When: Oct. 3 to Oct. 10 Ticket info, lineup: https://grfilm.com/2020-virtual-film-festival/ Details: In its 17th year, this thoughtfully curated San Francisco staple unites the old and the new, the latter with an Oct. 4 drive-in screening in San Mateo of Jules Dassin’s entertaining 1964 crime caper “Topkapi” starring the incomparable Melina Mercouri. Also worth taking in: a READ MORE …
By Maya Thompson, The Daily Californian The San Francisco Greek Film Festival reigns as the first and longest-running film festival in the United States dedicated to promoting Greek film and empowering Greek and Cypriot filmmakers. The festival began as a fundraising event for the Modern Greek Studies Foundation, a nonprofit that supports the Center for READ MORE …
Melina Mercouri in a publicity shot for “Topkapi” (1964), a classic caper filmed in Mercouri’s native Greece by director Jules Dassin. The Greek Culture Ministry declared 2020 the Year of Melina Mercouri, in honor of what would have been the internationally known actress, singer, politician and one-woman tourist ambassador’s 100th birthday on Oct. READ MORE …
By Randy Myers Bay City News Foundation Link to original article on SFGATE.com To show their gratitude for years of support, San Francisco Greek Film Festival organizers are offering their 17th virtual lineup for free. The annual celebration kicked off Saturday when you could start streaming all features, documentaries and shorts. It ends Oct. 10. READ MORE …
San Francisco Greek Film Festival When: Oct. 3 to Oct. 10 Ticket info, lineup: https://grfilm.com/2020-virtual-film-festival/ Details: In its 17th year, this thoughtfully curated San Francisco staple unites the old and the new, the latter with an Oct. 4 drive-in screening in San Mateo of Jules Dassin's entertaining 1964 crime caper "Topkapi" starring the incomparable Melina READ MORE …
By Randy Myers, Bay City News To show their gratitude for years of support, San Francisco Greek Film Festival organizers are offering their 17th virtual lineup for free. The annual celebration kicked off Saturday when you could start streaming all features, documentaries and shorts. It ends Oct. 10. Should you be interested in venturing out READ MORE …
written by Gregory Pappas The 17th annual San Francisco Greek Film Festival is coming direct to your home with all films screening free October 3-10, 2020. For the first time in its history, the organizers of the San Francisco Greek Film Festival are bringing all of their films in their line up free of charge. “During READ MORE …
At the beginning of pandemic, I assumed none of my usual work would exist until the emergency ended, but we’re all resilient, including arts producers, and as events continue in the virtual world, I’m grateful to work with clients to help them promote their work. 2020 San Francisco Greek Film Festival The 2020 San Francisco READ MORE …
Από τις 3 μέχρι και τις 10 Οκτωβρίου, το ελληνικό φεστιβάλ κινηματογράφου του Σαν Φρανσίσκο μεταφέρεται online προσφέροντας δωρεάν ελληνικό σινεμά στους αφοσιωμένους θεατές του. «Μέσα σε αυτή τη δύσκολη στιγμή, η ομάδα μας ένιωσε ότι ήταν σημαντικό να συνεχίσουμε να γιορτάζουμε τις ελληνικές και κυπριακές ταινίες που γυρίστηκαν φέτος. Μπορεί να μην μπορούμε να READ MORE …
When Tomatoes Met Wagner Can listening to Wagner improve the quality of life — not to mention taste — of tomatoes? One dedicated Greek family in a town of 33 inhabitants will try that — and anything else — to keep a tradition alive in this quaint charmer that evolves into a meditation on being READ MORE …
