The 18th Greek Film Festival of Sydney will be hosted from 13-30 October at Norton Street Palace Cinemas Leichhardt, with one of the strongest programs including internationally awarded and acclaimed films, comedies, dramas, documentaries and three classics by the late Michael Cacoyannis.
Launching over a fortnight of Greek films is an adaptation of one of Greece’s best loved stage comedies – Need for Lies (Dir. Ieroklis Michaelidis), with Minister of Health and Welfare, hiring a professional liar as his senior advisor to help him deliver on the promises, wheeling and dealing he orchestrated during his election campaign.
The screening goes on with Greece’s box office hit Once Upon a Time there was a baby (dir. Nikos Zapatinas), with two very different men thrown together with one abandoned baby in a comedy of opposites and unfortunate situations.
Vangelis Seitanidis’ Other Half takes a riotous look at just how far we’ll go to find our other half and includes an all-star line-up.
In comedy/drama Plato’s Academy (Orpheus Award for Best Feature at the 2009 Los Angeles Greek Film Festival), a man finds himself confronting his prejudices and questions his own identity, when an itinerant Albanian labourer enters his world to hilarious, yet profound effect.
The Greek Film Festival features a tribute to the late film legend and multi award winning Michael Cacoyiannis. From a documentary of his life in My Life and Times: Michael Cacoyiannis (dir. Lydia Karras) to some of his greatest works includig Stella (1955) and A Girl in Black (1956).
The Greek film festival’s highlight is Athina Rachel Tsangari’s Attenberg, focusing on a girl forced to embrace life, including her latent sexuality, and other people on the impending death of her father.
Add to that the enigmatic thriller The Signature (dir. Stelios Haralampopoulos), the dramatic adventure Without Borders and the erotic drama Red Sky (dir. Layia Yiourgou) this year’s Greek Film Festival program is a stand out!
The Greek Film Festival of Sydney is an event of the Greek Festival of Sydney, and an initiative of the Greek Orthodox Community of NSW.
For more information visit www.greekfilmfestival.com.au
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