Synopsis: HOLY BOOM is a drama with multiple storylines, taking place in a multicultural area of Athens during Orthodox Easter. The lives of four strangers who live in the same neighborhood change dramatically when on Palm Sunday, Filipino teenager Ige blows up the neighborhood’s mailbox just for fun. Documents of vital importance to all READ MORE …
Synopsis: On the day of his wife’s birthday, introverted Lambros welcomes relatives and friends to their countryside home for a festive meal. When his brother tells a story from their childhood years, shaming him in front of the attendees, the underlying tensions emerge leading to an outbreak of violence. Running Time: 17 minutes, 15 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 …
Synopsis: This little fly experiences each moment as if it was his last one. Following the adventures of his life, he learns how to fly, follow his instincts, find food, find love, and to collect valuable experiences, until he meets a human being for the first and the last time. You see, human arrogance READ MORE …
The recipient of the second annual Spyros P. Skouras Lifetime Achievement Award is Kary Antholis, which will be awarded on Closing Night, Saturday, October 26, in a presentation at Dolby Cinema at 1275 Market, immediately following a reception in his honor. Kary Antholis is Founding Publisher and CEO of Crime Story Media LLC. In June READ MORE …
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 …
