Link to original article. By GCT The San Francisco Greek Film Festival (SFGFF) has officially announced that its 2024 event will occur from March 16 to March 23. All program details will be announced soon and will be available on the SFGFF website: https://grfilm.com. The Festival will offer eight full days of in-person screenings at READ MORE …
Link to original article. By The National Herald SAN FRANCISCO, CA – The San Francisco Greek Film Festival (SFGFF) announced that their 2024 event will take place March 16-23. All programming is to be announced with details to be released on the SFGFF website: https://grfilm.com. The Festival will present a full eight days of in-person screenings READ MORE …
Link to the original article By DENNIS HARVEY Mother Nature rules the roost in three international Oscar submissions—and in experimental wonder 'Last Things' Work and its discontents take on a grimmer hue in Asimina Proedrou’s Behind the Haystacks, another Film Movement find that (like both titles above) was submitted by its primary country of origin to READ MORE …
Synopsis: On the day of their ailing and elderly father's birthday, the reunion of three siblings leads to an intense confrontation after which their lives can no longer remain the same. Year: 2022 Running Time: 1hr 15min Genre Drama Country of Origin: Greece Language: Greek (With English Subtitles) Director: Dimitris Katsimiris READ MORE …
Synopsis: A film about a family man who is struggling to save his house from the banks, turning his life into a reality show. A social drama with elements of black humor and suspense. Year: 2022 Running Time: 1hr 51min 20sec Genre Social, Black Comedy Country of Origin: Greece Language: Greek (With English Subtitles) READ MORE …
Synopsis: AA young shop owner with dreams for a prosperous life faces the financial crisis. He blames the decline of his business on street vendors and refugees. Soon, this is followed by moral collapse. He becomes cruel and hardhearted. Circumstances however soon push him to seek the support of food banks to survive. A READ MORE …
Synopsis: 87-year-old persecuted and declared guerrilla Giannis Lionakis, in a farewell trip to the place that defined his life, tells us about a 14-year long (1948-1962) incredible survival effort, which begins with the end of the Civil War in Crete. The backbone of the film is unpublished footage that was shot in 2007 as READ MORE …
Synopsis: As if they never existed. People on the move. Facing danger in unfamiliar and unwelcoming places. For 15 years, a photojournalist bears witness to the journey of migrants across the dark crossings of European borders. Futility, death, and exhaustion from a never-ending struggle as well as pushbacks represent a large part of Giorgos READ MORE …
Synopsis: George was born in Athens. When he was 4 years old, he saw a Karagiozis show for the first time in his life and it was unforgettable for him. When he was 5 years old, his parents, who are bank employees, moved from Greece to Switzerland due to work. When he was 10 READ MORE …
Synopsis: AThe film is inspired by the contemporary life of the indigenous Sami people inhabiting the European arctic region, widely known as Lapp. After twenty years of researching and photographing the European arctic and its indigenous inhabitants, the Greek award-winning film director Dimitra Zirou, begins to film an art documentary inspired by this distant READ MORE …
