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4 November 2012 Palace Nova Eastend Adelaide 1 - 4 November 2012 Melbourne Palace Nova Eastend Cinemas Sydney Rundle Street, Adelaide Brisbane www.greekfilmfestival.com.au An initiative of the Presented by INTRODUCTION WELCOME 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 Aeschylus, Aristophanes, Euripides and Sophocles. Modern Greece has its own tradition of cinema, experienced as early as 1897 in Athens, 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 Festival Film 19th Greek 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. Available as a voucher online at www.palacenova.com until sold out. Multi-film 19th Greek Film Festival Film 19th Greek vouchers are for separate sessions for one person. Films can be redeemed online or Festival Film 19th Greek at the Box Office until the voucher barcode is full, or expires at the end of the festival period. GROUP BOOKINGS GROUPS (20 people or more) per ticket $11.00 All groups must be booked and prepaid at the cinema. Enquiries and bookings: [email protected]. 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 NIGHT CLOSING 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 Film 19th Greek 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 Festival Film 19th Greek 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 FEATURE 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.
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