Adelaide 1 - 4 November 2012 Melbourne Palace Nova Eastend Cinemas Sydney Rundle Street, Adelaide Brisbane www.greekfilmfestival.com.au

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In a year of ‘Celebrating Hellenism’ at this year’s Adelaide Hellenic Cultural Festival Odyssey it is with great pride that the Greek Orthodox Community of SA Inc presents the 19th Annual Greek Film Festival here in Adelaide. Although cinematic practice is a mere hundred years old, theatrical tradition has its roots in ancient Greek Drama over 3200 years old, with the dramas of Dionysus and later the tragedy and ‘satyr’ plays of , Aristophanes, and . Modern has its own tradition of cinema, experienced as early as 1897 in , but none more so than during its golden years in the ‘50s and’60s. Finos Films in particular brought us so many classics. Who can forget, I Pseftra and Ypolohagos Natassa? Not only were our films recognised by us but internationally. Melina Merkouri was awarded at the Cannes Festival for her performance in Never on Sunday by Jules Dassin and music composer Manos Hatzidakis was awarded the Academy Award for Best Song, Ta Paidia tou Piraea for the same film. Greek actors become international stars as did our film makers. Nikos Koundouros was awarded with the Silver Bear Award at the Berlin Film Festival for directing Small Venuses (1963). Zorba the Greek (1964) by Michael Cacoyannis, received three Academy Awards. Costas Gavras was nominated for an Academy Award in 1969 for his screen-writing and directing of Z. And we must also acknowledge the cult status of the works of Theodoros Angelopoulos. With such a rich history of which to be proud, it is time to celebrate our modern cinema with an outstanding program of some of Greece’s most exciting new films including cutting edge features, powerful documentaries and new shorts 19th Greek Film Festival This year the Greek Film Festival opens with Nisos 2, the follow up to the 2010 festival sell-out Nisos. Directed by Antonis Aggelopoulos (original directed by Christos Dimas), Nisos 2 continues the laughs as the ‘heroes’ of the islands are revisited five years later. Just as exciting is the resurgence of powerful dramas with elements of realism, such as The City of Children (Yorgos Gkikapeppas) and Tungsten (Giorgos Georgopoulos), while in the shorts department, we could not go past Anthony Maras’ The Palace. We are also thrilled to be closing with Tony Krawitz’s Dead Europe, the film adaptation of Christos Tsiolkas book of the same name. See you at this year’s Greek Film Festival.

Nick Portellos President · Greek Orthodox Community of SA Inc. 3 TICKETING & VENUE INFORMATION TERMS & CONDITIONS VENUE FESTIVAL CONDITIONS Palace Nova Eastend Cinemas All festival films are restricted to persons 18 years of age and over, unless specified Rundle Street, Adelaide SA 5000 (see classification recommendations). This relates not necessarily to the content of the films, but to the legal requirements of holding the festival, as set by the Office of TICKETS ON SALE Film and Literature Classification. · At box office 11am – 8.30pm daily · Online at www.palacenova.com (booking fees apply for online bookings) Box office hours vary between venues. Please check the venue ticketing page for box · iPhone via the free My Cinema iPhone app (booking fees apply) office hours. Cinema box offices can only sell for their respective venues.

OPENING NIGHT FILM & PARTY Palace Cinema passes and other complimentary passes, cinema promotions and free Thursday 1 November ticket offers are not valid for festival screenings. 6.30pm Red Carpet Arrival for 7.00pm Adelaide Premiere of NISOS 2 All tickets $42 Please ask at the venue for accepted credit cards. Includes film screening followed by our Opening Night celebration featuring Greek mezze thanks to Adelaide Pavilion, wine from Shingeback Wines, Rose from Gaganis Festival tickets, once acquired, are non-refundable. Lost or stolen tickets will not be and Greek entertainment. replaced or refunded.

GENERAL ADMISSION Patrons are encouraged to collect booked tickets 30 minutes prior to the session to Movie Club $16.00 avoid queues. Concession* $17.00 Adult $19.00 Dates, times and programmes are correct at the time of publication, but may need to be altered due to unforeseen circumstances. We reluctantly reserve the right to *Eligible Concessions: senior (60+), pensioner, full-time student. Proof of concession/ withdraw, change and replace programmes without notice. membership must be presented at the cinema box office. All seating is reserved at Palace Nova Eastend Cinemas. MULTI-FILM PURCHASE (Excluding opening/closings nights & special events) All non-English language films have English subtitles. 5 FILM PASS Movie Club Members $70 / General Admission $80.00 Available for pre-purchase at the cinema Box Office until sold out. Multi-film passes All ticket prices are GST inclusive. are for separate, preselected sessions for one person. All films must be chosen in advance to different films at the time of purchase.

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Festival films are restricted to persons aged 18 years and over unless specified. Festival tickets are non-refundable. Lost or stolen tickets will not be replaced or refunded. All seating is reserved. For censorship information and general festival conditions, please see www.palacecinemas.com.au 4 5 OPENING NIGHT CLOSING NIGHT

NISOS 2 (Νήσος 2) DEAD EUROPE Dir. Antonis Aggelopoulos SPECIAL EVENT Dir. Tony Krawitz

The sequel to 2010’s Greek Film Festival Opening Night feature film continues the “A bruising blast of intense drama.” Sydney Morning Herald laughs with some unexpected twists and grotesque situations. Based on the novel by Melbourne writer Christos ‘The Slap’ Tsiolkas and from the Fast forward five years, and the ‘heroes’ fromNisos , Babis (Vladimiros Kiriakidis) and producers of Shame and Animal Kingdom, Dead Europe is a deep, densely wrought Afroditi (Zeta Douka), prepare for release from jail. A long-term inmate starts blabbing autopsy of Europe in which death hangs like a virus. about the existence of a treasure trove on the island that dates back to the Ottoman Following the passing of his father (William Zappa), Isaac (Ewen Leslie) takes the occupation, which, of course, tweaks their interest. ashes back to his father’s birthplace in Greece where he finds himself on the trail Various ‘alliances’ and spurious friendships emerge as they search for the buried of a buried family secret. An Australian of Greek parents who feels little connection treasure and reunite with the islanders we now know and love – that includes the with his ancestors, Isaac is drawn further and further down into the underbelly of 19th Greek Film Festival ghost of Olympia who has the whole island in a stir… or is it actually Olympia? contemporary Europe – a cemetery of dark revelations threatening to tear his family 19th Greek Film Festival With an all-too familiar tone and Cycladic backdrop, Nisos 2 propagates what apart. Christos Dimas’ original box office smash did so well, although with Antonis “The film’s dreaminess is captivating, it moves along like a thriller, which is a neat trick Aggelopoulos ably holding the directorial reins. since the actual narrative is episodic and without any conventional suspense.” SBS

Η Νήσος, η ταινία που έσπασε τα ταμεία το 2009, επιστρέφει στην μεγάλη οθόνη. Μαζί Η ταινία βασίζεται στο διήγημα του πολυβραβευμένου Ελληνοαυστραλού συγγραφέα της, όλοι οι αγαπημένοι πρωταγωνιστές της πρώτης ταινίας που θα «συνασπιστούν» Χρήστου Τσιόλκα «Νεκρή Ευρώπη», το οποίο μεταφέρεται στην οθόνη από τον Τόνι για ένα κοινό σκοπό: έναν χαμένο θησαυρό από την εποχή της Τουρκοκρατίας Κράβιτζ, κουβαλώντας μαζί του την βαριά σκιά ενός πράγματος που πεθαίνει. Ή που πρέπει να πεθάνει.

Greek with English subtitles ENGLISH/GREEK/ HUNGARIAN/FRENCH WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES Greece · 2011 · 109mins Australia · 2012 · 84mins Cast: Eleni Kastani, Vladimiros Kiriakidis, Zeta Douka, Elisavet Konstantinidou, Mixalis Marinos, Cast: Ewen Leslie, Marton Csokas, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Jean-François Balmer, Yigal Naor, William 6 Odysseas Papaspiliopoulos, Dimitris Tzoumakis and Tania Tripi Zappa, Françoise Lebrun, Thanos Samaras and Danae Skiadi 7 FEATURE FILMS FEATURE FILMS

TUNGSTEN (Τάνγκστεν) JERKS (Κωλόπαιδα) Dir. Giorgos Georgopoulos Dir. Stelios Kammitsis

Exclusion, violence, psychological cannibalism and consecutive power failures Three friends roam the streets of Exarcheia on a hot August night… highlight a society “forgotten in the dark”… Phevos (Giorgos Kafetzopoulos), Savvas (Diogenis Skaltsas) and Andreas (Aineias A ticket inspector (Vangelis Mourikis) is looking for ways to rid himself of massive Tsamatis) are in the final 12 hours of their life in Greece before they try for a new debts in order to keep his family together. A couple (Tasos Nousias and Kora Karvouni) beginning in Berlin. As the evening becomes morning, their lives are changed forever are on the brink of separation. Two teenage boys (Omiros Poulakis and Promitheas – and not in the way they planned. Aliferopoulos, both from Burning Heads) wander aimlessly around the city in-between Kammitsis’ first feature film encapsulates the sense of helplessness, betrayal, futile job interviews carrying an old revolver as a companion. frustration and alienation afflicting not just Greek youth but an entire society who All three stories unfold within the timeframe of a single day in compelling black- see little hope in the future. They struggle to cope with a present they had no say in 19th Greek Film Festival and-white. As the narratives intersect, they also change direction. Victims become creating, and a yearning for how things once were, but will never be again. 19th Greek Film Festival villains and each person comes face-to-face with the consequences of their actions. “[Jerks] was shot in Athens over the summer of 2010 in an attempt to give the lost Tungsten made a clean sweep of the awards – Best Film, Best Director, Best generation of the ‘00s the indie anthem they deserve.” Flix.gr Screenplay and Best Editing – at last year’s Cyprus International Film Festival. Αύγουστος. Εξάρχεια. Καλλιδρομίου, Θεμιστοκλέους. Τρεις κολλητοί φίλοι ξενυχτάνε Δυο έφηβοι, ένας ελεγκτής τρόλεϊ, ένα ζευγάρι, μετανάστες, στριμωγμένοι στον στις γνώριμες γειτονιές των Εξαρχείων όπου μεγάλωσαν, δώδεκα ώρες πριν τοίχο ενός αδιέξοδου χωματόδρομου στη καρδιά της Αθήνας. Mια ασπρόμαυρη, εγκαταλείψουν μόνιμα την Αθήνα. σπονδυλωτή ταινία με λιτή αφήγηση και σκληρό λόγο.

GREEK/ENGLISH WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES GREEK WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES Greece · 2011 · 99mins Greece · 2011 · 77mins Cast: Vangelis Mourikis, Tasos Nousias, Kora Karvouni, Promitheas Aliferopoulos and Omiros Cast: Giorgos Kafetzopoulos, Diogenis Skaltsas, Aineias Tsamatis 8 Poulakis 9 FEATURE FILMS FEATURE FILMS

CITY OF CHILDREN (Η Πόλη των Παιδιών) UNFAIR WORLD (Αδικος Κόσμος) Dir. Yorgos Gkikapeppas Dir. Filippos Tsitos

Four couples. Four pregnancies. One inextricably violent end. “A simple everyday story of little people trying to make it in the big world.” Flix.gr

This edgy drama follows a day-in-the-life of four pregnant couples in modern Athens, Filmmaker Filippos Tsitos follows the international success of Plato’s Academy (Greek but with stories that differ drastically to the usual ones of hope and joy. Film Festival 2011) with another straight-faced comedy – and one of the most One couple deals with a marital crisis, while another reconsiders a premature eagerly anticipated Greek films of 2012. pregnancy while looking down the barrel of a mad man’s gun. The draining realities Sotiris (disarmingly played by Antonis Kafetzopoulos, also from Plato’s Academy) is of IVF unite and then tear apart two women who have shared the same man. An a police interrogator with a conscience, bogged down by the weight of a heavy world Iraqi immigrant, alone in her apartment, gives birth with the assistance of her stalker/ on his shoulders. One day, he chooses to pardon everyone who’s been driven to crime next door neighbour. by necessity and, while hoping to save an innocent life, commits manslaughter. The 19th Greek Film Festival Not for the faint-hearted, City of Children is a harrowing perspective on the only witness to his ‘crime’ is a joyless cleaning lady, Dora, who becomes an unlikely 19th Greek Film Festival dawning of new life against an Athens gripped by the hands of fate. ally in his attempts to save himself. Winner of Best Actress Award for Kika Georgiou, Best Special Effects and “Half the time you don’t know whether to laugh or to cry.” Eye For Film Best Script at last year’s Hellenic Film Academy, as well as the Critics Award at the Thessaloniki International Film Festival. Μια πολύ τρυφερή ταινία του Φίλιππου Τσίτου, ουμανιστική κι επίμονη στα ερωτήματα που θέτει περί ηθικής και δικαιοσύνης με πρωταγωνιστή τον Αντώνη Καφετζόπουλo. Μέσα από ένα κολλάζ γόνιμων ή άγονων ερώτων της Αθήνας, η ταινία προσπαθεί να εστιάσει στην ωριμότητά μας τη στιγμή που γεννάμε, όταν η ίδια μας η αντιφατική πολλές φορές πραγματικότητα μετατρέπει αυτό το θαύμα της ζωής σε θρίλερ.

GREEK WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES GREEK WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES Greece · 2011 · 96mins Greece · 2011 · 107mins Cast: Kika Georgiou, Yorgos Ziovas, Vassilis Bisbikis, Anna Kalaitzidou and Iosif Polyzoidis, Dimitris Cast: Antonis Kafetzopoulos, Christos Stergioglou, Theodora Tzimou and Minas Hatzisavvas 10 Kotzias, Natalia Kalimeratzi, Maria Tsima, Yro Loupi, Leonidas Kakouris and Michalis Sarandis 11 DOCUMENTARIES DOCUMENTARIES

KRISIS CHILDREN OF THE RIOTS (Παιδιά των Ταραχών) Dir. Nikos Katsaounis and Nina Maria Paschalidou Dir. Christos Georgiou

A time capsule of Greek life during the IMF crisis – the vision of many brought “The first week we believed this would change the world.” together as one. On the 6th December 2008, 15 year-old Alexandros Grigoropoulos was killed by First there was the landmark The Prism GR 2011 project, in which a country police while on a seemingly safe pedestrian street with his friends on a Saturday tormented came together through 27 individual multimedia pieces. Now there is night. His death prompted thousands of young people to take to the streets in riots Krisis, the project’s evolution into feature-length documentary form, weaving these that lasted three weeks, setting Athens ablaze and consuming a nation in violence short stories in a first attempt at open-source documentary filmmaking. and chaos. The ability to tell and spread messages is being revolutionised through technology. Some of the ‘children’ who witnessed his death and the running battles with the Journalism is transitioning from the hands of a few to a wide range of people who police, reflect on their worlds three years later. This deeply personal documentary 19th Greek Film Festival have been empowered to tell their own stories from their own perspective. focuses on how they were thrust into a conflict that changed, and continues to 19th Greek Film Festival Fourteen of Greece’s leading journalists and photojournalists take different angles change, their lives. to highlight Greece’s most crippling financial crisis. They delve into the hearts of Produced for the Witness series on Al Jazeera. people from all walks of life in an impassioned attempt to tell it as it is. “I was inspired to see that, despite what our young protagonists have experienced, they still hold on to the thin line of fading hope for a better future.” Christos Georgiou Η ταινία εξερευνά τις πολυδιάστατες όψεις ενός πληγωμένου έθνους, μέσα από μια πολυφωνία χαρακτήρων, από αριστερές επαναστατικές ομάδες νέων, σε νέους Μία ταινία που δίνει το λόγο στα παιδιά που ζήσανε τη δολοφονία του Αλέξανδρου επιχειρηματίες, σ’ ένα νεαρό ζευγάρι που εγκατάλειψε την πόλη, ως το ταραγμένο Γρηγορόπουλου τον Δεκέμβρη του ’08 στην Αθήνα. ταξίδι των μεταναστών καθώς προσπαθούν να φτάσουν στην Ευρώπη.

GREEK/ENGLISH WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES GREEK/ENGLISH WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES Greece · 2012 · 63mins Greece/UK · 2011 · 52mins Cast: The people of Greece 12 13 SHORTS SHORTS

THE PALACE THE FOREIGNER Dir. Anthony Maras Dir. Alethea C. Avramis

“One of the best short films I’ve ever seen.” Morgan Spurlock, director of Super Size Me “The truth is, we have more people in the cemetery than in our homes.”

Cyprus 1974. When a young Turkish-Cypriot conscript soldier comes face-to-face with a Featuring renowned British actor Phillip Bretherton (As Time Goes By) and produced Greek-Cypriot family in hiding, he confronts the brutal reality of war and his role in it. by Christos V. Konstantakopoulos (Alps), this comic short film follows the trials and This is the premise behind rising Aussie filmmaker Anthony Maras’ stunning short tribulations of a remote village attempting to raise its population by one person in order film, which saw him and his film crew descend on the United Nations Buffer Zone in to avoid being cut off from the local government. When a foreign tourist (Bretherton) Lefkosia, Cyprus, to inject credibility into this searing war-time drama based on true stumbles into town, the village mayor rallies the more cynical and hostile townspeople events. to convince Eric to stay. Winner of two AACTA Awards, as well as the Best Australian Short Film gong at This student thesis film was shot in the village of one of the filmmaker’s uncles (Mani, 19th Greek Film Festival Flickerfest and both the Melbourne and Sydney film festivals. population of four) and selected for inclusion in the prestigious Cannes Film Festival. 19th Greek Film Festival “Riveting, suspenseful first class filmmaking. In just its short running time it “I had always wanted to make a film in Greece, and in 2011, despite many people manages to be every bit as accomplished, compelling and provocative as any full- warning me against it, I went ahead… It was the best decision I could have made.” length feature. The Palace marks the emergence of a major filmmaker in Anthony Alethea C Avramis Maras.” Boxoffice Magazine Ένα απομακρυσμένο ελληνικό χωριό πρέπει ν’ αυξήσει τον πληθυσμό του ώστε να Η ταινία μικρού μήκους «The Palace» είναι εμπνευσμένη από πραγματικά γεγονότα που αποφύγει τον αποκλεισμό από την τοπική αυτοδιοίκηση. Ο Έρικ, φτάνει τυχαία στο χωριό, εκτυλίχθηκαν στην Πράσινη Γραμμή, στη Λευκωσία κατά τη διάρκεια του πολέμου το ο Δήμαρχος πιέζει τους αφιλόξενους κατοίκους να πείσουν τον Έρικ να παραμείνει. 1974.

TURKISH/GREEK WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES GREEK/ENGLISH WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES Cyprus/Australia · 2011 · 17mins Greece/USA · 2012 · 16mins Cast: Erol Afsin, Kevork Malikyan, Tamer Arslan, Daphne Alexander, Christopher Greco, Monica Cast: Phillip Bretherton, Manolis Sormainis, Gerasimos Pavlou and Margarita Nasioula 14 Vasileiou and Vrahmis Petris 15 SCREENING SCHEDULE PALACE NOVA EASTEND CINEMAS Rundle Street, Adelaide · 8232 3434

Thursday 1 November 6:30pm Nisos 2

Friday 2 November 4:00pm Nisos 2 6:30pm Tungsten 9:00pm The Foreigner* + Jerks

Saturday 3 November 1:30pm Krisis + Children of the Riots 4:00pm Unfair World 6:30pm The City of Children 9:00pm Tungsten

Sunday 4 November 1:30pm The Palace* + Jerks 4:00pm The City of Children 6:30pm Dead Europe

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