Surplus Cinema: Feminisms and Filmmaking in the Context of Greece and its Intertwining Diasporas

Surplus Cinema is a group of itinerant, diasporic makers, artists, activists, writers and friends. We ask questions about feminist filmmaking and decolonial practices within the context of Greece and intertwining diasporas. Drawing on Dimitra Kotouza’s writing of 'Surplus Citizens'6, we propose to shift the attention away from the pedestal to the backstage, situating our ruminations in surplus, excedent, unruly filmic narratives. The project was initiated in September 2021 by the curatorial team consisting of Maria Christoforidou, Sofia Dati, Rabab El Mouadden, Christina Phoebe and Elli Vassalou. In this polyphonic paper each member of the group discusses the films in the programme through specific feminist diasporic lenses. Friendship in Surplus– Christina Phoebe. (M)othering– Rabab El Mouadden Make Kin and Babies (Surplus Babies) —Elli Vassalou Landmarks and Placeholders– Sofia Dati an archive of errrrors —maria christoforidou