The Greek Orthodox Community of NSW presents

Presenting Partner An initiative of the Greek Orthodox Community of NSW

Sydney 13 - 30 October 2011 Melbourne Palace Norton Street Cinemas Adelaide Leichhardt Brisbane www.greekfilmfestival.com.au 18 TH WELCOME GREEK FILM FESTIVAL

The 18th Greek Film Festival of Sydney The Greek Orthodox Community of NSW welcomes you to the 18th Greek Film is presented by the Greek Orthodox Festival presented in partnership with the Bank of Australia. Community of NSW and presenting partner Bank of Cyprus Australia In one of our most dynamic programs to date we will be presenting 28 of the most innovative contemporary and classic Greek films including everything Greek Film Festival of Sydney from multi-award winners to box office successes to compelling documentaries. Organising Committee Our tradition of showcasing classic retrospective Greek cinema continues with Nia Karteris (Chair), Tim Anastasi, a tribute to the late Michael Cacoyiannis featuring unforgettable filmsStella Zissimos Chassis, Harry Danalis, Ula George, Themis Kallos, Vicky Mitsios, and , and with closing night special the highly acclaimed Kosta Manolis Plantzos, Sue Thliveris, Michael Ferris filmRebetiko – proving that Greek cinema has been worthy of Tsilimos, Pelissa Tsilimidos-Thorne, international recognition for decades. Dr Alfred Vincent In a time of uncertainty and of financial instability, some of the most encouraging works of Greek cinema are being created, impacting cinemagoers Film Festival Co-ordinator with films that reach beyond the realms of simply telling a story but also Dimitra Lafazanos creating an experience. It is these films that we have selected to bring to you Film Festival Assistant Co-ordinator in a film festival that goes from strength to strength. Olympia Houliaras The Greek Film Festival is also very proud to present the inaugural Greek National Network Co-ordinator Student Film Festival. Short film submissions from primary to tertiary Modern Dimitra Lafazanos Greek students will be screened and awarded – recognising and encouraging Program Text the future of Australian-Greek directors in the making! Emma Westwood Stephen Baker On behalf of the Greek Orthodox Community of NSW and the Greek Film Dr Alfred Vincent Festival committee, we would like to thank our sponsors, supporters and Palace cinemas for their continued generous support. Art Direction & Design Carlo Mazzarella & David Buzzi One Heavy We invite you to come and enjoy the rich cinematic tapestry that is this year’s Trailer Editor Tim Anastasi 18th Greek Film Festival of Sydney. Onset Productions Web Design and Development Harry Danalis Nia Karteris Mecca Medialight President Festival Chair Greek Orthodox Community of NSW Greek Festival of Sydney

Special thanks Costas Markos, Tony Tsourdalakis, Penny Kyprianou, Christina Hatzis, Maria Foundas, Helen Spero, Elleni Comino, Luke Asprey and Electra George.

The Greek Film Festival is managed by the National Network of Hellenic Festivals TICKETING AND VENUE Palace Norton Street Cinemas VENUE INFORMATION 99 Norton Street Leichhardt

GREEK FILM FESTIVAL 2011 Tickets SYDNEY SPECIAL EVENT OPENING NIGHT Single Session Tickets: Adult $16.50 | Concession / Movie Club $13.00 (per film) Sydney Premiere Eligible Concessions: Palace Movie Club members (max 2) Ieroklis Michaelidis’ Need For Lies Full-time Students (photo ID required), Senior Citizens, Health Care card holders, Pensioners. The cardholder must present a current ID card in order to receive the concession. Time: 6.30pm arrivals 7.00pm screening Multiple Film Passes: 5 film pass $70.00 Date: Thursday 13 October Multiple film passes are for separate, pre-selected sessions, valid for one person only. Not valid for opening Venue: Palace Norton Street, followed by night, closing night or special screenings. reception at Leichhardt Town Hall Cnr. Marion & Norton Street, Leichhardt (incl. mezedes & drinks) Group Bookings: $13.00 per ticket All tickets $40.00 no concessions For 20 or more tickets to a single, pre-selected session. Not valid for opening night, closing night or special screenings. Special Event Journey to Mytilene HOW TO BUY 5pm Sunday 16 October tickets - $1.30 per ticket. Phone bookings for Presented by the Mytilenian Brotherhood of Sydney & weekday sessions will cease at 1.00pm on the NSW, come and enjoy the traditional culinary delights day of screening. Weekend session bookings of the Mytilenian region before the 6pm screening of In Person Journey to Mytilene. will cease at 1.00pm on the Saturday. Tickets at General Admission prices Palace Norton Street Cinemas 99 Norton Street, Leichhardt Tickets booked via telephone online must be collected from the box office no later than 15 Special Event 12pm -8.30pm until sold out My Life & Times: Michael Cacoyiannis minutes prior to the advertised session time of There are no booking fees for 5.45pm Sunday 23 October the first session purchased. Please bring Join us for a Q & A session with special guest Pelissa purchasing at cinemas. appropriate identification. Tsilimidos-Thorne B.A., Dip. Ed., MA. Ed. following the screening of My Life & Times: Michael Cacoyiannis. Complimentary Tickets The topic of discussion will be the work of this major Palace Cinemas Complimentary tickets Greek film director. With a focus on his portrayal of Online - Tickets are available securely and other cinema promotions or ticket women, many of whom were powerful constructs offers are not valid for Festival screenings representing values and sentiments well before their online 24hrs at MCA Ticketing time. A close analysis of Stella will lead the discussion. via www.greekfilmfestival.com.au Commencement times Tickets at General Admission prices All major credit cards accepted – All films will commence at the advertised time NB. Stella is screening at 8.30pm Sunday 23 October (after Q&A) booking fees apply ($1.30 per ticket) – please be prompt to avoid disappointment. Doors to the cinema will open approximately Special Event 15 minutes prior to the session time. Greek Student Film Festival Latecomers may not be admitted. 12.00pm Sunday 30 October By Phone - 1300 306 776 The Greek Festival of Sydney and the Education GENERAL ENQUIRIES Office of the Consulate General of present Tickets may be purchased using all major the Inaugural NSW Student Film Festival. Short fiction credit cards from MCA TICKETING. Greek Orthodox Community of NSW films, animations and documentaries submitted by Film Festival Office Call between 9.30am – 5.30pm weekdays, primary to tertiary level Modern Greek students and T: (02) 9750 0440 the teachers involved, will be screened and awarded and 9.00am – 11.00am Saturday. Adults: $10.00 Booking fees apply: 1-4 tickets - $2.50 per [email protected] Children <16 years: $5.00 ticket, 5-9 ticket - $2.00 per ticket, 10 or more

Special Event RAFFLE TICKETS: Buy your raffle tickets from Festival staff at the cinema 1 hour prior to screening of each festival film to win: 1st Prize: Economy Class Return ticket to Greece, courtesy of Emirates (conditions apply) 6.15pm Sunday 30 October 2nd Prize: 1 year Gym membership at Camperdown Fitness, courtesy of Camperdown Fitness After the screening of the classic masterpiece 3rd Prize: Double Gold A Reserve tickets to performing at Enmore Theatre Rebetiko all are invited to enjoy mezedes Saturday 19th November courtesy of Gogos Entertainment and authentic live Rebetiki music at NOSTOS – Proceeds raised go to the Greek Festival of Sydney 121 Norton Street, Leichhardt Winners drawn after closing night film Rebetiko Price: $25.00 (Rembetiko cinema ticket stub must be shown on entry) FESTIVAL CONDITIONS All Festival films are restricted to persons aged 18 years and over, unless specified. This does not necessarily relate to Bookings Essential - For bookings call 02 9550 0144 the content of the films, but to the censorship laws regulating festival, as enforced by the Office of Film & Literature Classification. Festival tickets, (Limited numbers – book early to avoid disappointment) once acquired, are non-refundable and non-exchangeable. Lost or stolen tickets will not be replaced or refunded. Please note that screenings and times are subject to change. All seating is unreserved. All non-English language films screen with English subtitles. The Festival reserves the right to alter the program without notice. Dates, times and programs are correct at the time of publication, but may need to be altered. OPENING NIGHT CLOSING NIGHT

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Special Rebetiko night at Need for Lies Rebetiko Nostos Restaurant SPECIAL SPECIAL 121 Norton St Leichhardt (Ζητείται Ψεύτης) EVENT (Ρεμπέτικο) (1983) EVENT following the screening. $25 per person dir: Ieroklis Michaelidis dir: Kostas Ferris Bookings essential – 9550 0144

One of Greece’s best-loved stage Όταν ο Θεόφιλος Φερέκης αναλαμβάνει About the Director Beautifully restored and remastered, masterfully and emotionally creates About the Director comedies, Dimitris Psathas’ satire on το Υπουργείο Υγείας & Κοινωνικής this highly acclaimed Greek epic a bridge to Greece’s past. Αλληλεγγύης, έρχεται αντιμέτωπος με Ieroklis Michaelidis is no stranger to Kostas Ferris was born in Cairo, Greek political machinations comes Greek audiences, with over twenty makes a rare cinematic appearance. Winner of the Silver Bear at the Egypt, in 1935, to Greek parents. to life on the silver screen. όλες τις “χάρες” που είχε τάξει προεκλογικά στους ψηφοφόρους του. Μόλις years’ experience in front of the In this film version of the life of the 1984 Berlin Film Festival, as well His films includeThe Murderess Theofilos Ferekis (played by the film’s καταλάβει ότι δεν πρόκειται να τα βγάλει camera in countless television roles. famous rebetiko singer Marika as numerous awards at the (1974) and An exile on Central director Ieroklis Michaelidis) has been εύκολα πέρα, χρειάζεται επειγόντως να Need for Lies is his directorial Ninou, Sotiria Leonardou doubles 1983 Film Festival. Boulevard (1979), although he is appointed Minister of Health and προσλάβει έναν… επαγγελματία ψεύτη, debut. As an actor he starred most as co-writer and lead actress, in most famous for Rebetiko (1983) τον Θεόδωρο Πάρλα, ή Ψευτοθόδωρος, recently in The Flight of the Swan, and his passion for reviving the Welfare. It’s time for him to deliver a career-defining performance. Η ταινία αφηγείται την ιστορία μιας “ταλέντο” στις ψεύτικες υποσχέσεις. alongside James D’Arcy, Alicia Witt ethos of this “Greek blues” music. on the promises, pork-barrelling, and μεγάλης ρεμπέτισσας από τη γέννηση της and Colm Meaney. Born in Turkey in 1917, Marika arrived wheeling and dealing he orchestrated in Greece as a refugee as a very στη Σμύρνη το 1917, μέχρι το θάνατο της during his election campaign. with English subtitles στην Αθηνά το 1955. Η πολυβραβευμένοι Greece | 2010 | 91mins | e-cinema young child, along with the other ταινία του Κώστα Φέρρη που σημάδεψε Hopelessly unable to meet his mark, Written by Panayotis Mantziafos and living on Turkish soil. Her τον σύγχρονο Ελληνικό Κινηματογράφο. Theofilos hires the shady Theodoras Konstandina Yiahali, based on the play abusive father and victimised mother with the same title by Dimitris Psathas Parlas (Odysseas Papaspiliopoulos) – a Produced by Manos Krezias, Kostas find employment as rebetiko players Greek language with English subtitles professional liar – as his senior advisor. Lambropoulos and Dionysis Samiotis in seedy clubs, and soon Marika Greece | 1983 | 110mins | 35mm Cast: Ieroklis Michaelidis, Zeta Makrypoulia, follows in their ill-fated footsteps. Her Written by Kostas Ferris and Sotiria Leonardou Can Theofilos and Theodoras squirm Odysseas Papaspiliopoulos Cast: Sotiria Leonardou, Nikos Kalogeropoulos, their way out of the mess? Will the new life swings between joy and Michalis Maniatis, Themis Bazaka, Nikos Minister be held to account? Find out suffering, but remains defined by a Dimitratos in this “Spin City meets The West Wing” constant fight for survival. look at politics in Greece. Combining music with biopic and actual newsreel footage, this film COMEDY

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Once Upon a Time There was a Baby Other Half (Μια φορά και ένα... μωρό) (Το Έτερον Ήμισυ) dir: Nikos Zapatinas dir: Vangelis Seitanidis

Two very different men and one O Νώντας, ένας 50άρης, άνθρωπος της About the Director A very modern, riotous comedy – Μια κωμωδία που ταξιδεύει από About the Director abandoned baby are thrown together νύχτας-κοινώς «λαμόγιο», γνωρίζει τον featuring a rich cast of today’s most τον καναπέ του ψυχαναλυτή μέχρι Αλκιβιάδη, ένα συμπαθή νοικοκύρη που Born in , Nikos Zapatinas τον παράδεισο των πρωτοπλάστων Born in Athens in 1964, Vangelis in this comedy of opposites and studied maths (Aristoteleion popular Greek actors – looking at just Seitanidis received his MFA in film unfortunate situations. χρωστάει παντού, που τον απατά η γυναίκα how far we’ll go to find our other half. προκειμένου να δώσει απάντηση στο του, που δεν απέκτησε ποτέ παιδιά. Ο University of Thessaloniki), βασικό ερώτημα: το ταίρι του το βρίσκει direction from Columbia University. Middle-aged Nondas is a shady Νώντας, που ταξιδεύει με σκοπό να βρει cinema (Paris III) and music Faidon and Vicky are successful κανείς ή το φτιάχνει; He has written books on Wim character who has been involuntarily τη μητέρα της Περσεφόνης, του μωρού in various academies. He has relationship therapists who, as Wenders and Robert Altman, as που του έχει «φορτώσει» κάποια από τις directed television series, well as the screenplay for Nikos shackled with his lover’s baby. He’s on husband and wife, practice what Greek language with English subtitles documentaries and films, Panayotopoulos’ Beautiful People a mission to find the runaway mother πρώην του, θα ελευθερώσει τον Αλκιβιάδη they preach: the ideal couple is Greece | 2011 | 91mins | 35mm including Feedback (1974), (2001). His films includeGhost of a when he stops his car by the side of και θα τον πάρει μαζί του - θέλει δε θέλει. made, not found. Then they meet Written by Panayotis Christopoulos Nannies (1979), Bonus (2001) Produced by Panos Papahadzis, Maria Tsiga Chance (2001), Face Control (screened the road to relieve himself. That’s a couple that act as a metaphorical and Elias of the 16th Precinct Cast: Krateros Katsoulis, Vladimiros Kyriakidis, at the Greek Film Festival in 2006) Greek language with English subtitles when he notices Alkiviadis, who is (which screened at the Greek fist-to-the-stomach, revealing Vicky Dafni Lambroyanni, Katerina Papoutsaki, and Under Your Make-up (2009). Greece | 2011 | 86mins | 35mm Foteini Tsakiri lying on the train tracks in a suicide Written by Nikos Zapatinas Film Festival in 2009). and Faidon’s marriage to be attempt, overwhelmed by debt, Produced by Village Films Greece anything but truly compatible. Is it childlessness and an unfaithful wife. Cast: Petros Filippidis, Sakis Boulas, too late for them to turn their lives Angeliki Pavlopoulou, Markela Giannatou, In the end Alkiviadis does not kill Joyce Evidi around? Whatever the answer, one himself, but mayhem and surprises absolute certainty remains: a abound in the finest of road movie relationship needs work – if not traditions – with lingerie, a cheating to be saved, then to be ended. partner and a guilty best man just www.toeteronimisi.gr a few of the issues Nondas has to negotiate in his quest to reunite baby and mother. COMEDY

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Everything is Going to be Alright The Heiress (Όλα θα πάνε καλά) (Η Κληρονόμος)

dir: Yannis Xanthopoulos dir: Panayotis Fafoutis

A comedy where Ruthless People Fanis soon learn that Aunt Elenitsa About the Director A soccer comedy that finds the back Η Βέρα είναι μια όμορφη πρώην About the Director meets Lock, Stock and Two isn’t the benign elder she may initially of the net! αεροσυνοδός και σύζυγος του Στέλιου Yannis Xanthopoulos has a solid Σκαρίμπα, ευκατάστατου προέδρου της After many years working in Greek Smoking Barrels. seem – and so their lives are sent into pedigree in Greek cinema and Woman of leisure Vera (Smaragda television drama , The Heiress a tail-spin. μικρομεσαίας ποδοσφαιρικής ομάδας Miltiadis (Akis Sakellariou) cooks up television dating back to 1980. His Karydi) – an attractive former της οι «Μαύροι Πάνθηρες». Ζει μια ήσυχη marks Panayotis Fafoutis’ a scheme to kidnap well-known and screenwriting credits include stewardess – finds herself thrust into ζωή, μεγαλώνοντας τα δυο παιδιά της. graduation to feature film direction. notoriously corrupt lawyer Yotis Ένα αρραβωνιασμένο ζευγάρι, Eyewitness (1993), Borderline (1994) the cut-throat world of professional Όλα κυλούν ομαλά, μέχρι που μια His most recent film,Paradeisos – in Mathiopoulos (Dimitris Piatas). To help η Τζίνα και ο Μιλτιάδης μαζί and Extended Play (2006); the latter football following her philandering εξωσυζυγική περιπέτεια του Στέλιου έχει which he assumes both writing and him execute the plan, he enlists the με τον Φάνη, αποφασίζουν να he also directed. Everything Is husband’s untimely death. In order to μοιραία κατάληξη... directorial responsibilities – was Gonna Be Alright is his second released earlier this year. help of his fiancée, Gina (Faye Xila), απαγάγουν τον διεφθαρμένο secure her family’s inheritance, Vera feature as writer and director. and her “unofficial” partner, the μεγαλοδικηγόρο Μαθιόπουλο. Η takes the reins of her late husband’s Greek language απειρία όμως των κακοποιών έχει Contains nudity short-fused Fanis (Orfeas Avgoustidis). ως αποτέλεσμα να απαχθεί λάθος struggling ‘Black Panthers’ Football Greece | 2009 | 94mins | e-cinema Things are thrown into chaos when πρόσωπο, και συγκεκριμένα, η θέια Club in Greece’s ‘A-League’ Written by Dimitris Emmanoulidis του, Ελενίτσα! championship in an effort to turn Produced by Panos Papahadzis a comedy of errors sees our band Cast: Smaragda Karydi, Gerasimos Skiadaresis, of crooks wind up with Yotis’ aunt, their fortunes around. Armed with her Petros Lagoutis, Titika Stasinopoulou, Elenitsa (played by Greek cinema Greek and English language with English wits and tenacity, the laughs flourish Kostis Koroneos veteran, Efi Papatheodorou) as their subtitles as Vera fights to overcome both her Greece | 2009 | 96 mins | e-cinema lack of knowledge of football, as well captive instead of Yotis. They are Written by Yannis Xanthopoulos unaware that Yotis has been plotting Produced by Panos Papahadzis as the entrenched prejudices on and to get rid of her anyway. Cast: Orfeas Avgoustidis, Faye Xila, Akis off the field. Sakellariou, Efi Papatheodorou, Dimitris Piatas Propelled into a world of thugs and This is Working Girl meets Wildcats… organised crime, Miltiadis, Gina and but done Greek style. COMEDY

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Riders of Pylos Plato’s Academy (Οι Ιππείς της Πύλου) (Ακαδημία Πλάτωνος)

dir: Nikos Kalogeropoulos dir: Filippos Tsitos

In his roles as writer, director and Ένας γνωστός Αθηναίος ηθοποιός, About the Director This sharp comedy/drama took out Η ταινία μιλάει για τους μετανάστες About the Director performer, renowned actor Nikos που έχει καταστραφεί οικονομικά, the 2009 Orpheus Award for Best και την ενσωμάτωσή τους , μέσα από εγκαταλείπει την Αθήνα και αναζητεί Nikos Kalogeropoulos was born μια μαύρη κωμωδία, όπου προκαλεί Born in Athens in 1966, Filippos Kalogeropoulos continues a life’s in Filiatra, Messinia, and studied Feature Film at the Los Angeles Greek Tsitos originally studied work of irreverent commentary on «καταφύγιο» στη πρότυπη πολιτεία Film Festival. τον προβληματισμό χωρίς να σου «Πολυπύλου». Η επαφή του με τους at the Kostis Michailidis and δίνει την εύκολη λύση. Η ερμηνεία του marketing. After gaining work Greek society. μποέμηδες κατοίκους της περιοχής Veakis Theatre Schools in Athens. Bitter after being abandoned by his Καφετζόπουλου είναι εξαιρετική αφού as a photographer, he moved to A 50-year-old poverty-stricken actor αλλά και η γνωριμία του με μια κοπέλα As an actor, he has been awarded wife and forced to care for his elderly καταφέρνει να περνάει τα διαφορετικά Berlin in 1991 and commenced with a glorious past, Tilemachos οικολόγο δίνουν καινούργιο νόημα two Greek State Awards for Best mother, who has suffered a stroke, συναισθήματα μέσα από την εικόνα. studies in directing at the (Nikos Kalogeropoulos), flees Athens στη ζωή του. Actor in a leading role and one Stavros (Antonis Kafetzopoulos) German Film and Television for Best Actor in a supporting role, Academy. Plato’s Academy is to escape his creditors. He travels spends his days with his mates Greek language with English subtitles as well as the prestigious Greek his second feature film and a to the heart of historic Messinia and Greek language with English subtitles drinking coffee, playing soccer and Occasional coarse language State Award for Exceptional Greece | 2009 | 103mins | 35mm companion piece to his debut, finds refuge in a decrepit castle once Greece | 2011 | 98mins | e-cinema sneering at the Chinese and Eastern Written by Nikos Kalogeropoulos Performance for his lead in Written by Alexis Kardaras and My Sweet Home (2001). bustling with activity, but now empty Produced by Christos V. Konstantakopoulos Rebetiko (1983). He is known European labourers working on Filippos Tsitos except for its two inhabitants, brothers Cast: Nikos Kalogeropoulos, Ilias Logothetis, also as a playwright, composer projects in their neighbourhood. Produced by Thanassis Karathanos and Konstandinos Moraitis Evimeros (Dimitris Kamberidis) and Takis Spiridakis, Julia Kalogridou, Dimitris and poet. Kamberidis Globalisation and xenophobia collide Cast: Antonis Kafetzopoulos, Anastas Kodzine, Myron (Ilias Logothetis). Riders of Pylos is his first foray as Stavros finds himself confronting Titika Saringouli, Yorgos Souxes While exploring the beautiful into filmmaking. his prejudices - and questions about countryside, he meets and falls in love his own identity - when Nikos (Yorgos with Evimeros’ estranged daughter, Souxes), an itinerant Albanian Demokratia (Julia Kalogridou), who labourer, enters his world to hilarious, is also leader of a group of volunteers yet profound effect. called “Riders of Pylos”. COMEDY

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Biloba Charisma (Μπιλόμπα) (Χάρισμα)

dir: Sophia Papachristou dir: Christina Ioakimidi

A feel-good comedy where new Europe for the dumping of toxic substances, About the Director A sunny, romantic comedy about Η Ισμήνη μόλις πάτησε τα τριάντα της. About the Director collides with old Greece and the two or betray his employers but save the learning to open yourself to love. Είναι καλλιεργημένη, ευγενική, ευαίσθητη Sophia Papachristou was born in και συναισθηματικά τσακίζει για πλάκα. Christina Ioakimidi was born in join forces against a common foe. island and the woman that have found Athens in 1958. After graduating Ismini (Vaso Kavalieratou) is a single 1975 in Athens. She studied a place in his heart? Όλα καταρρέουν, όμως, όταν ο μπρούτος, The quiet and uncomplicated life of the from the Athens School of Law woman in her early 30s. She is strong, απλοϊκός κι αγενής Χάρης μπαίνει για τα directing at film school in London, inhabitants of the rustic Greek island of and the Stavrakos Film School, independent and sensitive, but she is καλά στη ζωή της. during which she made several Pera Kassiros is thrown into upheaval Ένας Γερμανός μηχανικός που δουλεύει she completed a MFA program also emotionally handicapped. Her short films.Charisma is her debut in Film Direction at New York’s feature film where she takes with the arrival of Peter (Lars Brygmann) σε μια ασυνείδητη οικολογικά πολυεθνική defence mechanism for protecting Greek language with English subtitles – an engineer with an international πηγαίνει σε ένα νησί του Αιγαίου, στην Columbia University. Biloba is her her wellbeing is to avoid emotional Sex scenes on the roles of writer, producer second feature film followingThe and director. corporation, supervising construction Πέρα Κάσσιρο για την κατασκευή ενός attachment to the men who move Greece | 2010 | 85mins | 35mm Golden Apples of the Hesperides, Written by Christina Ioakimidi of a high-tech waste recycling plant for έργου. Εκεί σύντομα θα αντιληφθεί in and out of her life. ότι οι κάτοικοι εισπράττουν χρήματα for which she won the Best Debut Produced by Christina Ioakimidi and Louizos Aslanidis producing electricity on the island. Director prize at the 1997 In one of the rare moments that Ismini από το δημόσιο για έργα που δεν θα Cast: Vaso Kavalieratou, Makis Papadimitriou After becoming accepted by the locals, ολοκληρωθούν ποτέ. Thessaloniki Film Festival. unwittingly lowers her defences, rough and Yannis Tsortekis Peter soon discovers the true intentions diamond Haris (Makis Papadimitriou) behind the corporation’s plans for the Greek and English language with English enters her life. Will Ismini choose to plant and the island. Despite falling in subtitles push away the unsophisticated and Greece | 2009 | 97mins | 35mm love with Areti (Mechthild Grossmann) Written by Sophia Papachristou irrascible, but also passionate, Haris – a mysterious local woman – he is Cast: Lars Brygmann, Mechthild Grossmann, – or will he be the one that infiltrates forced to leave Pera Kassiros. Dimitris Piatas her tough exterior? Upon his return home, Peter is faced with a moral dilemma: let his company use the plant in Pera Kassiros as a cover NEO CINEMA

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Red Sky Nobody (Κόκκινος Ουρανός) (Κανένας)

dir: Layia Yiourgou dir: Christos Nikoleris

Against the idyllic backdrop of Southern she wants, identifying elements of her About the Director “[The film Nobody] spices up the Ο Γκόραν και η Τζούλια, Ρώσος κι About the Director Crete and the Libyan Sea unfolds this ideal man in both their personalities, world’s most famous tragic romance Αλβανίδα, είναι δυο έφηβοι μετανάστες Layia Yiourgou was born in δεύτερης γενιάς, δυο παιδιά με Born in Thessaloniki in 1966, Christos smouldering, erotic drama that sees the which leads to an explosive situation. Heraklion, Crete, in 1949. She with some local Homer and fast cars” Nikoleris studied Foto-Film Design friendship of two men tested by the (Variety). όνειρα και φιλοδοξία να ξεφύγουν studied at the Vakalo School of από το περιβάλλον που μεγάλωσαν. at the Fachhochschüle Bielefeld in intrusion of a beautiful woman into Όταν ο Θεόφιλος Φερέκης αναλαμβάνει Interior Design and Graphic Arts, Goran (Antinoos Albanis) and Julia Τα πράγματα για τους δυο νέους θα Germany. In 1995 he co-founded their perfect world. το Υπουργείο Υγείας & Κοινωνικής the Athens School of Fine Arts (Georgina Liossi, in an incendiary debut γίνουν ακόμη πιο περίπλοκα, όταν the audiovisual production company In an attempt to make a new start Αλληλεγγύης, έρχεται αντιμέτωπος and the London International performance) are the star-crossed οι δρόμοι τους θα συναντηθούν. N-Orasis where he works as a far from the city’s maddening crowds, με όλες τις “χάρες” που είχε τάξει Film School. Her films include lovers of this Shakespearean tale about director and film editor, having shot προεκλογικά στους ψηφοφόρους Country House (1994), Tomorrow over 150 commercials and music friends Aris (Orfeas Avgoustidis) and second-generation immigrant Greek language with English subtitles του. Μόλις καταλάβει ότι δεν πρόκειται Will Be Too Late (2001) and Lyubi videos. Nikoleris also teaches at the Stelios (Apostolis Totsikas) begin a teenagers living in Athens – his family να τα βγάλει εύκολα πέρα, χρειάζεται (which screened at the Greek Film Greece | 2011 | 95mins | 35mm Film School of Thessaloniki’s banana greenhouse business on the επειγόντως να προσλάβει έναν… Festival in 2006). hailing from Russia, hers from Albania. Written by Panayotis Iosifelis Aristotle University. Nobody is his island of Crete, where they live a επαγγελματία ψεύτη, τον Θεόδωρο Produced by Yannis Exintaris Like Romeo and Juliet, Goran and Julia Cast: Georgina Liossi, Antinoos Albanis, Nikolas first feature film. simple life focused on work and the Πάρλα, ή Ψευτοθόδωρος, “ταλέντο” were meant to stay in separate Papayannis, Giorgos Papageorgiou, Dimitris nearby tavern. Foreign tourists come στις ψεύτικες υποσχέσεις. worlds, but when their worlds collide, Kapetanakos and go, but Cordoba (Pihla Viitala) – love hits like a lightning bolt. Trapped a friend of Aris’ sister – has a more Greek language with English subtitles in a cycle of street violence and hatred, insidious affect. Greece | 2011 | 105mins | e-cinema Written by Layia Yiourgou they live in constant danger just by Cordoba arouses interest in both men, Produced by Layia Yiourgou spending time with each other. who vie for her affection despite their Cast: Apostolis Totsikas, Orfeas Avgoustidis, Pihla Viitala, Efstathia Tsapareli, Laertis Vasiliou Winner of an audience vote award initial reticence at bringing her into at the Thessaloniki Film Festival. their fold. But she cannot decide who NEO CINEMA

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Apnea (Άπνοια)

dir: Aris Bafaloukas

“There is a strong echo of the films O Δημήτρης, ένας 23χρονος κολυμβητής, About the Director of Michelangelo Antonioni in Apnea, με επιτυχία στο Ευρωπαϊκό πρωτάθλημα, έχει εκπληρώσει το όνειρο της ζωής του Aris Bafaloukas was born in a dreamily atmospheric, hypnotic first Athens. For eight successive years, feature” (The List, UK) αλλά νιώθει πιο κενός από ποτέ. Εικόνες και μνήμες πλημυρίζουν το μυαλό του, he held national swimming records Dimitris (Sotiris Pastras) – a 23 year θυμίζοντάς του την σχέση του με την Έλσα in 50m and 100m freestyle, and old swimmer – dives into the water που εξαφανίστηκε μυστηριωδώς. competed with the national team of a dark pool after achieving success at many international events. He graduated in Physical Education at in the European Championships. Greek and English language with English Athens University and studied at He has fulfilled the dream of a subtitles the L. Stavrakos Hellenic Film and lifetime, but feels emptier than ever. Greece | 2010 | 90mins | e-cinema Written by Yannis Tsiros TV School. He has worked as an As his body floats in the water, the Produced by Aris Bafaloukas & Elisabeth assistant director with well-known past comes flooding into his mind, Tsouctidi Cast: Youlika Skafida, Sotiris Pastras, Andrianna filmmakers, as well as writing and reminding him about his relationship Babali, George Karamichos, Akyllas Karazisis directing short films and episodes with Elsa (Youlika Skafida), an for TV. Apnea is his debut feature. environmental activist who has mysteriously disappeared. Winner of an audience vote and a FIPRESCI (International Federation of Film Critics) Award at the Thessaloniki Film Festival. www.apnea-film.com Thursday 13 October 7PM TH OPENING NIGHT EVENT 18 NEED FOR LIES Friday 14 October 6.45PM 9PM GREEK Moon Struck Once Upon a time there was a baby Saturday 15 October 2PM 4.15PM 6.30PM 8.45PM FILM Other Half Everything is Going to be alright Need for Lies The Heiress Sunday 16 October 1.30PM 3.45PM 6PM 8.15PM Once Upon a time there was a baby Need for Lies Journey to Mytilene A Girl in Black FESTIVAL Cocktail party 1hr before screening Monday 17 October 6.45PM 8.45PM Shooting Vs Shooting Nobody Tuesday 18 October 6.45PM 8.45PM Without Borders Other Half Wednesday 19 October 6.45PM 9PM Once Upon a time there was a baby The Signature Thursday 20 October 6.45PM 9PM 45m2 Black Field Friday 21 October 6.45PM 8.45PM Sydney Riders of Pylou Attenburg Screening Saturday 22 October 2.30PM 4.30PM 6.45PM 9PM Schedule Apnea The Heiress Plato’s Academy The Signature Sunday 23 October 1.30 PM 3.30PM 5.45PM 8.30PM The Nymphs of Hindu Kush Everything is Going to be alright My Life & Times: Michael Cacoyiannis Stella 13 - 30 October Monday 24 October 6.45PM 8.45PM Apnea Knifer Palace Tuesday 25 October 6.45PM 9PM Norton Street Cinemas Red Sky Biloba Wednesday 26 October 6.45PM 9PM 99 Norton Street Charisma 45m2 Leichhardt Thurday 27 October 6.45PM 9PM Journey to Mytilene Red Sky Friday 28 October 6.45PM 9PM All films are restricted to Plato’s Academy Attenburg patrons 18 years and over, Saturday 29 October 1.45PM 4.30PM 6.45PM 9PM unless specified. Check The Cherry Orchard Everything is Going to be alright Need for Lies Red Sky Festival website for updated Sunday 30 October 12PM 2PM 4.15PM 6.15PM censorship information Student Film Festival Plato’s Academy CLOSING NIGHT EVENT REBETIKO Monday 31 October 6.30PM 8.30PM www.greekfilmfestival.com.au Best of the Festival Best of the Festival NEO CINEMA

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Attenberg Knifer (Μαχαιροβγάλτης)

dir: Athina Rachel Tsangari dir: Yannis Economides

Through the eyes of Marina (award- Recently selected as the Greek Film About the Director Yannis Economides’ multi award- also judged Best Greek Film of the About the Director winning newcomer Ariane Labed), Academy’s nominee for the Foreign Athina Rachel Tsangari has a BA winning tale of lust, power, envy and Year at the Greek Association of Film Yannis Economides was born in Attenberg takes an arresting swipe language Oscar. in Literature from the Aristotle anger promises to be one of the Critics awards. Limassol, Cyprus in 1967 and at coping in a post-post-modern age. University of Thessaloniki in hottest tickets at this year’s festival. studied film in Athens. He directed At 23, Marina is repressed and late Η Μαρίνα μεγαλώνει με τον αρχιτέκτονα Greece, an MA in Performance Through the eyes of the idle and bitter Ο Νίκος περνάει τεμπέλικα τις μέρες του his debut feature film,Matchbox , maturing, but the approaching death πατέρα της σε μια παραθαλάσσια πόλη. Το from New York University’s Tisch Nikos (Stathis Stamoulakatos), the film στην επαρχία χωρίς παρόν και μέλλον. in 2003. His second feature, Soul of her father (Vangelis Mourikis) forces ανθρώπινο είδος την απωθεί. Το παρατηρεί School of the Arts, and an MFA in explores Athens’ modern, gritty dark Μετά το θάνατο του πατέρα του, ο θείος Kicking, premiered in official Film Directing from the University selection at the Cannes Film Festival her to embrace life, including her latent εξ’ αποστάσεως, μέσα από τα ντοκιμαντέρ side – the Athens you won’t find on του, τον παροτρύνει να εγκαταλείψει το πάνω στη ζωή των θηλαστικών του Sir of Texas in Austin. Attenberg is χωριό και να έρθει στην Αθήνα, όπου in 2006. Knifer is his third film. sexuality, and other people. She feels guided tours and postcards. This is David Attenborough και τα μαθήματα her second feature, her first being άξαφνα θα βρεθεί μπλεγμένος σε μια an Athens on economic life-support. more in common with the animals she σεξουαλικής αγωγής που της παραδίδει η The Slow Business of Going (2001), παράξενη κατ`οίκον εργασία. imitates from the documentaries of μοναδική της φίλη, Μπέλλα, ενώ ο πατέρας which was acquired by MoMA for The sudden death of Nikos’ father David Attenborough, to whose name, της προετοιμάζει τελετουργικά την its permanent film collection. signals the return of his uncle Alekos Greek language with English subtitles in a common mispronunciation, the αναχώρησή του. (Vangelis Mourikis). A business Low level violence and strong coarse film owes its title. relationship develops between them language Greece | 2010 | 108mins | e-cinema Attenberg shares its creative team Greek language with English subtitles that propels Nikos into a world Written by Yannis Economides and Doris Sex scenes and sexual references, nudity Avgerinopoulos and its offbeat style with Dogtooth and mild coarse language pervaded by restlessness, hatred Produced by Panos Papahadzis and Christos Greece | 2010 | 95mins | 35mm and e-cinema and bitterness. (Greek Film Festival 2009), with Tsangari Konstantakopoulos Written by Athina Rachel Tsangari and Giorgos Lanthimos swapping Knifer scooped the pool at the Cast: Stathis Stamoulakatos, Vangelis Mourikis, director and producer roles. Lanthimos Maria Kallimani, Yannis Voulgarakis, Yannis Hellenic Film Academy Awards this Anastasakis also stars in some of the film’s most year, taking out Best Film, Best purposefully awkward scenes. Director and Best Screenplay. It was NEO CINEMA

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45 m2 Moonstruck (45 Τετραγωνικά) (Στο Ξέσπασμα του Φεγγαριού)

dir: Stratos Tzitzis dir: Stratos Markidis

Real life and fiction poetically that accurately depicts the About the Director This tale of forbidden love is, About the Director Greek and English language with interplay in this exploration of the grievances of contemporary Greek Educated at the Greek National essentially, a telenovella produced for English subtitles Stratos Markidis was born in Cairo; everyday travails of Greece’s ‘700 youth through strong, naturalistic School of Economics, Stratos the big screen. Lovers of romance and Greece | 2010 | 90 mins | e-cinema his parents came from Crete and Written by Giorgos Chrissovitsanos and Ioanna euro generation’ – those who performances. Tzitzis studied film at the Stavrakos Greek soap operas will be thoroughly Mytilini. He has had a long career Giannouli survive on minimum wage and, Film School and attended a script enraptured with Moonstruck. Produced by Manos Krezias, Stratos Markidis in film and television as a director, consequently, can’t afford to leave workshop at UCLA. He has worked and Dionysis Samiotis producer and writer; his film I love Η κάμερα του Τζίτζη καταγράφει την A young man falls in love with a the family home. as assistant director to Pantelis Cast: Iosif Marinakis, Kostas Apostolakos, Karditsa was shown in the 2010 καθημερινότητα των νέων ανθρώπων σε beautiful woman and they embark Voulgaris, Giorgos Panoussopoulos Tania Tripi Greek Film Festival. Christina (Efi Longinou) is a 23 year μια αφιλόξενη πόλη όπως η πρωτεύουσα, on a series of steamy and passionate and Nikos Perakis. His films include old woman desperate to escape the που αντί να προσφέρει ευκαιρίες, αφαιρεί encounters. The only problem is, Love Is An Elephant (2000) and overly protective watch of her κάθε προοπτική. the woman is married to a wealthy, Rescue Me (which screened at the mother (Rania Oikonomidou). With Greek Film Festival in 2002). influential and violent man. only enough money to survive two Greek language with English subtitles months, she rents a 45-metre-square Greece | 2010 | 80mins | e-cinema Μια εκσυγχρονισμένη εκδοχή του apartment of her own and, within Written by Stratos Tzitzis Produced by Mihalis Panayotopoulos Ρωμαίου και της Ιουλιέτας, όταν δύο this fragile sanctuary, finds her true Cast: Efi Longinou, Rania Oikonomidou, νέοι από αντίπαλες φατρίες ερωτεύονται, self emerging as she rummages Alexandra Palaiologou, Yorgos Yannopoulos, δημιουργώντας συνθήκες ακόμη through the belongings of the Thanos Grammenos μεγαλύτερης έντασης ανάμεσα στις former tenant – a guy her age. αντιμαχόμενες φαμίλιες. Μια δραματική ιστορία πάθους και εκδίκησης, Using a fly-on-the-wall style, που εκτυλίσσεται στο όμορφο νησί filmmaker Stratos Tzitzis gives this της Κρήτης. social drama an observational edge NEO CINEMA

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Without Borders The Signature (Χωρίς Σύνορα) (Η Υπογραφή)

dir: Nick Gaitatjis dir: Stelios Haralambopoulos

An dramatic adventure that του την εμπιστεύτηκε, προκειμένου να About the Director An enigmatic thriller about true Η Άννα, μια νεαρή ιστορικός τέχνης, About the Director αναζητήσει την τύχη της στην Αμερική. ετοιμάζει ένα τιμητικό αφιέρωμα στα crosses continents and Nick Gaitatjis was born in Veria, love and sacrifice, set within the Born in Athens in 1956, Stavros international borders. Όλα θα ανατραπούν στη ζωή τους, όταν art world. έργα της διάσημης ζωγράφου Μαρίας η Μίλλα επιστρέφει στην Ελλάδα με τον Greece. He moved to the USA Δήμου. Στο πλευρό της για να την Haralambopoulos studied at the The simple and carefree life of άνδρα της, για να πάρει την κόρη της. to study cinema, where he also Famous painter Maria Demou βοηθήσει, είναι ο σύντροφος της Δήμου Stavrakos Film School and the Thanasis (Giorgos Voyatzis) is directed many live theatre (Maria Protopappa) died και στενός συνεργάτης της, Άγγελος. Μαζί School of Economic and Commercial shattered when his adopted productions before returning mysteriously 15 years ago. In θα ξετυλίξουν το κουβάρι της ζωής της Sciences. He is a co-founder of the Greek and English language with English to Greece to work on a number independent production company six-year-old daughter Melissa subtitles preparing a retrospective exhibition Μαρίας, και το μυστήριο που τυλίγει τον (Veronika Vassilakopoulou) is Greece | USA | 2010 | 97mins | 35mm of prime time television shows. of her work, young researcher Anna θάνατό της. Periplus. His films includeHades Written by Nick Gaitatjis With much of his career spent in (1996) and the documentaries taken away without warning to (Alexia Kaltsiki) calls on Maria’s lover, Produced by Nick Gaitatjis and producing roles, Without Borders The Moment Time Was Suspended the United States by her Angel (Georges Corraface), who Greek language with English subtitles Sandra Staggs is Gaitatjis’ second feature (1993), Patmos (1995) and biological mother. With the help Cast: Giorgos Voyagis, Georges Corraface, uncovers some paintings Anna did Nudity and sex scenes Seymour Cassel as director, following on from Greece | 2011 | 130mins | e-cinema Mediterranean Stories (1999-2000). of his cousin, the eccentric Plato Gettin’ It (2006). not realise existed. This awakens her Written by Stelios Haralambopoulos (Georges Corraface, who also curiosity about the past and even Produced by Thanos Lambropoulos Cast: Georges Corraface, Maria Protopappa, appears in The Signature), Angel’s possible involvement in Alexia Kaltsiki, Nikos Kouris Thanasis sets out on a search to Maria’s sudden death. retrieve Melissa at any cost. When Anna threatens to cancel the exhibition, Angel feels compelled Ο Θανάσης, ένας καλοκάγαθος πωλητής, to open his heart to her, revealing έχει υπό την προστασία του την μικρή the truth of his life – the enigmatic Μελίσα, που η μητέρα της Μίλλα, existence of an alter ego and the μετανάστρια από την Ρωσία, transcendent beauty of his art.

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Journey to Mytilene SPECIAL (Ταξίδι στη Μυτιλήνη) EVENT dir: Lakis Papastathis

Veteran filmmaker Lakis Papastathis along with his relationship with About the Director combines nostalgic fiction with his Eleni – a young woman working Lakis Papastathis’ career spans over personal experiences when at a nursing home on the island. forty years in Greek film and reacquainting with his birthplace – entertainment. Born in Volos in 1943, Mytilene, on the Aegean island Ο Κώστας μετά από είκοσι χρόνια he studied cinema in Athens and was of Lesbos. παραμονής του στο Παρίσι αποφασίζει να an assistant director in several Greek Christos Hatzipanayotis plays επιστρέψει στην πατρίδα του, τη Μυτιλήνη. films from 1968 to 1971, as well as Kostas – who is, ostensibly, an Ένα βαρύ οικογενειακό ιστορικό τον working in television as far back as 1974. Journey to Mytilene is his on-screen version of Papastathis – κρατούσε μακριά. Κατά την επιστροφή του συναντάει όσους από τους συγγενείς του fourth feature, following When the a filmmaker who returns from έχουν απομείνει και θυμάται έντονα εκείνους Greeks (1981), Theofilos (1987) and working in Paris to his childhood που έχουν φύγει για πάντα από τη ζωή. The Only Journey of his Life (2001). home after inheriting the family residence. His return sees him Greek and English language with English amiably reacquainted with relatives subtitles and friends; fond reminiscences Greece | 2010 | 105mins | e-cinema facilitate a connection between Written and produced by Lakis Papastathis Cast: Christos Hatzipanayotis, Maria Zorba, the older, wiser Kostas and the Dimitris Katalifos Presented by the Mytilenian same man as a ten-year-old boy. Brotherhood of Sydney & NSW, However, Kostas has to manage come and enjoy the traditional culinary delights of the Mytilenian region before a daunting confrontation with the 6pm screening of Journey to a dark time in his family’s history, Mytilene on Sunday 16 October. NEO CINEMA

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Black Field (Μαύρο Λιβάδι) dir: Vardis Marinakis

The year is 1654 when Greece was Την περίοδο της Τουρκοκρατίας, η Ανθή, About the Director under the Ottoman Empire. A μια έφηβη μοναχή, αναλαμβάνει να φροντίσει έναν βαριά τραυματισμένο Born in Athens, Vardis Marinakis wounded man (Christos Passalis) studied at London’s National Film arrives at a remote Orthodox Γενίτσαρο. Κι ενώ η Ανθή και ο πολεμιστής έρχονται κοντά, ο Τούρκος διοικητής τον School under the supervision of convent; he is a Janissary – a Greek αναζητά. Οι δυο τους θα το σκάσουν από Steven Friars. He has directed who had been taken from his το μοναστήρι και θα βρουν καταφύγιο international award-winning short parents and brought up to serve in στο γειτονικό δάσος όπου εκεί θα films likeDefteri Fysi (Second Nature) the Ottoman army. A young Greek ανακαλυφθεί ένα τρομερό μυστικό. and Summer Love, as well as nun, Anthi (Sofia Georgovassili), who numerous television commercials. Black Field is his feature film debut. has taken an oath of silence, nurses Greek and Turkish language with English him back to health. The two fall in subtitles Confronting Adult Themes love against the odds. But Anthi has Greece | 2009 | 106mins | e-cinema a secret: she is actually a boy who Written by Vardis Marinakis grew up as a girl and was hidden in Produced by George Lykiardopoulos Cast: Sofia Georgovassili, Christos Passalis, the monastery to avoid being Despoina Bebedeli, Maria Panourgia, captured and forced to become Despoina Kourti a Janissary. The lovers escape to the nearby forest and lose themselves in a dreamlike existence, but soon they must face up to a harsh reality. 30 31

Michael Cacoyannis was distinguished not only as an international filmmaker, but also as a stage and opera director, MICHAEL CACOYIANNIS with critically acclaimed productions all over the world. For his work and overall contributions to the Arts, 21 June 1921 – 25 July 2011 was honoured with many international titles and awards  Michael Cacoyannis was born on June 11, 1921 in Limassol, Cyprus. success of his first film “Windfall in Athens” marked the beginning including: the Order of the Golden Phoenix (Greece), the He studied law in London and was called to the Bar in 1943, but of an international career in directing. His films — including Stella, Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres (France), the Grand Cross / Michael Cacoyannis biography and image after working in law and for the BBC’s Greek service he decided A Girl in Black, A Matter of Dignity, Zorba the Greek, and the trilogy Order of Makarios III (Cyprus) and the Special Grand Prix of the courtesy of the Michael to enter into the world of acting and directing. of Electra, The Trojan Women and Iphigenia — were regularly Americas (Montreal). screened at the most prestigious international film festivals. Cacoyannis Foundation. In 1952 he left London to settle in Athens and one year later the

Stella (Στέλλα) A Girl in Black (Το Κορίτσι με τα Μαύρα)

dir: Michael Cacoyannis This 1955 retelling of Carmen launched the career of actress/politician , who debuted dir: Michael Cacoyannis Despite a modest budget, one camera and a shooting schedule of just eight weeks with the title role of Stella at the age of 35. She is a headstrong rebetiko singer – a wild child – who in 1956, this film brought renewed international attention to the Greek film industry. repeatedly rejects the marriage proposals of the professional soccer player she loves, Miltos (Giorgos Spectacularly shot on the island of Hydra by Cacoyannis’ regular collaborator , Foundas). Eventually, he coaxes her into accepting, but all does not go smoothly from then on. A Girl in Black sees a writer () take up residence in the house Originally the stuff of controversy and panned by critics, Stella is now regarded as one of the of an impoverished widow for a short holiday. The woman and her family are publicly disgraced greatest Greek films of all time. when she is caught in the arms of a lover. Features music by Manos Hadjidakis and Vasilis Tsitsanis. The scandal arouses sympathy in the writer, who also falls in love with the widow’s timid daughter, Marina (Elli Lambeti). But feuds and rivalries stand in their way, and the couple find Winner of the Golden Globe for Best Foreign Film in 1956. themselves bearing the brunt of further hostility.

Η Στέλλα είναι τραγουδίστρια που έχει δεσμό με τον Αλέκο, γόνο πλούσιας οικογένειας όταν θα σκοτωθεί ο Αλέκος σε ένα ατύχημα η Στέλλα θα βρεθεί σε στενή πολιορκία από τον ποδοσφαιριστή του Ολυμπιακού, Μίλτο. Ο Παύλος και ο Αντώνης φτάνουν στην Ύδρα για να περάσουν μερικές μέρες ξεκούρασης. Θα νοικιάσουν δωμάτια στο σπίτι της χήρας Φρόσως, που ζει μαζί με την κόρη της Μαρίνα. Ο Παύλος σιγά-σιγά ανακαλύπτει ότι η οικογένεια είναι μια ειδική περίπτωση στο νησί, ανακαλύπτει όμως και την θλιμμένη ομορφιά της Μαρίνας. Greek language with English subtitles Greece | 1955 | 100mins | B&W | 35mm Greek language with English subtitles Written by Michael Cacoyannis & Iakovos Kambanellis Greece | 1956 | 101mins | B&W | 35mm Produced by Milas Film Written by Michael Cacoyannis Cast: Melina Mercouri, Giorgos Foundas, Alekos Alexandrakis, Christina Kalogerikou, Voula Zoumboulaki Cast: Elli Lambeti, Dimitris Horn, Eleni Zafeirou, Stephanos Stratigos, Giorgos Foundas

The Cherry Orchard (Ο Βυσσινόκηπος) My Life And Times: Michael Cacoyannis

dir: Michael Cacoyannis In adapting Chekhov’s famous play to the big screen, Michael Cacoyannis assembles an (Μια Ζωή, μια Εποχή: Μιχάλης Κακογιάννης) SPECIAL impressive international cast spearheaded by Charlotte Rampling as the aging aristocrat EVENT Madame Ranevskaya and Alan Bates as her brother Leonid attempting to adjust to the dir: Lydia Karras imminent loss of their country estate. Cacoyannis freshens the original text with a back-story of Ranevskaya’s life in Paris, which An unmissable documentary about Charlotte Rampling on their collaboration About the Director deepens the character and results in a film “full of elegance and sophistication” (Daily Mail, the great Greek-Cypriot filmmaker and with Cacoyannis. Lydia Karras studied Sociology at the UK), “a sobering social parable and a bittersweet meditation on the high cost of self-delusion.” stage director. (The New York Times), Sorbonne, International Relations at Under the skilful direction of Lydia Karras, Ο Μιχάλης Κακογιάννης αφηγείται ο ίδιος για πρώτη University College, London, and obtained Multi award-winner at the Thessaloniki Film Festival. Michael Cacoyannis – probably best known φορά τη ζωή και την εποχή του! Mια πολύτιμη an MA with distinction in Classics from London to western audiences as the maker of μαρτυρία όπου με οξυδέρκεια και χιούμορ σχολιάζει University. She has directed 13 documentaries, σε αποσπάσματα ταινιών του τους διεθνείς αστέρες among them Voice of the Aegean, awarded Η Ranyevkaya είναι μια Ρωσίδα αριστοκράτισσα που επιστρέφει στην πατρίδα της και πληροφορείται ότι χάνει Zorba The Greek – narrates the story of που συνεργάστηκαν μαζί του. Best Film on Nature at the 2005 European από χρέη το κτήμα της. Τότε ένας γαιοκτήμονας της προτείνει να πουλήσει ένα μέρος της περιουσίας της για να his life. From his childhood in Cyprus to Heritage Film Festival. Together wit her ξεχρεώσει, το οποίο όμως περιλαμβάνει το πιο αγαπημένο γι`αυτήν κομμάτι γης, το βυσσινόκηπο. Hollywood and beyond, Cacoyannis takes Greek language with English subtitles husband, Costas, she founded the Hellenic us on a journey spanning over five decades Greece | Cyprus | 2011 | 87mins | e-cinema Society for the Environment and the English & French language with English subtitles of a dramatically changing world. Written and produced by Lydia Karras Protection of the Cultural Heritage. Greece | Cyprus | France | 1999 | 141mins | 35mm Cast: Michael Cacoyannis, Charlotte Rampling, Written by Michael Cacoyannis based on the play by Anton Chekhov The documentary also includes Claire Bloom, Vincent Cassel Q & A on Michael Cacoyiannis with Produced by Michael Cacoyannis recollections from Walter Lassally, Pelissa Tsilimidos-Thorne BA., Dip. Ed, Cast: Charlotte Rampling, Alan Bates, Katrin Cartlidge, Owen Teale, Tushka Bergen Vincent Cassel, Claire Bloom and MA Ed. Sunday 23rd October, after 5.45pm screening DOCUMENTARIES

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My Sweet The Nymphs Shooting vs Canary of Hindu Kush Shooting (Καναρίνι μου Γλυκό) (Οι Νύμφες του (Πεθαίνοντας για ) την Αλήθεια) dir: Roy Sher Hindu Kush dir: Anneta Papathanasiou dir: Nikos Megrelis sang the way she lived – with passion, fire and love. Inspired by her legacy, three young musicians from Greece, Turkey High in the mountains of Hindu Kush in This groundbreaking documentary spotlights and embark on an exciting musical Pakistan – engulfed by a population of the deaths of journalists in the recent Iraq War journey to recount the story of Greece’s 165 million Muslims – lives a tribe – the bloodiest war ever for media personnel original and best-loved rebetiko singer from of 4,000 people called Kalasha, who on the ground. the 1930s. This is the first time her story has preserve their ancient polytheistic religion, It reveals unknown sides to the atrocities been told in film. believing in gods and nymphs. Their story committed by fanatics and the responsibilities of is one of cultural triumph against the tides It is a journey that takes them from governments, while simultaneously detailing of time, and a tradition of women who are to Thessaloniki and to Athens as they follow individual examples of courage, altruism and strong, energetic and free. the musical trail Roza left behind. Most of humanity that stood out amid the horrors of war. all, it’s a journey into a world that has In taking a Greek crew 2,500 metres Distinguished journalists and authors from all largely vanished, but whose sounds above sea level and into the Kalasha way over the world – among them Peter Arnett, John continue to echo throughout the of life, filmmaker Anneta Papathanasiou Pilger, Michael Massing, Anthony Shadid, Chris Mediterranean Basin. was hoping to focus on Shamim – the first Cramer, Kevin Sites, Philip Knightly, Aidan White Kalasha woman who succeeded in going – disclose the hidden agenda behind targeting to university, and who dreams of working journalists in Iraq and other war zones. Ένα μουσικό ταξίδι στα βήματα της with Athanasios Lerounis (the president More than three years of research, 70 interviews ρεμπέτισσας Ρόζας Εσκενάζυ από την of the Greek Volunteers NGO), organising and filming in more than ten countries have Κωνσταντινούπολη και την Θεσσαλονίκη educational and developmental projects been powerfully distilled to shed light on the μέχρι την Αθήνα, με συνοδοιπόρους 3 for the region. facts, as well as the need for justice and respect καλλιτέχνες από την Ελλάδα, το Ισραήλ και But when the Taliban kidnaps Athanasios, of human rights. την Τουρκία. the documentary takes off in an unexpected direction. Το ντοκιμαντέρ αφορά στους άδικους Language: Greek, English, Turkish, Hebrew θανάτους δημοσιογράφων και εργαζόμενων and Ladino, with English subtitles στα μέσα ενημέρωσης, που σκοτώθηκαν στο Greece | Israel | France | 2011 | Το Ντοκιμαντέρ αναφέρεται στις δυνατές Ιράκ, από την έναρξη του πολέμου το 2003 89mins | e-cinema και ελεύθερες γυναίκες της αρχαίας φυλής μέχρι και σήμερα. των Καλάσα που ζουν στις κοιλάδες Αποκαλύπτει άγνωστες πλευρές των του Ινδικού Καύκασου στο Πακιστάν, οι γεγονότων, την ευθύνη των κυβερνήσεων οποίες αντιστέκονται και προσπαθούν να καθώς και μοναδικά παραδείγματα ανδρείας, διατηρήσουν τον ιδιαίτερο πολιτισμό τους, αλτρουισμού και ανθρωπισμού. μέσα σε αντίξοες συνθήκες

Various languages with English subtitles Language: English, Urdu, Kalasha and War themes Greek, with English subtitles Greece | 2011 | 80mins | e-cinema Greece | 2011 | 80mins | e-cinema 11

The Greek Student Submissions include short fiction, Categories animation and documentary film · Primary school students Film Festival and with the theme ‘a journey’ which (years 5-6) Competition open to was open to the interpretation · Secondary school students and creativity of the students (years 7-9) Modern Greek and teachers involved. Sydney’s · Secondary school students Students from primary best entries will be screened as (years 10-12) part of the 18th Greek Film · Tertiary students through to tertiary Festival and three prizes will be level Australia-wide will awarded in each category. Prizes host its inaugural event Three prizes will be awarded The films will be screened and in each category in Sydney this year. awarded on Sunday 30th October, 2011 at 12pm at Palace · 1st prize, $400 Norton Street Cinemas · 2nd prize, $300 Leichhardt. The event is a · 3rd prize, $200 collaborative effort between the Greek Festival of Sydney and the All students will receive a Education Office of the Consulate certificate of participation. General of Greece. Sponsors Concept Presenting Partner & National Media Partners Official Freight Carrier

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