Mother and child video calling a family member, sharing a moment of connection.
Mother and child video calling a family member, sharing a moment of connection.

Ectype

Ectype

Ectype

Ectype

Ectype

a cinema of presence and radical connection

a cinema of presence and radical connection

a cinema of presence and radical connection

Ectype is an independent documentary studio dedicated to observational cinema — films drawn from everyday life, made with tenderness and social awareness.

Our name comes from the Greek “ἔκτυπον”, the trace left when one body meets another. This captures the essence of our filmmaking: not a detached or aestheticised representation, but a direct, physical meeting with the world.

Ectype is an independent documentary studio dedicated to observational cinema — films drawn from everyday life, made with closeness and social awareness.

Our name comes from the Greek “έκτυπον”, the trace left when one body meets another. This captures the essence of our filmmaking: not a detached or aestheticised representation, but a direct, physical meeting with the world.

Ectype is an independent documentary studio dedicated to observational cinema — films drawn from everyday life, made with closeness and social awareness.

Our name comes from the Greek “έκτυπον”, the trace left when one body meets another. This captures the essence of our filmmaking: not a detached or aestheticised representation, but a direct, physical meeting with the world. We believe cinema can make visible what resists spectacle, unsettle our habits of seeing, and invite us into new ways of being together.

We craft our documentaries hands-on, share our methods openly, conduct research into nonfiction practice, and develop public workshops. We work to keep observational cinema rooted in lived experience and in conversation with practitioners, audiences, and communities.

Ectype is an independent documentary studio dedicated to observational cinema — films drawn from everyday life, made with closeness and social awareness.

Our name comes from the Greek “έκτυπον”, the trace left when one body meets another. This captures the essence of our filmmaking: not a detached or aestheticised representation, but a direct, physical meeting with the world. We believe cinema can make visible what resists spectacle, unsettle our habits of seeing, and invite us into new ways of being together.

We craft our documentaries hands-on, share our methods openly, conduct research into nonfiction practice, and develop public workshops. We work to keep observational cinema rooted in lived experience and in conversation with practitioners, audiences, and communities.

We believe cinema can make visible what resists spectacle, unsettle our habits of seeing, and invite us into new ways of being together.

We craft our documentaries hands-on, share our methods openly, conduct research into nonfiction practice, and develop public workshops. We work to keep observational cinema rooted in lived experience and in conversation with practitioners, audiences, and communities.

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The Studio

The Studio

The Studio

Our studio is based in Athens. We created it out of the need to make films in our own way and with our own means. For us, it is an artistic endeavour, a workspace, and also a way of existing more consciously, socially and politically, in the world. Although it began as our personal initiative, we wish to open it to other collaborators and, gradually, make it more diverse and collective.

Who we are →

The Studio

The Studio

The Studio

Our studio is based in Athens. We created it out of the need to make films in our own way and with our own means. For us, it is an artistic endeavour, a workspace, and also a way of existing more consciously, socially and politically, in the world. Although it began as our personal initiative, we wish to open it to other collaborators and, gradually, make it more diverse and collective.

Our studio is based in Athens. We created it out of the need to make films in our own way and with our own means. For us, it is an artistic endeavour, a workspace, and also a way of existing more consciously, socially and politically, in the world. Although it began as our personal initiative, we wish to open it to other collaborators and, gradually, make it more diverse and collective.

Our studio is based in Athens. We created it out of the need to make films in our own way and with our own means. For us, it is an artistic endeavour, a workspace, and also a way of existing more consciously, socially and politically, in the world. Although it began as our personal initiative, we wish to open it to other collaborators and, gradually, make it more diverse and collective.

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Photo of Giorgos Kravaritis
Photo of Giorgos Kravaritis
Photo of Giorgos Kravaritis
Photo of Giorgos Kravaritis
Photo of Giorgos Kravaritis

GIORGOS KRAVARITIS

GIORGOS KRAVARITIS

GIORGOS KRAVARITIS

GIORGOS KRAVARITIS

Producer, filmmaker

Producer, filmmaker

Producer, filmmaker

Producer, filmmaker

Photo of Fani Bitou
Photo of Fani Bitou
Photo of Fani Bitou
Photo of Fani Bitou
Photo of Fani Bitou

FANI BITOU

FANI BITOU

FANI BITOU

FANI BITOU

Filmmaker, visual artist

Filmmaker, visual artist

Filmmaker, visual artist

Filmmaker, visual artist

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Our Projects

Our Projects

Our Projects

Our Projects

Films

Films

We work alone, handcrafting every layer of the filmmaking process. Our practice is rooted in connection and mutuality with the people and communities we encounter. We film and edit over extended periods of time, attentive to the unpredictable, the unpolished, and what is left unsaid, seeking the warmth, the struggles, and the unseen poetry in everyday life.

We work alone, handcrafting every layer of the filmmaking process. Our practice is rooted in connection and mutuality with the people and communities we encounter. We film and edit over extended periods of time, attentive to the unpredictable, the unpolished, and what is left unsaid, seeking the warmth, the struggles, and the unseen poetry in everyday life.

Our Projects

Films

We work alone, handcrafting every layer of the filmmaking process. Our practice is rooted in connection and mutuality with the people and communities we encounter.

We film and edit over extended periods of time, attentive to the unpredictable, the unpolished, and what is left unsaid, seeking the warmth, the struggles, and the unseen poetry in everyday life.

Research & Education

Research & Education

We approach research and education as extensions of our art: ways of broadening our perspectives, and keeping observational cinema alive as a plural, evolving tradition. At the heart of this work is the wish to inspire and support new and experienced filmmakers, to foster dialogue, and to build a community of practice around shared values.

We approach research and education as extensions of our art: ways of broadening our perspectives, and keeping observational cinema alive as a plural, evolving tradition. At the heart of this work is the wish to inspire and support new and experienced filmmakers, to foster dialogue, and to build a community of practice around shared values.

Research & Education

We approach research and education as extensions of our art: ways of broadening our perspectives, and keeping observational cinema alive as a plural, evolving tradition.

At the heart of this work is the wish to inspire and support new and experienced filmmakers, to foster dialogue, and to build a community of practice around shared values.

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