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Greek Film Festival Opening Night a Great Success

The 19th Greek Film Festival opened its national run on Oct. 16 at Palace Norton Street cinemas to a complete sell-out crowd with over 500 people gathering to see Sydney’s premiere screening of Antonis Aggelopoulos’ Nisos 2. A third cinema was added to accommodate the demand of what was a great start of the 19th [...]

Karalis Looks at Greek Movies for Sydney Festival

Vrasidas Karalis’ A History of Greek Cinema, the first full-length book on the topic written in English by an Australian academic, combines historical analysis with discussion of cinematic form to construct a narrative history of Greek cinematic successes and failures. On Oct. 13 at the 19th Annual Greek Film Festival, Vrasidas will give insights into [...]

Greek Film Festival in Sydney a Hot Ticket ‏

The red carpet, lights, media, celebrities and VIP guests will showcase the Australian premiere of Nisos 2 as Sydney prepares to launch the National run of the 19th Annual Greek Film Festival on Oct. 16 at Palace Norton Street Cinemas. One theater has sold out and the second is selling fast amidst the hype of [...]

Australia’s Greek Film Festival Offers Gems

The 19th annual Greek Film Festival (GFF) launches its national run in Sydney on Oct. 16 with a program that will see more than 30 films screen at Palace Cinema Norton Street Leichhardt over almost three weeks. The Festival opens with the larger-than-life comedy Nisos 2 (The Island 2: The Hunt for the Lost Treasure), [...]

Greek Film Festival Features Tsiolkas’ Dead Europe

This year’s Greek Film Festival in Australia will showcase more than 30 innovative productions from Greek or Greek-born directors from around the world. It will be held in Melbourne from Oct. 17-Nov. 4, in Sydney from Oct. 16-Nov. 4 and Adelaide and Brisbane from Nov. 1-4. Dead Europe, the adaptation of the award-winning novel by [...]