Vedema Productions is a non-profit civil company based in Crete, specializing in the design, organization, and implementation of cultural and educational programmes and events, with a focus on rural and mountainous areas of the island.

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Our mission is to create opportunities that empower people living both within and beyond the urban fabric, with particular emphasis on women and communities with limited access to cultural and educational activities.

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Through oral history, cultural heritage, the arts, and the use of new technologies, we explore ways of coexisting and building dialogue between village and city. We focus on communities that are at risk of abandonment, highlighting their stories, memories, and contemporary realities through participatory and community-driven projects.

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The word vedema refers to the harvest. Its etymological root comes from the Venetian vendema and the Italian vendemmia, meaning grape harvest. In Crete, the term is closely linked to the harvesting of olives or grapes and signifies a good yield — a good year.

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For us, vedema symbolizes the right moment, the appropriate season, and the time when conditions mature for dreams to be followed and for collective creation to take place.