Anafi takes its name from a revelation, ana-phaino, to bring to light, to make appear. The island surfaced from the dark when Apollo cast light on it. This session keeps the gesture and changes its tempo. Four works that do not rush toward meaning but stay long enough for something to surface. The scale of looking shifts from cosmic to intimate; the discipline does not. Pay attention without hurry, and the world declares itself. Anafi takes its name from a revelation, ana-phaino, to bring to light, to make appear. The island surfaced from the dark when Apollo cast light on it. This session keeps the gesture and changes its tempo. Four works that do not rush toward meaning but stay long enough for something to surface. The scale of looking shifts from cosmic to intimate; the discipline does not. Pay attention without hurry, and the world declares itself.

Films:
- Genesis - Jörg Courtial
- Conscious Existence - Marc Zimmermann
- All That Remains - Craig Quintero
- A Simple Silence - Craig Quintero

 

Poetics is a Thessaloniki-based startup bringing immersive cinema to Greece. We create pop-up VR cinemas in galleries, museums, and festivals — spaces where films are not simply screened, but surround the audience.

We curate international works from some of the world’s leading festivals, including Venice, Sundance, Cannes, and Tribeca, and present them to Greek audiences through carefully designed screenings. Each event is conceived as a collective, immersive experience: one room, one audience, one shared journey.

To date, we have delivered more than 2,500 screenings, presented over 20 curated titles, and achieved an audience satisfaction rating of 4.96/5. Our experiences have been hosted at Technopolis City of Athens and Toss Gallery in Thessaloniki.

In 2026, Poetics represented Greece at the Immersive Market of the 79th Cannes Film Festival as part of an international network of curators, a recognition not only of our work but also of Greece’s growing presence on the map of immersive cinema.

At AnafiIFF, we present “What Appears, Slowly”, a programme of immersive works that unfold through presence, duration, and time.