The Astron Awards are the San Francisco Greek Film Festival’s audience choice awards, and each year one award is presented to the best feature film and one to the best short film, as selected by audience voting. Honorary Astron Awards are not given yearly, instead they are presented as the film festival organizing team feels READ MORE …
Link to original article. SAN FRANCISCO (October 17, 2019) — The Elios Charitable Foundation today announced plans for the upcoming biennial Hellenic Charity Ball, scheduled for Saturday, November 16 at San Francisco’s historic Westin St. Francis hotel on Union Square. This year’s formal dinner dance and awards show will honor four prominent Greek-Americans for their extraordinary READ MORE …
Written by Darden Livesay. Link to the original article. Iconoclastic, multi-awarded actress Olympia Dukakis will receive recognition for her lifelong achievements during the 16th annual San Francisco Greek Film Festival running October 20-26. Dukakis has earned the festival’s Honorary Astron Award — an audience choice award that recognizes individuals who have made a “significant lifelong artistic contribution” in READ MORE …
Synopsis: A self-proclaimed love poem to Greek culture and the dying sea sponge industry, EPIPHANY tells the story of Luka, a young woman trying with all her might to connect with her distant father in Tarpon Springs, Florida. Luka grows close to an older man as her family’s mysterious past begins to unfold. READ MORE …
Synopsis: A young man has to tell his girlfriend that he has been accepted for a one-way mission to Mars. Running Time: 12 minutes Director: Stelana Kliris Awards: Drama International Short Film Festival: World Premiere MONDAY, OCTOBER 21, 2019 Time: 7:00 pm Location: Delancey Street Screening Room 600 Embarcadero Street, San Francisco READ MORE …
Synopsis: Narrated by survivor Haim Konstantini, this is the dramatic story of the 275 Jews who evaded the Nazis on the Greek island of Zakynthos. A unique occurrence in the chronicles of World War II, seen through the eyes of a nine-year-old Jewish boy. Running Time: 39 minutes Director: Drey Kleanthous Awards: Rhode Island READ MORE …
Synopsis: This revealing and unfiltered documentary follows the life and career of Academy Award-winning actress, Olympia Dukakis. Starting on the day she turns 80 and continuing for three years, this film deals with the struggles and pains surrounding identity and the roles placed on us by society. Running Time: 1 Hour 43 minutes READ MORE …
Synopsis: Caught up in toxic masculinity, a sequin dress and a teenage crush, a teen skater, growing up in rural Texas, will have sex for the first time in the back of her dad’s truck. Running Time: 19 min 43 seconds Director: Artemis Anastasiadou Awards: SXSW: World Premiere; Grand Jury Award, Texas Shorts READ MORE …
“Life Will Smile” October 21 @ 7:00 pm $15 British film about the dramatic story of the 275 Jews who evaded the Nazis on the Greek island of Zakynthos. Narrated by survivor Haim Konstantini. Executive Producer Sid Ganis expected to attend. Plays with American feature film, “Epiphany.” Part of S.F. Greek Film Festival. Venue:Delancey Street READ MORE …
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