Kε•ha•’jas – Man of the Land

"Kε•ha•'jas - Man of the Land" is an ethnographic documentary filmed in Lemnos, the most lowland of the Aegean islands. Lemnos, which according to one version owes its name to the Homeric Leion, which identifies a field with wheat or from the Leis + "Apple", which means sheep, is characterized by intense livestock and agricultural activity, since ancient times. The Lemnian farmer, Kε•ha•'jas - during the oral tradition of the place that gave birth to him - was a momentous and turbulent concept, mostly misunderstood.

Section

  • Best Feature Documentary

Director

Giorgos Komakis

Duration

62'

Country

Greece

Language

Greek

Year

2021