Stories from Leros.
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We shot this film in 2017 over a three week period, I finished editing it this morning at 6am almost two years later. It has been the most difficult but rewarding project I have ever taken on and it feels very strange to be finally putting it out into the world.
The Yellow Days Festival will return this September in Athens https://www.facebook.com/events/415387662396593/
GoFundme:
https://www.gofundme.com/yellow-days-festival
Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCS4AGi57bZLazFp7BBz2RvQ
Please consider donating to the Leros Solidarity Network,
Spiro and Martina have worked tirelessly for years providing safety, shelter, food, friendship and support to thousands of vulnerable people, they are a bright light in these dark times.
https://www.lsn.gr
Acknowledgements
A huge thank you to everyone who helped us along the way, My family for their love, support and belief. To Jess and Dora for helping me make this film a reality. To the Yellow Days Crew for inviting me along. To Lynne for conducting a great interview. To Greg and Constantine for letting me be an editing gremlin in their living room and for their amazing work on the music and to Sabrina, your saxophone playing makes me weep.
But most of all, thank you to all the people who appeared in this film. Ammar, Aziz, Ayman, Argyris, Spiros, Martina, Irini, India, Nina. Takkis, Dimitri, Tessa, Lucas and Iounut.
Also all of the volunteers, festival attendees and interested bystanders.
Αργύρης,
Σε ευχαριστώ φίλε μου.
Joe O'Connor 26/8/2019
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A PUZZLEGLASS FILM
Directed by Joe O'Connor and Jess James
Produced by Dora Damian
Edited by Joe O'Connor
Music by Greg Gold, India Farman, Sabrina Demitri and Alex Noble
Sound Design by We Are Audio
Live music recorded by the amazing Athens based Live Studio
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