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# San Francisco Greek Film Festival

Dedicated to recognizing, supporting, and promoting the best film work by Greek and Cypriot filmmakers from around the world.

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- [7 Summits](https://grfilm.com/7-summits/) - Synopsis: Two Greek mountaineers, Vanessa Archontidou and Christina Flambouri, are attempting to conquer the 7 Summits, i.e. the highest peak on each continent. Kilimanjaro – Africa, Aconcagua – South America, Elbrus – Europe, McKinley – North America, Vinson – Antarctica and Everest – Asia. Through this effort, they will try to become the first Greek
- [Our Wildest Days](https://grfilm.com/our-wildest-days/) - Synopsis: 20-year-old Chloe leaves her dysfunctional family to follow a group of romantic outsiders and help the forgotten of society. During her travel through a shattered Greece, she will dream, fly, and fall in love but also she’ll realize that the true rebels are always alone. Running Time: 104 minutesLanguage: GreekDirector: Vasilis Kekatos WEDNESDAY, MARCH
- [Broken Vein](https://grfilm.com/broken-vein/) - Visiting Guest: Actress Anastasia Chatziathanasiou. Synopsis: Thomas Alexopoulos is a businessman drowning in debt, watching the walls close in around him. Cornered by a threatening loan shark and with only a few days left to save his home, he sets a seemingly flawless plan in motion. Running Time: 2 hours 7 minutes Language: Greek Director:
- [Dust To Dust](https://grfilm.com/dust-to-dust/) - Synopsis: Kosmas, a cemetery worker, has set up a lucrative “grief business” with Father Argyris. The money flows freely until Kosmas’s greed leads him face-to-face with his own Nemesis. Running Time: 26 minutes Language: Greek Director: Dimitris Papathanasis SATURDAY, MARCH 21, 2026 Time: 6:00 pm (Doors open at 5:30 pm) Location: Delancey Screening Room 600
- [Fuit](https://grfilm.com/fuit/) - Synopsis: Forty-year-old Spyros lives in the countryside with his elderly mother, running an old refreshment stand together. His dream is to play for the local football team. When the team finally calls him up, a clash with his mother becomes inevitable. Running Time: 26 minutes Language: Greek Director: Alexandros Chantzis FRIDAY, MARCH 20, 2026 Time:
- [Gekas](https://grfilm.com/gekas/) - Synopsis: Vasilis lives with his father in a village in rural Greece. When he turns 12, his father buys him a gun and a young hunting dog, Max, and sets out to train him to become a hunter. Running Time: 25 minutes Language: Greek Director: Dimitris Moutsiakas THURSDAY, MARCH 19, 2026 Time: 7:00 pm (Doors
- [BEARCAVE](https://grfilm.com/bearcave/) - Visiting Guest: Music composer John Tournas. Synopsis: Set in the Greek mountain village of Tirna, BEARCAVE follows Argyro, a badass farmer, and her best friend Anneta, the village “it” girl and local manicurist. Once Anneta admits that she’s pregnant and planning to leave town with her lame cop boyfriend, Argyro challenges Anneta to embark on
- [Fouetté](https://grfilm.com/fouette/) - Synopsis: Christina, a ballet dancer who struggles to earn her mother’s approval, is trying to succeed in an audition for which her mother is preparing her. Running Time: 15 minutes Language: Greek Director: Dimitris Zouras WEDNESDAY, MARCH 18, 2026 Time: 7:00 pm (Doors open at 6:30 pm) Location: Delancey Screening Room 600 Embarcadero Street, San
- [La Première Image – I Proti Eikona](https://grfilm.com/la-premiere-image-i-proti-eikona/) - Synopsis: Athens, April of 1967. During the first days of the military dictatorship, little Loukas is suffocating in his family’s apartment, which he is not allowed to leave. He then invents a new game that connects him to the outside world: answering the telephone. But the house’s phone line gets mixed up with that of
- [Unfair Routes](https://grfilm.com/unfair-routes/) - Synopsis: A taxi driver recounts stories from his passengers, each ride becoming a kind of therapy session. Through their experiences, the film sheds light on issues like toxic relationships, bullying, and the search for meaning. Running Time: 25 minutes Language: Greek Director: Giorgos Logothetis TUESDAY, MARCH 17, 2026 Time: 7:00 pm (Doors open at 6:30
- [Smaragda – I Got Thick Skin and I Can't Jump](https://grfilm.com/i-got-thick-skin/) - Synopsis: The film follows Smaragda, a middle-aged woman on a journey of self-discovery. After countless failed relationships and a stagnant career, she decided to jump into social media for some notion of visibility, which she definitely sucks at. Running Time: 1 hour 39minutes Language: Greek Director: Emilios Avraam TUESDAY, MARCH 17, 2026 Time: 7:00 pm
- [Mavro Vouno (Black Mountain)](https://grfilm.com/mavro-vouno/) - Synopsis: Within the concrete silence of Athens, a child is lost in the shadow of its own mother. When the light fades, a grandmother’s love becomes the only way out. Running Time: 20 minutes Language: Greek Director: Nikos Kakonas MONDAY, MARCH 16, 2026 Time: 7:00 pm (Doors open at 6:30 pm) Location: Delancey Screening Room
- [The Great Massacre of Alimos](https://grfilm.com/great-massacre-alimos/) - Synopsis: The movie follows an LGBTQI+ film crew making a documentary about an explosion that killed 70 senior citizens at an elderly home. One of the three main suspects carried out a suicide mission, taking everyone else with them. But which one? Running Time: 1 hour 48 minutes Language: Greek Director: Athan Tom Sklavos MONDAY,
- [Prelude to a Supernova](https://grfilm.com/prelude-supernova/) - Synopsis: 10-year-old Persephone has a school project due tomorrow — but first, she must find her mother, who’s been missing for days. Running Time: 27 minutes Language: Greek Director: Christos Artemiou SUNDAY, MARCH 15, 2026 Time: 7:00 pm (Doors open at 6:30 pm) Location: Delancey Screening Room 600 Embarcadero Street, San Francisco, CA In-Person Tickets
- [Don't Laugh, They'll See You](https://grfilm.com/dont-laugh-theyll-see-you/) - Synopsis: Maria, who lives on an island, discovers she is pregnant when she visits her religious sister in Athens for their mother’s memorial service. The unexpected pregnancy at forty and an unexpected encounter make her realize that only by coming to terms with her choices can she “laugh, no matter what the world says.” Running
- [NIKH (or The Impossible Hope of Trying)](https://grfilm.com/nikh/) - Synopsis: On the eve of the biggest show of her career, a young pop singer struggles with her sense of control over her art and her mind. But fate has other plans for her. Running Time: 15 minutes Language: Greek Director: Savvas Stavrou SATURDAY, MARCH 14, 2026 Time: 6:00 pm (Doors open at 5:30 pm)
- [Rooster – Κόκορας](https://grfilm.com/rooster/) - Visiting Guests: Director Tassos Gerakinis and original music composer Yiannis Plastiras. Synopsis: A conceited janitor of the Municipality of Athens, decides to provide his 6 year old son with the education for the elite and enrolls him in the first grade of a private school. With each step he takes towards the “Greek dream” he
- [Life In a Beat](https://grfilm.com/life-in-a-beat/) - Visiting Guests: director Amerissa Basta and writer Dimitris Nakos. Synopsis: Lena is a 20 year old woman who lives in Athens, works at a local supermarket and lives with her family. What if keeping her baby is the only way to keep her job? Running Time: 1 hour 32 minutes Language: Greek Director: Amerissa Basta
- [White  Mountains](https://grfilm.com/white-mountains/) - Synopsis: The filmmaker, Alexandros Papathanasiou, travels to Crete to meet Lefteris Eliakis, a guerrilla fighter during the Greek Civil War and a political prisoner for two decades. This insightful portrait conjures the ghosts of the Greek Civil War – the maverick people, revolutionary politics, and breathtaking events that have shaped today’s Greece. Running Time: 1
- [A Clown Girl](https://grfilm.com/a-clown-girl/) - Synopsis: Clowning, comedy and dance became her tools for survival. They provided her with a safe space for self-expression and the strength to confront and acknowledge the abuse she endured as a child. Moving to Los Angeles ignited a journey of self-discovery, empowering her to reclaim her lost inner strength and create her own version
- [Change Makers](https://grfilm.com/change-makers/) - Synopsis: Lefteris Arapakis was born to be a 6th generation fisherman in Greece. Instead, he started the country’s first-ever fishing school, training fishermen to remove plastic garbage from local waters and convincing this ancient profession – including his own family – of the need to protect the Mediterranean Sea and beyond. Lefteris is the first
- [Emery Marble and Vine](https://grfilm.com/emery-marble-and-vine/) - Synopsis: On the island of Naxos, a winemaker, a beekeeper, a musician, and a local who is reviving a historic neighborhood offer a quiet resistance to overtourism through their work and way of life. Running Time: 21 minutes Genre: Documentary Language: Greek Director: Orestis Rouskas Purchase All Online Films Purchase All
- [Guardians of Hellenism: The Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople](https://grfilm.com/guardians-of-hellenism-the-ecumenical-patriarchate-of-constantinople/) - Synopsis: The film focuses on the relationship between Christianity and Hellenism through the contributions of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople and individual Patriarchs to the Greek language, education, and philosophy. It shows that, despite common misconceptions, Christianity was a major contributor to the survival of Ancient Greek culture, as intellectuals and institutions – many of
- [Make Love Not Porn](https://grfilm.com/make-love-not-porn/) - Synopsis: Against the stereotypes of the “ideal” woman and the symbols of Pornography, the women in the works of Greek comic artist Stavros Kioutsioukis preserve their personality: they are the girls next door who try and get their rights in Happiness and Love. Running Time: 7 minutes Genre: Documentary Language: Greek Director: Peter Looles Purchase
- [San Francisco – The Jewel of California](https://grfilm.com/san-francisco-the-jewel-of-california/) - Synopsis: This short film showcases the beauty of San Francisco, and provides a calling card for the filmmaker to the U.S. Film Industry. Running Time: 3 minutes Genre: Documentary Language: English Director: Paschalis Doumanis Purchase All Online Films Purchase All
- [The Last Nomad](https://grfilm.com/the-last-nomad/) - Synopsis: Greek Sarakatsani community members, a former group of nomadic animal breeders, share personal experiences and discuss the concept of identity in today’s world. A tribute to collective memory through an experiential journey that sets out from the past, progresses into the present, and contemplates the future. Running Time: 20 minutes Genre: Documentary Language: Greek
- [Tonnage](https://grfilm.com/tonnage/) - Synopsis: A documentary on the vernacular and seemingly trivial encounters with the daily lives activities of Eleusis’ dockworkers. With a direct reference to the exact meaning of Tonnage, a word describing the weight in tons, especially of cargo or freight, the film traces the vexed semantics and archives, of such a weight historically and symbolically.
- [Valentinos](https://grfilm.com/valentinos/) - Synopsis: Valentinos is a 90 year old ceramics artist, living in Limassol, Cyprus. Having studied under the big British name in ceramics Bernard Leach and lived in Baghdad for 30 years teaching ceramics at the university, Valentinos is a vessel of knowledge and experience. Still working to sustain himself at 90, he struggles with the
- [Karibu](https://grfilm.com/karibu/) - Synopsis: Long-distance runner Giorgos Stamoulis greets us with “Karibu”—meaning “Welcome” in Swahili, the language of Kenya! The documentary “KARIBU: Giorgos Stamoulis” follows him to Iten, Kenya, where he trains alongside some of the world’s top athletes. The film invites us into the dream of an athlete striving for distinction, while also unveiling Kenyan culture and
- [Lo](https://grfilm.com/lo/) - Synopsis: After the directors’ mother’s death, he returns to his empty childhood apartment to handle a troubled inheritance. As he navigates its spaces, fragments of memories resurface, entwining the past with the Greek Junta’s collective trauma. Running Time: 1 hour 10 minutes Genre: Documentary Language: French, Greek Director: Thanassis Vassiliou Purchase All Online Films Purchase
- [True to our Inner Daemon](https://grfilm.com/true-to-our-inner-daemon/) - Synopsis: Somewhere between realism and magic, ordinary people long for the miracle. They instinctively dive into acts of redemption and pursue a moment of freedom so addictive, that they want to experience it again and again. It is this moment of ecstasy that they cease thinking and simply live! An ecstatic experience of Greek paganism,
- [Theriso](https://grfilm.com/theriso/) - Synopsis: The documentary takes us on a journey to the historic village of Theriso in Crete, where the natural landscape, legends and traditions are deeply intertwined with the lives of its inhabitants. From the struggles for freedom to the memories and daily customs of the villagers, the village emerges as a living symbol of collective
- [3 Friends](https://grfilm.com/3-friends/) - Synopsis: 3 Friends—an American teacher in Greece studying at Aristotle University and two of his Greek friends seek to understand how Greece’s youth perceives their nation amidst its economic recovery. Their journey finds direction when a shop owner tells the unlikely triad that Greece’s heartbeat is found within family, specifically family business. Running Time: 1
- [SFGFF: Έναρξη με αθάνατες Ελληνίδες μανάδες](https://grfilm.com/sfgff-έναρξη-με-αθάνατες-ελληνίδες-μανάδε/) - Link to Original Article Χθες έγινε η επίσημη έναρξη του Ελληνικού Κινηματογραφικού Φεστιβάλ του Σαν Φρανσίσκο, στο ίδρυμα Delancy που κατά παράδοση φιλοξενεί αν όχι όλες, σίγουρα τις περισσότερες προβολές του. Ταινία έναρξης ήταν το «Greek Mothers Never Die», μια κωμωδία από τη φιλοξενούμενη του Φεστιβάλ Rachel Suissa. Η ταινία χρησιμοποιώντας όλα τα στοιχεία που δημιούργησαν το αρχέτυπο της
- [Το Ελληνικό Κινηματογραφικό Φεστιβάλ του Σαν Φρανσίσκο αποχαιρετά τον Μανούσο Μανουσάκη](https://grfilm.com/το-ελληνικό-κινηματογραφικό-φεστιβά/)
- [Screen Grabs: Let’s run away to Greece](https://grfilm.com/screen-grabs-lets-run-away-to-greece/) - The bulk of this year’s main Greek Fest selections are more serious in tenor. Yorgos Zois’ Arcadia (Sun/16) is a somber drama about a couple called to a remote region to identify a body, only to find themselves caught in a larger sort of metaphysical limbo between the living and the dead. Jason Raftopoulos’ Voices
- [«Αβελ»: H μικρού μήκους του Κωνσταντίνου Καραμαγκιώλη συνεχίζει την πορεία της στο Φεστιβάλ Ελληνικού Κινηματογράφου του Σαν Φρανσίσκο](https://grfilm.com/αβελ-h-μικρού-μήκους-του-κωνσταντίνο/) - Link to the original Article Μετά τις προβολές στον Δαναό και το Φεστιβάλ Χανίων, η ταινία του Κωνσταντίνου Καραμαγκιώλη ταξιδεύει και στο Φεστιβάλ Ελληνικού Κινηματογράφου του Σαν Φρανσίσκο. 11 marFlix Team Λίγο καιρό πριν γνωρίσαμε το «Αβελ», τη μικρού μήκους ταινία του Κωνσταντίνου Καραμαγκιώλη μέσα από τις προβολές του στον Κινηματογράφο Δαναό, καθώς και
- [Golden Fingers](https://grfilm.com/golden-fingers/) - Synopsis: In 1960s rural Greece, a 6-year-old gypsy boy battles school bullies, an abusive father, and a deeply racist society. As an outcast from a destitute family, his dream of becoming a musician seems impossible. Yet, this young boy will stop at nothing to overcome the obstacles and fulfill his dream of becoming one of
- [4Caves – 4Seasons: Journey into the Veins of the Earth](https://grfilm.com/4caves-4seasons-journey-into-the-veins-of-the-earth/) - Synopsis: This documentary explores the hidden underwater caves of the Peloponnese in Greece, showcasing the intricate and collaborative efforts of the Top2Bottom Diving Team. It highlights the poetic nature of cave diving, revealing the beauty and discovery that lie beneath the surface while addressing the emotional connections to the geological riches of the country. Running
- [Whispers](https://grfilm.com/whispers/) - Synopsis: Whispers fill the silence around her, each one a subtle accusation, a reminder of guilt and blame. As a grieving mother struggles to navigate the weight of loss, the whispers grow louder. Will they ever let her find peace? Running Time: 21 minutes 20 seconds Genre: Drama Country of Origin: Greece Language: Greek with
- [Greek Mothers Never Die](https://grfilm.com/greek-mothers-never-die/) - Synopsis: A comic fantasy inspired by the true story of a daughter and mother; and the mother’s maddening affections. Lonely and approaching 36, Ella yearns to escape her overbearing Greek mother and her unsuccessful life. However, everything changes when her mother unexpectedly passes away, only to return as a neurotic ghost. Ella now feels haunted
- [Abel](https://grfilm.com/abel/) - Synopsis: A priest, who lives in the countryside with his family, is about to receive an unexpected call from a woman that is going to upset him. This leads to a journey to the capital city, a Holy Communion, and one last football match. Running Time: 16 minutes Genre: Drama Country of Origin: Greece Language:
- [Wishbone](https://grfilm.com/wishbone/) - Synopsis: Kostas has recently become a security guard in a public hospital. After the sudden death of his older brother, he is forced to take care of his little niece Niki and find the money to save their family house. Just when he’s lost all hope, a hospital porter offers an aiding hand, but the
- [The Tooth and Rock](https://grfilm.com/the-tooth-and-rock/) - Synopsis: Margarita and her father return to Pylos, where they confront the rapid tourist transformation of the place. Margarita becomes the catalyst for her father’s old friends to reconnect and reclaim their spot in the shade of the plane tree, which has been taken over by tourists. Running Time: 19 minutes 19 seconds Genre: Drama,
- [Meat](https://grfilm.com/meat/) - Synopsis: Roots of an ancient Greek tragedy blossom when a patriarch confronts a fateful decision involving his son and the boy he raised after a long-standing feud escalates to murder. Running Time: 1 hour 44 minutes Genre: Drama Country of Origin: Greece Language: Greek with English Subtitles Director: Dimitris Nakos Awards: FRIDAY, MARCH 21, 2025
- [Guest Star](https://grfilm.com/guest-star/) - Synopsis: Loukianos, the only son of two famous actors, suffers from agoraphobia and lives alone in his tiny apartment, cut off from the world. One day, he receives an unexpected offer from a major TV network to host their successful show. Living in the shadow of his deceased famous parents, Loukianos accepts the offer, but
- [Ms. Nitsa](https://grfilm.com/ms-nitsa/) - Synopsis: Nitsa, a woman who has given up on life, is trying to come to terms with the loss of her mother after years of living in her shadow. In order to camouflage the embarrassment of loneliness, she invents a fake reality that grants her masochistic pleasure. Doesn’t it? Running Time: 17 minutes 3 seconds
- [Riviera](https://grfilm.com/riviera/) - Synopsis: A dying palm tree, a doomed romance, and a mother who wants to move on. This will be Alkistis’ last summer on the Athenian Riviera. Running Time: 1 hour 23 minutes Genre: Drama Country of Origin: Greece Language: Greek with English Subtitles Director: Orfeas Peretzis WEDNESDAY, MARCH 19, 2025 Time: 7:00 pm (Doors open
- [Numb](https://grfilm.com/numb/) - Synopsis: Maria is caught between childhood and adolescence. After the sudden death of her classmate, she is once again confronted with loss. As she attempts to cope with this absence, Maria tries to find her own way to say goodbye to her loved one. Running Time: 20 minutes Genre: Coming-of-age, Drama Country of Origin: Greece
- [Animal](https://grfilm.com/animal/) - Synopsis: Under the hot Greek sun, performers at an all-inclusive island resort prepare for the busy tourist season. Kalia is the group leader. Paper decorations, glossy costumes, and dance shows fill the stage. As summer intensifies and the work pressure builds up, their nights become violent, and Kalia’s struggle is revealed in the darkness. But
- [11:01](https://grfilm.com/1101-2/) - Synopsis: A former dancer returns to her hometown, encountering an unexpected heartwarming connection with a girl who has Down syndrome. Running Time: 28 minutes 37 seconds Genre: Drama Country of Origin: Greece Language: Greek with English Subtitles Director: Jimi Drosinos Awards: World Premiere, Indy Shorts Film Festival, July 23, 2024 Official Selection, Iris Prize LGBTQ+
- [Voices in Deep](https://grfilm.com/voices-in-deep/) - Synopsis: In the aftermath of a refugee crisis, a man hustles to provide shelter for his vulnerable younger brother. Meanwhile, a volunteer suffering post-traumatic stress sells illegally poached shellfish when her black market buyer goes missing. Running Time: 1 hour 34 minutes Genre: Drama Country of Origin: Greece Language: Greek with English Subtitles Director: Jason
- [The Chaos She Left Behind](https://grfilm.com/the-chaos-she-left-behind/) - Synopsis: Anna feels like her life is slipping through her hands. A ticket to a music school in Paris might be her last chance to pursue her dream, but her self-destructive alcoholic father stands in her way. Running Time: 33 minutes 40 seconds Genre: Drama Country of Origin: Greece Language: Greek with English Subtitles Director:
- [Arcadia](https://grfilm.com/arcadia/) - Synopsis: Neurologist Katerina and former doctor Yannis are heading off to a deserted seaside resort. Silence descends on the car as they travel across dunes in a windy autumn, matching the less-than-pleasant occasion: Yannis has been called to identify the victim of a tragic accident at the hospital of the small town. When the local
- [The Cardinal](https://grfilm.com/the-cardinal/) - Synopsis: In the bustling city of Athens, Muhammad struggles to make ends meet as a lowly kitchen helper. Desperate to escape his dreary reality, he makes a bold decision to become a ladies’ escort. However, when a wealthy middle-aged woman invites him to her lavish home, Muhammad is forced to confront his own personal truths
- [Unforgettable Homeland, Asia Minor](https://grfilm.com/unforgettable-homeland-asia-minor/) - Synopsis: Vasiliki Ralli narrates the tragic story of her family …in September 1922 she was forced to leave her homeland, Moschonisi in Asia Minor, and after going through the grief of loss and the mourning of the Catastrophe, she devoted herself with creative impetus to the building of a new life on the opposite shore.
- [Bimsa](https://grfilm.com/bimsa/) - Synopsis: The documentary explores the village of Kalarrites, a mountainous place in the peaks of Pindos, known for its rich history and architectural beauty. It tells the story of the few remaining residents who hold fast to their traditions and practices, sharing their journey through the village’s past, from its prosperity during the Ottoman Empire
- [Yani Spanos: A Life Behind the Marquee](https://grfilm.com/yani-spanos-a-life-behind-the-marquee/) - Synopsis: A discovery of the incredible musical journey of the great Greek composer Yani Spanos, setting off from small-town Kiato to major collaborations in Paris, and ultimately his huge success in Greece. With rare documents and interviews, and through the eyes of a devoted fan, we explore why Spanos chose to stay behind the scenes,
- [Tack](https://grfilm.com/tack/) - Synopsis: The documentary follows two elite athletes, Sofia and Amalia, whose lives intersect as they seek justice. Sofia, a two-time Olympic medalist, shares her own harrowing experience of sexual assault and becomes a catalyst for the #MeToo movement in Greece. The film chronicles their legal battle against Amalia’s former coach, exploring the complexities of trauma
- [A Couple of Years](https://grfilm.com/a-couple-of-years/) - Synopsis: In 1960, a treaty was signed between Greece and Germany that led almost 600,000 Greeks to immigrate and work in the factories and mines of Germany. The documentary follows descendants of this migration stream—Teo, Aglaia, and Vasso—as they navigate their daily lives and the effects of this massive population movement on their present and
- [Pave Paradise](https://grfilm.com/pave-paradise/) - Synopsis: Athens, Greece. The city council announces the reconstruction of a rundown district, hosting the oldest square of the capital. Within months, tensions between inhabitants and authorities erupt, leading to violent incidents in the area. Filmed on a vlog camera, the director follows three residents, as they walk through the area’s stream of consciousness, threatened
- [Vandals](https://grfilm.com/vandals/) - Synopsis: A documentary about vandalism in Greece. Running Time: 20 minutes Genre: Documentary Country of Origin: Greece Language: Greek with English Subtitles Director: George Angeludis Awards: Official Selection, 22nd San Francisco Greek Film Festival Purchase All Online Films Purchase This Online FilmDonate View the Trailer2025 Online Films Yani Spanos: A Life Behind the Marquee Wishbone
- [The Keeper of the Salt Pit](https://grfilm.com/the-keeper-of-the-salt-pit/) - Synopsis: Evangelos (Vangelis), a middle-aged man, tries to change his life by protecting salt as his predecessor did. He restores the old house of his predecessor, a guardian of the Salt Pit, and turns it into a place of culture and community. Running Time: 51 minutes Genre: Documentary Country of Origin: Greece Language: Greek with
- [Loxy](https://grfilm.com/loxy/) - Synopsis: Loxandra, a young woman with Down syndrome, becomes the first disabled person to sign an acting contract with the National Theater of Greece. She leaves her city and familiar everyday life to join a group of professional actors. Over the next six months, Loxy navigates rehearsals, makes friends, falls in love, and faces frustrations,
- [EVROS - A Blurred Landscape](https://grfilm.com/evros-a-blurred-landscape/) - Synopsis: Through the investigation of the murder of three Afghan women in Evros, the film explores the changes in land use, the militarization of the space, the river, and the economy in relation to the refugee crisis. It features testimonies from people who live and work in the area, intertwining their stories with the transformation
- [Coming Soon](https://grfilm.com/coming-soon/) - Synopsis: The short film captures moments from the last days of the historic Ideal cinema, which was located for 102 years at Panepistimiou Ave., number 46, in the center of Athens. It is dedicated to all the cinemas that, for one reason or another, are destined to go to heaven. Running Time: 16 minutes Genre:
- [Anthea Sylbert: My Life in 3 Acts](https://grfilm.com/anthea-sylbert-my-life-in-3-acts/) - Synopsis: The documentary chronicles the remarkable life of Anthea Sylbert, a two-time Oscar-nominated costume designer known for her work on iconic films such as Rosemary’s Baby and Chinatown. It explores her journey from her early years to her significant contributions in Hollywood, highlighting her transition from the creative side of filmmaking to a powerful executive
- [A Celebration of Greek Cinema at the San Francisco Film Festival](https://grfilm.com/a-celebration-of-greek-cinema-at-the-san-francisco-film-festival/) - Link to original article.
- [Ο Ζαχαρίας Μαυροειδής μιλάει για το «Καλοκαίρι της Κάρμεν» από το SFGFF](https://grfilm.com/ο-ζαχαρίας-μαυροειδής-μιλάει-για-το-κ/) - Link to original article. ΣύνταξηΑλέξανδρος Ρωμανός Λιζάρδος «Το Καλοκαίρι της Κάρμεν» μας δείχνει την καλοκαιρινή πλευρά της Αθήνας μέσω εκπροσώπων της LGBTQ κοινότητας που παλεύουν με τα όνειρα, τις φιλοδοξίες, τη συγχώρεση και τα ανώτερα συναισθήματα «Είναι μία ιστορία για τη φιλία, για τη δημιουργία, για την αυτογνωσία. Υπό αυτήν την έννοια, η ταινία ξεφεύγει
- [Ελληνικό Φεστιβάλ Κινηματογράφου στο Σαν Φρανσίσκο: Συνεχίζονται οι πρεμιέρες ταινιών μικρού και μεγάλου μήκους](https://grfilm.com/ελληνικό-φεστιβάλ-κινηματογράφου-στ/) - Link to original article. ΣύνταξηΣυντακτική ομάδα ertnews.gr Με πρεμιέρες ελληνικών ταινιών μικρού και μεγάλου μήκους, αρκετές μάλιστα είναι συμπαραγωγές της ΕΡΤ, συνεχίζεται το εικοστό πρώτο Φεστιβάλ Ελληνικού Κινηματογράφου του Σαν Φρανσίσκο, του παλαιότερου θεσμού προβολής ελληνικών ταινιών στον κόσμο, που προβάλλονται με αγγλικούς υπότιτλους. Aποστολή: Αλέξανδρος Ρ. Λιζάρδος
- [2024 San Francisco Greek Film Festival Wrap Report](https://grfilm.com/2024-san-francisco-greek-film-festival-wrap-report/) - Link to original article.
- [2024 San Francisco Greek Film Festival to be Held March 16-23](https://grfilm.com/2024-san-francisco-greek-film-festival-to-be-held-march-16-23/) - Link to original article.
- [The 21st San Francisco Greek Film Festival Lineup Announced](https://grfilm.com/the-21st-san-francisco-greek-film-festival-lineup-announced/) - Link to original article. This year’s San Francisco Greek Film Festival (SFGFF) will take place March 16-23. The 21st edition of the Festival presents eight days of in-person screenings at Delancey Screening Room in San Francisco and a program of online screenings to allow for viewing at home within a certain geographic region. A total
- [The 21st San Francisco Greek Film Festival to Be Held March 16-23](https://grfilm.com/the-21st-san-francisco-greek-film-festival-to-be-held-march-16-23-2/) - 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
- [The 21st San Francisco Greek Film Festival Wraps, Astron Awards Announced](https://grfilm.com/the-21st-san-francisco-greek-film-festival-wraps-astron-awards-announced/) - Link to original article. By The National Herald SAN FRANCISCO, CA – The 21st Annual San Francisco Greek Film Festival (SFGFF) wrapped on March 23 after in person screenings and a popular virtual program. A total of 40 films were screened- eight narrative features, 13 documentaries, and 19 shorts – all by Greek and Cypriot
- [The 21st San Francisco Greek Film Festival March 16-23, Lineup Announced](https://grfilm.com/the-21st-san-francisco-greek-film-festival-march-16-23-lineup-announced/) - Link to original article. SAN FRANCISCO, CA – This year’s San Francisco Greek Film Festival (SFGFF) will take place March 16-23. The 21st edition of the Festival presents eight days of in-person screenings at Delancey Screening Room in San Francisco, and a program of online screenings to allow for viewing at home, within a certain
- [San Francisco Greek Film Festival brings 41 movies to the Delancey](https://grfilm.com/san-francisco-greek-film-festival-brings-41-movies-to-the-delancey/) - Link to original article. Our Gleidson Martins talks to Zacharias Mavroeidis, director of The Summer with Carmen. The movie features two best friends, Demosthenes and Nikitas. The stories of breakups, sex life and friendship help them to turn their summer into a screenplay for Nikitas feature debut.
- [The 21st San Francisco Greek Film Festival to Be Held March 16-23](https://grfilm.com/the-21st-san-francisco-greek-film-festival-to-be-held-march-16-23/) - 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
- [21st SF Greek Film Festival](https://grfilm.com/21st-sf-greek-film-festival/) - Link to the original article. By Janice Lee 21st SAN FRANCISCO GREEK FILM FESTIVAL DELANCEY SCREENING ROOM 600 THE EMBARCADERO / SF MARCH 16 - 23, 2024 GUEST: MARIA NICOLACAKIS / CO-DIRECTOR EXPLORE THE FILMS AND PURCHASE TICKETS HERE
- [Screen Grabs: Behind the Haystacks, Under the Fig Trees, and Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell](https://grfilm.com/screen-grabs-behind-the-haystacks-under-the-fig-trees-and-inside-the-yellow-cocoon-shell/) - 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
- [Screen Grabs: It’s all Greek (Film Fest) to us this weekend](https://grfilm.com/screen-grabs-its-all-greek-film-fest-to-us-this-weekend/) - Link to Original Article Mythical monsters, immigration drama, gay romps (and history) are highlights. Plus: Animal Kingdom, The Sweet East, more movies ByDENNIS HARVEY It’ll be Greek to you, too, as this weekend welcomes the 21st edition of the San Francisco Greek Film Festival, which runs March 16-23 at Delancey Street Screening Room—with an online program
- [Pass the Remote: SF Greek film fest](https://grfilm.com/pass-the-remote-sf-greek-film-fest/) - Link to Original Article The San Francisco Greek Film Festival’s exceptional program includes 41 films: eight narrative, nine documentaries and 24 shorts. It runs March 16-23 at the Delancey Street Screening Room, 600 The Embarcadero; some selections will stream as well. Tickets cost $15, except $50 for opening and closing nights, which include receptions. For
- [Border issues are subject of S.F. Greek Film Festival opener](https://grfilm.com/border-issues-are-subject-of-s-f-greek-film-festival-opener/) - Link to the Original Article SF Chronicle “Datebook Pick” by Allen Johnson Just as in the United States, illegal immigration is a huge wedge issue in Europe too. In the acclaimed film “Behind the Haystacks,” a fisherman faced with mounting debt begins to smuggle refugees across a lake on Greece’s northern border, leading to unforeseen
- [Restor(y)ing](https://grfilm.com/restorying/) - Synopsis: There is public silence about the issue of Jewish properties in Greece. The documentary looks into why this cycle of silence needs to be broken, and how this could be done without turning the process into a people’s court. It also seeks the views of public opinion through a survey conducted in collaboration with
- [Amphilochios: Saint of Patmos](https://grfilm.com/amphilochios-saint-of-patmos/) - Synopsis: Amphilochios: Saint of Patmos explores the life and spiritual legacy of a beloved twentieth-century saint from the Greek island of Patmos. Filmed over the course of the first celebration of his April feast day in 2019, locals, and pilgrims to the island, share their stories of the saint. St. Amphilochios (1889-1970) was a tireless
- [TAXI](https://grfilm.com/taxi/) - Synopsis: Navigating the scenic roads of Cyprus, a taxi driver recounts gruesome details of her husband’s death to her captivated passengers, keeping them on the edge of their seats. But at the journey’s end, she faces the weight of reality she cannot elude. Running Time: 15 minutes Genre: Short Film, Black Comedy Country of Origin:
- [Diving in the Aegean History](https://grfilm.com/diving-in-the-aegean-history/) - Synopsis: The film follows the first systematic underwater archaeological survey around Kasos Island. Kasos has a remarkable maritime activity, from Homeric time to the previous century. Maritime archaeologist Xanthi Argyris, leads a team of archaeologists, scientists and technicians. They are diving in search of ancient wrecks. They are completing the fourth year of maritime archaeological
- [Axinos](https://grfilm.com/axinos/) - Synopsis: A little girl tries to protect her sand turtles from the danger that the summer has! Directed by 7-year-old Anna Maria Kakona, with the help of her mother Calliopi Villy Kotoula.. Running time: minutes Genre: Short Film, Family, Kids Country of Origin: Greece Language: Greek Directors: Anna Maria Kakona, Calliopi Villy Kotoula Purchase All
- [The Promotion](https://grfilm.com/the-promotion/) - Synopsis: 2012. Nikos lives in Athens. He is a film director and also teaches film direction at the University of Thessaloniki. Today he will ask his father, Mr. Andrikos, to accompany him to the swearing-in ceremony for his promotion to the higher rank at the University. A father-son train journey, with time running backwards. Running
- [Super](https://grfilm.com/super/) - Synopsis: On their way to the supermarket, Penny and James meet again for the first time. Running time: 20 minutes Genre: Romance, Comedy, Drama Country of Origin: Cyprus Language: Modern Greek Director: Nikolas Kouloglou Purchase All Online Films Purchase This Online Short Film Donate 2024 Online Films Super Milk-Rose Axinos The Rise of the Caryatids
- [Acceptance](https://grfilm.com/acceptance/) - Synopsis: “Αποδοχή – Acceptance” is a poignant documentary short film that tells the story of a man whose life is severely disrupted by a car crash and an unjust legal outcome. Unable to work or walk, hurt both physically and emotionally, he turns away from society, quits his day job and becomes an animal breeder,
- [The Thief](https://grfilm.com/the-thief/) - Synopsis: Two strangers meet in an apartment. The front door was left ajar. Anyone could enter. Neither of them wants to reveal their identity to the other so they engage in a role-playing game. Who is the righteous and who is the thief? Running Time: 12 minutes Genre: Short Film, Drama Country of Origin: Greece
- [Murderess / Fonissa](https://grfilm.com/murderess-fonissa/) - Synopsis: It is the early 20th century on a dystopian Greek island. Hadoula , a widow who lost her husband, loannis Fragkos, at a young age, is a woman who has learned how to survive in a male-dominated and extremely patriarchal society. Hadoula carries a difficult burden within her. Like a baton passed on to
- [Look at the Stars](https://grfilm.com/look-at-the-stars/) - Synopsis: In the twilight of his life, an elderly man revisits a bittersweet memory and reshapes it in the way he would have liked to have lived it. Running Time: 12 minutes Genre: Short Film, Drama Country of Origin: Greece Language: Greek Director: Aris Kouvaras Awards: North American Premiere: Queer Here Cinema Los Angeles Greek
- [A Piece of Liberty](https://grfilm.com/a-piece-of-liberty/) - Synopsis: The Statue of Liberty and Joker, two wandering street performers, end up in the same police cell. When the systemic brutality of the state and the police “breaks” Liberty, Joker will search for the pieces to rebuild her from scratch. Running Time: 10 minutes Genre: Short Film, Drama Country of Origin: Greece Language: (No
- [Iman](https://grfilm.com/iman/) - Synopsis: Abdallah, an Arab Muslim civil engineer married to Irene, a Greek Cypriot woman, has to come to terms with his own responsibility in the collapse of a building in an Arab refugee settlement, which causes the death of 7 people. Having been radicalized, Iman and Leila, two young Europeans of Arab origin, are sent
- [The Rental Around the Corner](https://grfilm.com/the-rental-around-the-corner/) - Synopsis: “The Rental Around the Corner” is a story of the last VHS rental Club of the chain Video Land. That was a small family business blooming in the 80’s. The last owner, Eleni Boneli, worked there for almost 34 years, since she was a 12 year old girl. This is the last day before
- [Nothing Holier Than a Dolphin](https://grfilm.com/nothing-holier-than-a-dolphin/) - Synopsis: The two fishermen find a dolphin accidentally caught in their nets. The dolphin, in turn, finds a fisherman drowning in the water and tries to save him. In this small Mediterranean village, an ancient myth unexpectedly comes to life. Running Time: 17 minutes Genre: Short Film, Social Drama, Environmental, Women Filmmakers Country of Origin:
- [Capetan Michalis](https://grfilm.com/capetan-michalis/) - Synopsis: Based on the book by Nikos Kazantzakis. The story takes place in Crete in 1889. The central hero is Captain Michalis, an uncompromising Cretan, whose sacred duty is the liberation of Crete. However, the moment he meets Emine, wife of his blood brother, Nouribeys, he is possessed by a demon. Temptation will not leave
- [The Armchair on the Pavement](https://grfilm.com/the-armchair-on-the-pavement/) - Synopsis: An old song from the radio, suddenly triggers memories of youth to an elderly ex-army General suffering from dementia, making him momentarily recall the evening of his engagement to his wife. After a telephone call from his old-time friend, a grocer, telling him that his favourite grape variety has finally arrived, a growing urge
- [The Summer with Carmen](https://grfilm.com/the-summer-with-carmen/) - Synopsis: While enjoying a day at Athens’ queer beach, 30-something Demosthenes offers to help his bestie and aspiring filmmaker Nikitas in drafting an idea for his feature debut, inspired by the events surrounding a certain dog named Carmen. Two summers ago, Demosthenes was stuck in Athens dealing with health issues of his father. This serves
- [Womb](https://grfilm.com/womb/) - Synopsis: A middle-aged man (Antonis Tsiotsiopoulos), on a break from a normal day, is speaking with his mother on the phone when a stranger (Aris Troupakis) appears and announces to him some unexpected and terrible news that will change him and his sense of reality in a tragicomic way. Running Time: 8 minutes Genre: Short
- [Sock's Manifesto](https://grfilm.com/socks-manifesto/) - Synopsis: Socks go in pairs. They cannot exist on their own, only as a pair! Why? I am in favour of the self-existence of socks! Running Time: 4 minutes Genre: Short Film Comedy Country of Origin: Greece Language: Greek Director: Angeliki Pardalidou TUESDAY, MARCH 19, 2024 Time: 7:00 pm (Doors open at 6:30 pm) Location:
- [Minore](https://grfilm.com/minore/) - Synopsis: On a steamy summer night at the Greek seaside, full of music, dancing and taverna food, a sudden mist descends and strange creatures plague the city, attacking people and drawing others into the sea with strange dreams. A group of musicians join forces with a lost sailor in search of his wayward Greek father,
- [Fracture](https://grfilm.com/fracture/) - Synopsis: A sudden visit from the past disturbs the world of a couple. For a moment, they get trapped in a triangle where they have to cooperate, choose and be chosen. Running Time: 14 minutes Genre: Short Film, Social Drama Country of Origin: Greece Language: Modern Greek Director: Panagiotis Fafoutis Awards: Best Director Award, Official
- [Nexting](https://grfilm.com/nexting/) - Synopsis: Lexi has glossed over life without deep commitments or attachments. She joins the online dating world as a fun and easy way to meet people and spend her few nights in town. But what appears to be an exciting journey, soon becomes a draining loop. Running Time: 12 minutes Genre: Short Film, Social Drama,
- [Professional Sleepwalker](https://grfilm.com/professional-sleepwalker/) - Synopsis: A failed poet discovers that his mother has marketed him as a local “Pythia”, bringing in customers at night to listen to his recitation. First he gets angry but then he decides to take control of the business, leading the whole thing to a total disaster. Running Time: 1 hour 20 minutes Genre: Comedy
- [11:20](https://grfilm.com/1120-2/) - Synopsis: Olga, a domestic worker originally from Albania, will be in a house she works in downtown Athens, at the right time. Or at the wrong one? Running Time:14 minutes Genre: Short Film, Drama Country of Origin: Greece Language: Modern Greek Director: Dimitris Nakos Awards: National Greek Premiere + World Premiere: Drama International Short Film
- [Buffer Zone](https://grfilm.com/buffer-zone/) - Synopsis: Two young soldiers across enemy lines fall in love and find escape from their oppressive environments through music. Running Time: 16 minutes Genre: Short Film, Drama, LGBTQ+ Country of Origin: Cyprus Language: English, Modern Greek Director: Savvas Stavrou Awards: World Premiere, Opening Ceremony Programme: Clermont Ferrand ISFF Cypriot premiere: Cyprus ISFF SUNDAY, MARCH 17,
- [Behind the Haystacks](https://grfilm.com/behind-the-haystacks/) - Synopsis: A tragic incident on Greece’s northern border strikes a local family of three, pushing them to face their own personal impasses, while having to deeply consider the price for their actions. This social-family drama takes place in 2015, in a border village where hundreds of migrants gather every day with the goal to illegally
- [Another One](https://grfilm.com/another-one/) - Synopsis: A short film about the gut-wrenching power of ‘what if’ and everyday superheroes. Inspired by the true story of Alan Kudi and an image that will forever remain engraved into our collective consciousness, the film follows an elderly fisherman in his daily toil at sea, at the market, at home. A hard life, but
- [Mighty Afrin: In the Time of Flood](https://grfilm.com/mighty-afrin-in-the-time-of-flood/) - Synopsis: In the desolate wilderness of the disappearing islands along the Brahmaputra river, 12-year-old orphan Afrin is coming of age. Acclaimed director and cinematographer Angelos Rallis filmed over five years as heavy rainfalls and flood waters ravage Afrin’s island, and he captures her refusal to surrender to Bangladesh’s deadly tides. As Afrin rows herself in
- [Mauthausen](https://grfilm.com/mauthausen/) - Synopsis: A poetic documentary based on Mikis Theodorakis’s & Iakovos Kambanellis’s “MAUTHAUSEN cantata” new interpretation by Aristarchos Papadaniel (voice) & Aris Zervas (cello) and the original handwritten unpublished text for a film shooting “Travelogue to Mauthausen – May 1988” by the concentration camp survivor and founder of the modern Greek post-war theatre Iakovos Kambanellis. The
- [Homelandsickness](https://grfilm.com/homelandsickness/) - Synopsis: One usually exchanges goods not people. The “population exchange” between Greece and Turkey 100 years ago affected more than 2 Mill. people. Until today only few know about this time. In the massacres and expulsions lie buried not only endless tragedies, but also an important part of the history of the 20th century. The
- [AKOE/AMFI The Story of a Revolution](https://grfilm.com/akoe-amfi-the-story-of-a-revolution/) - Synopsis: In 1977 a group of friends created A.K.O.E. – the Greek Homosexual Liberation Movement. The movement’s magazine – “Amfi” – and its offices at the legendary basement on Zalongou street, will become a place of refuge for the Greek LGBT community until 1990. AKOE and Amfi, will be the first reference points for a
- [Spiros Beach](https://grfilm.com/spiros-beach/) - Synopsis: Stuck in place and time, a self-sustaining community of holidaymakers share their love for the sun and sea. An observational documentary offering an intimate glimpse into Cyprus’s last remaining caravan park. Running time: 10 minutes Genre Short Film, Documentary Country of Origin Cyprus Language: Modern Greek Director: Antonis Pouliasis Purchase All Online Films Purchase
- [Spinnerakos a.k.a. Panayiotis Grigoriou](https://grfilm.com/spinnerakos-a-k-a-panayiotis-grigoriou/) - Synopsis: Discover the hands-only drifting! Panayiotis Grigoriou is the only active paraplegic Drift driver and SL 2018 Champion of Greece. This short documentary gives us the opportunity to get a brief glimpse of his racing career and the struggles he is forced to overcome daily. Panayiotis Grigoriou (Spinnerakos) was born in Chalkida and lived an
- [Fotinos](https://grfilm.com/fotinos/) - Synopsis: The Fotinos family vineyard in Napa Valley, CA has been making wine for over 50 years. Certain challenges such as the wildfires in 2017 and 2020 presented a serious threat to businesses in the region such as this one. This film follows Margaret Fotinos Morearty and vineyard manager Jesus Romero Jr. as they reflect
- [The Rise of the Caryatids](https://grfilm.com/the-rise-of-the-caryatids/) - Synopsis: After summoning the stone statues of the caryatids from the Acropolis, Joanna has to help them reunite with their lost sister to help save the world. Running time: 4 minutes Genre: Short Film, Comedy/Fantasy Country of Origin: Greece Language: nglish & Modern Greek Director: Stephie Theodora Purchase All Online Films Purchase This Online Short
- [The Crossing](https://grfilm.com/the-crossing/) - Synopsis: A railroad crossing in the middle of nowhere. Two log cabins facing each other. All around are yellow hills and an open horizon. Two watchmen: The lonely Giannis, who never leaves his post, and the relaxed Antonis, who follows the rhythm of the landscape. Every now and then a voice from an old radio
- [Pendulus](https://grfilm.com/pendulus/) - Synopsis: Arbi, 24, is raised in Athens. After the events on the night of the Serbia-Albania football match, Arbi will have to decide whether to attend the wedding of his relatives, whether to claim the girl he likes, whether he is Albanian or Greek. Running time: 19 minutes Genre Short Film, Social Drama GreeceLanguage: Modern
- [Milk-Rose](https://grfilm.com/milk-rose/) - Synopsis: To forget the isolation of his life an old man decides to escape. Running time: 15 minutes Genre: Drama, romance Country of Origin: Cyprus Language: Modern Greek Director: Constantinos Patsalides Purchase All Online Films Purchase This Online Short Film Donate View the Trailer2024 Online Films Super Milk-Rose Axinos The Rise of the Caryatids Athalassa
- [Athalassa](https://grfilm.com/athalassa/) - Synopsis: Cyprus, 1936. In the midst of a raging tuberculosis epidemic, a dedicated young doctor seeks inventive ways to save his patients’ lives and protect them from the disease’s social stigma. The film is adapted from a short autobiographical story by Takis Evangelides, a local doctor at Cyprus’ only TB sanatorium when the island was
- [.DOG](https://grfilm.com/dog/) - Synopsis: Young Dimitris, on the verge of manhood yet very much a child, has romanticized his soon-to-be-released from prison father to mythic proportions. But when his father’s true nature is on display, Dimitris’ longings for a real family are suddenly in danger. Now, Dimitris must fight to grasp the reality of his dreams in time
- [Listen](https://grfilm.com/listen/) - Synopsis: Financial upheaval forces a teenage deaf girl, Valmira who is 16 to leave her progressive Athens school and return to her father’s struggling island where she is confronted by the danger of prejudice and intolerance, most shockingly — her own. Running Time: 1hr 48min Drama Country of Origin: Greece Language: Greek (With English Subtitles)
- [A La Carte](https://grfilm.com/a-la-carte/) - Synopsis: The Minister of Health is invited to a lifestyle radio show to hide a scandal he’s involved in. On air, he and the journalist are walking on a tightrope that gets even riskier by the listeners’ revealing reactions as well as from pressure by the pharmaceutical companies and the government. Running Time: 11:49 min
- [Shadow](https://grfilm.com/shadow/) - Synopsis: The film focuses on the nocturnal urban wanderings of a woman, experiencing an inner crisis. Running Time: 15min Drama Country of Origin: Greece Language: Greek (With English Subtitles) Director: Ifigenia Dimitriou WEDNESDAY, APRIL 26, 2023 Time: 7:00 pm (Doors open at 6:30 pm) Location: Delancey Screening Room 600 Embarcadero Street, San Francisco, CA Purchase TicketsDonate View
- [Venizelos: The Struggle for Asia Minor](https://grfilm.com/venizelos-the-struggle-for-asia-minor/) - Synopsis: The documentary follows one of modern Greece’s greatest politicians as he faces formidable challenges during the critical decade from the Balkan Wars & World War I up to the 1923 Treaty of Lausanne. Running Time: 1hr 25min Documentary – General Audience Country of Origin: Greece Language: Greek (With English Subtitles) Director: Nikos Dayandas WEDNESDAY,
- [Greek Enough](https://grfilm.com/greek-enough/) - Synopsis: Two Greek American women debate the name of a baby on its Christening day and ponder if it’s Greek enough. Running Time: 4 min General Audience Country of Origin: USA Language: English Director: Arianna Papalexopoulos SUNDAY, APRIL 23, 2023 Matinee Time: 2:00 pm (Doors open at 1:30 pm) Location: Delancey Screening Room 600 Embarcadero
- [Short Draft](https://grfilm.com/short-draft/) - Synopsis: A man hijacks a taxi when the taxi driver refuses to take him where he wants. Two men will share a ride where everything will go wrong and a young woman will change their way, where the end will be a mystery even for the heroes of Short Draft. Running Time: 22:33min Comedy, Sexuality
- [Black Stone](https://grfilm.com/black-stone/) - Synopsis: While filming absent civil servants, a documentary crew stumbles upon Haroula, a desperate, overprotective Greek mother in search of her son. But when she is accused of fraud, Haroula sets out with her other disabled son and a Greek African taxi driver to bring him back home where he belongs. Even if this means
- [AirHostess - 737](https://grfilm.com/airhostess-737/) - Synopsis: On a Boeing-737 a 39-y.o. flight attendant, Vanina, tries hard to hide her obvious discomfort. Everyone seems genuinely worried about her while she goes on complaining about her new braces. She blames her mother for not taking care of her teeth when she should. However, her colleagues know; this plane carries her mother’s dead
- [DoDo](https://grfilm.com/dodo/) - Synopsis: A dodo, a bird that disappeared 300 years ago, makes its appearance in Athens in the luxurious residence of a family on the verge of ruin for which the countdown has begun: 38 crucial hours that separate them from the marriage of their daughter with a rich heir. The boundaries between reason and madness
- [A Day In the Life of a Teddy Bear](https://grfilm.com/a-day-in-the-life-of-a-teddy-bear/) - Synopsis: A boy-meets-girl-meets-teddy bear story, taking place in Shanghai. Jinxi is a violinist, about to fulfill her dream of moving to Vienna to continue with her music studies. While trying to settle her affairs before departing, her encounter with Panos, a Greek architect newly arrived in Shanghai, will have a disrupting effect on her life.
- [Rallou at Home](https://grfilm.com/rallou-at-home/) - Synopsis: As Rallou (40) visits her parents at the house she grew up in, fantasy and reality create bittersweet situations that make the protagonist smile and give her strength to face changes brought on by time. Running Time: 15min Drama Country of Origin: Greece Language: Greek (With English Subtitles) Director: Rena Danilouli Awards: Nominee in
- [To Read Them Poems](https://grfilm.com/to-read-them-poems/) - Synopsis: A Road trip with a truck driver and a poet leads them to a grotesque and risky poetry slam. But its Christmas and miracles happen. Running Time: 24min Drama, Comedy Country of Origin: Greece Language: Greek (With English Subtitles) Director: Alexis Chatzigiannis FRIDAY, APRIL 28, 2023 Afternoon Screenings Time: 4:00 pm (Doors open at 3:30 pm)
- [Lyvia’s House](https://grfilm.com/lyvias-house/) - Synopsis: When a young journalist suspects the disappearance of a beautiful artist is connected to murders that took place 20 years earlier, she uncovers a reality she never could have imagined. Inspired by true events. Running Time: 1hr 58min Thriller, Mystery, Drama, Mature Audience Country of Origin: USA Language: English Director: Niko Volonakis Awards: Athens
- [Fault](https://grfilm.com/fault/) - Synopsis: George goes to Athens on the eve of his granddaughter Anna’s trial and tries to persuade the policewoman Anna hit, while trying to escape after stealing from a department store, to change her testimony. What he is really trying to do is atone for what he had done to her when he was left
- [Daphne](https://grfilm.com/daphne/) - Synopsis: Daphne switches from one sexual partner to the next, but does not seem to be satisfied, at least not with what she thought she needed; until she finds a wounded dog in the street. How far would she go to feel some affection? Running Time: 18:00 min Sexual Content – Mature Audience Country of
- [How I Became Stupid](https://grfilm.com/how-i-became-stupid/) - Synopsis: The 12-year-old boy who enjoys reading extracurricular books is gradually isolated from his peers and even from his newcomer teacher. They are making him feel left out and that is leading to poor school performance. In addition, at home his parents are preoccupied with their own problems, and he is neglected. The school janitor
- [Patchwork](https://grfilm.com/patchwork/) - Synopsis: Chara’s family is everything to her, and yet she sometimes ponders a life without them. Unable to talk to anybody about her internal turmoil, she carries the burden of guilt and confusion by herself. When she strikes up a hesitant friendship with the shy and defiant daughter of her new boss, she is inexorably
- [Magnetic Fields](https://grfilm.com/magnetic-fields/) - Synopsis: Having met by chance on the way to an island, a woman and a man decide to wander around together in search of a good place to bury a metallic box. Running Time: 1hr 18min Comedy, Drama, All Audience Country of Origin: Greece Language: Language: Greek (With English Subtitles) Director: Giorgos Gousis Awards: Voted
- [Toxic Magnus](https://grfilm.com/toxic-magnus/) - Synopsis: Following a years-long intense struggle against his father’s obsession of turning him into a macho man, Magnus makes a failed suicide attempt which will eventually lead him to become a life coach. Running Time: 10:06min Documentary, Mature Audience Country of Origin: Greece Language: English Director: Nasos Gatzoulis Awards: Drama International Short Film Festival –
- [My People](https://grfilm.com/my-people/) - Synopsis: The story of the Greek Jews during the Holocaust, the Axis occupation, the resistance, the role of the Christian clergy; a hymn to love and courage as it is discovered by a young woman in her quest to uncover her Greek Jewish family’s history. Running Time: 1:32 min Documentary, Drama, History Language: English, Greek
- [19.5.1919](https://grfilm.com/19-5-1919/) - Synopsis: A documentary film about the genocide of the Pontian Greeks in 1919. Running Time: 24 min Documentary Country of Origin: Greece Language: German, Greek (With English Subtitles) Director: Angeliki Paikopoulou MONDAY, APRIL 24, 2023 Time: 7:00 pm (Doors open at 6:30 pm) Location: Delancey Screening Room 600 Embarcadero Street, San Francisco, CA Purchase TicketsDonate All Films
- [Aliki My Love](https://grfilm.com/aliki-my-love/) - Synopsis: A young but poor Casanova inherits from his deceased uncle — the king of gravy — nothing but a small island in the Aegean and then meets a beautiful islander and her mother who holds an unexpected secret that may fulfill everyone’s dreams. This film was renowned Greek actress’s Aliki Vougiouklaki ‘s first international
- [Pack of Sheep](https://grfilm.com/pack-of-sheep/) - Synopsis: Thanasis can’t pay off his debt to Stelios. When he finds out that Apostolis is in the same position, Thanasis asks him to join forces in hopes of reaching a better deal with Stelios. While Thanasis tries to put more players in the game, two young gangsters arrive in town to push over the
- [The Clay and The Girl](https://grfilm.com/the-clay-and-the-girl/) - Synopsis: Pavlos and Maria, a young married couple, face the recent loss of their daughter. Pavlos, being a sculptor, decides to create a statue in her loving memory. He finds the model who triggers his inspiration, but things go unexpectedly wrong. Maria watches his affection for the young model growing and rings the alarm bell
- [Karagiozis The Movie](https://grfilm.com/karagiozis-the-movie/) - Synopsis: The first CGI animation movie produced and created in Greece begins its big screen journey! The Commander decides to appoint a public secretary to serve the citizens, since his employees are often forced to neglect their own work to serve the illiterate people of the region in their need to communicate in writing. Hadjiavatis,
- [Broadway](https://grfilm.com/broadway/) - Synopsis: A story about dancers and thieves in modern-day Athens. Running Time: 1 hr 37 min Drama, Crime, Sexual Content – Mature Audience Country of Origin: Greece Language: Greek (with English subtitles) Director: Christos Massalas Awards Cyprus Film Days International Festival- Honorary Distinction Award Festival Mix/Milano – Audience Award Maremetraggio International Short Film Festival –
- [Not Tomorrow](https://grfilm.com/not-tomorrow/) - Synopsis: Michalis has barely 24 hours to redefine his life and make up with his loved ones. At the same time, he meets a girl who leaves him wishing that the morning would never come. Running Time: 20 min Drama, Youth Film, Social Issues Country of Origin: Greece Language: Greek (With English Subtitles) Director: Amerissa Basta
- [Dignity](https://grfilm.com/dignity/) - 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 Purchase All Online Films
- [The Big Father](https://grfilm.com/the-big-father/) - 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) Director:
- [The Lifebelt](https://grfilm.com/the-lifebelt/) - 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 companion
- [Farewell](https://grfilm.com/farewell/) - 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 part
- [The Other Half](https://grfilm.com/the-other-half/) - 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 Moutafis’
- [Nion’s Shadow Puppeteer (O Karagkiozopehtis Tis Nyon)](https://grfilm.com/nions-shadow-puppeteer-o-karagkiozopehtis-tis-nyon/) - 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 years
- [Into The Land of Ice and Fire](https://grfilm.com/into-the-land-of-ice-and-fire/) - 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 land
- [While We Live](https://grfilm.com/while-we-live/) - Synopsis: In While We Live, musical journalist Andrea Voets makes a social road trip through Greece, in search for a way out of fundamental loneliness in society. Together with dozens of Greeks and Greek musicians, she deciphers their tools for meaningful contact and the social logic they live by. The journey takes us from the
- [The City and the City](https://grfilm.com/the-city-and-the-city/) - Synopsis: The untold story of the life and perils of the Jewish community of Thessaloniki, in six chapters. The past and the present of a city, meet and converge at its cracks. Year: 2022 Running Time: 1hr 27min Genre Documentary, Drama Country of Origin: Greece Director: Passalis, Syllas Tzoumerkas Purchase All Online Films Donate View
- [My Name Is Blue](https://grfilm.com/my-name-is-blue/) - Synopsis: Sea turtles and humans in the Mediterranean Year: 2022 Running Time: 35min Genre Documentary Country of Origin: Greece Language: Albanian, Arabic, English, Greek, Turkish (with English Subtitles) Director: Bastian Fischer, Vicky Markolefa Purchase All Online Films Donate 2023 Online Films Super Milk-Rose Axinos The Rise of the Caryatids Athalassa Pendulus The Crossing Spiros Beach
- [Little Axel](https://grfilm.com/little-axel/) - Synopsis: Little Axel” is the life story of a boy who grew up on the Greek island of Hydra with Leonard Cohen as his stepfather. Year: 2021 Running Time: 53min Genre Drama Country of Origin: Norway Language: English, Norwegian Director: Fabien Greenberg, Bård Kjøge Rønning Awards: Nordic/Docs, 2021 – Jury Special Mention Purchase All Online
- [Christmas Present](https://grfilm.com/christmas-present/) - Synopsis: When the financial crisis destroys your life and everything around you dissolves, you start an internal monologue trying to pamper yourself as much as you can. Your only goal is to save your family. By all means! And Christmas is coming soon… Year: 2022 Running Time: 6min 39sec Genre Animation, Short Country of Origin:
- [Soul Food](https://grfilm.com/soul-food/) - Synopsis: Yannis (15) and his mother are moving into her boyfriend’s apartment. Yannis starts hanging out with Olga (40), a socially secluded hard rock woman who lives in the basement of his apartment building. Simultaneously he associates with a group of teenagers, the leader of which bullies Olga whenever he sees her. Year: 2021 Running
- [A Night of Riots](https://grfilm.com/a-night-of-riots/) - Synopsis: During a riot in the streets of Cyprus, a man of Arabic descent attempts to find shelter inside a family’s home. However, he soon realizes that his life is probably more in danger inside the house, rather than outside in the streets with the rioters. Year: 2022 Running Time: 14min 4 Sec Genre Drama
- [Cloud](https://grfilm.com/cloud/) - Synopsis: Paul is a veteran rock musician. His daughter Anna is secretly a phone-sex worker. Drugs, alcohol, sex, ephemeral relationships, meaningless lives, rock n’ roll: an allegorical reflection of Athens today, and a raw depiction of a family drama between father and daughter. Two hopeless people, two common lives, countless clouds. Year: 2019 Running Time:
- [My Mother, The Sea](https://grfilm.com/my-mother-the-sea/) - Synopsis: A short animation film, which explores and symbolically expresses my grieving process for my mother’s loss from her passing until today. This three-year journey is captured allegorically in this film as a weaving of two parallel paths: the mother’s journey to the afterlife and the parallel grieving states of her child. From the last
- [Summer Breeze](https://grfilm.com/summer-breeze/) - Synopsis: A recently divorced middle-aged man receives a smartphone from his daughter and reconnects with the first love of his life who asks him to meet up. Year: 2022 Running Time: 15min 16sec Genre Drama Country of Origin: Greece Language: Greek (With English Subtitles) Director: Alexandros Rellos Purchase All Online Films Donate View the Trailer2023
- [Fire Born](https://grfilm.com/fire-born/) - Synopsis: Ruby, who lost her mother at birth to gun-violence, works as a rookie cop in LA. Drawing her gun to stop a robbery, she finds herself in the same situation as when she was born. Year: 2022 Running Time: 13min 3sec GenreDrama Language: English Country of Origin: United States Director: Daniel Carsenty Purchase All
- [My Beloved Smyrna](https://grfilm.com/my-beloved-smyrna/) - Synopsis: The historical incidents and facts that preceded and occurred during the occupation of Smyrna in 1922 by the Turkish army, including the massacre of the local Greek and Armenian population, are recounted through the lives of the Baltatzis family members. Running Time: 2 hrs, 21min Drama All Audiences Director: Grigoris Karantinakis SATURDAY, APRIL 16,
- [Just Like Water](https://grfilm.com/just-like-water/) - Synopsis: “Just Like Water” speaks about time and the circle of life. So, we follow a magical journey through time, embedded with vivid images of Spyros, grandfather, man, child … A girl and a woman always there. A patchwork of images, accompanied by original musical composition, sketched in detail: it weaves the puzzle of a
- [18](https://grfilm.com/18-2/) - Synopsis: In a working-class neighborhood of Athens, amid the economic crisis, the resurgence of fascism, and Covid-19, a group of 18-year-old students persecute immigrants, queers, anyone who is just different. A classmate of theirs, who refuses to hide his dislike for their action, quickly becomes their target. Running Time: 1 hrs, 35 min Drama Mature
- [From the Balcony](https://grfilm.com/from-the-balcony/) - Synopsis: A little story from a blue-collar neighborhood. Lina, a middle-aged lady who never leaves the balcony of her house, intervenes in everything that happens within her visual field. People passing by in front of her building, neighbors from the apartments across the street, everyone realize that whatever they do, Lina is watching day and
- [The Night I Left America](https://grfilm.com/the-night-i-left-america/) - Synopsis: While awaiting the results of his mother’s visa renewal request, a teenage immigrant recalls memories from his childhood in Uganda and wonders whether the pursuit of the American dream is everything he imagined it to be. Running Time: 14 min Drama All Audiences Director: Laki Karavias Awards: Best Composer, Best Producer – HollyShorts Film
- [The Man With the Answers](https://grfilm.com/the-man-with-the-answers/) - Synopsis: Victor is a twenty-something ex-diving champion now working in a furniture factory and living with his sick grandmother in a seaside town in Greece. Distraught after her death, he decides to dust off her old car and travel to Germany to visit his estranged mother. On the ferry to Italy, he meets Matthias, a
- [Hamam](https://grfilm.com/hamam/) - Synopsis: Two families from 1843, at the beginning of the creation of the New Greek state, till 1973, are separated and united over the years, passing intrigues, deaths, troubled times, just like the country … A painting is loved, hated, changed hands, just like the country … Has his own life or reflects what we
- [Angelos at Christmas](https://grfilm.com/angelos-at-christmas/) - Synopsis: It is Christmas Eve. Angelos, a mysterious 50-year-old man, observes a young boy singing the carols in the streets of Athens. He convinces the child to go with him in his car towards an unknown destination. Running Time: 18 min Drama Mature Audience Director: Fotis Zampetakis THURSDAY, APRIL 14, 2022 Time: 6:30 pm (Doors
- [Remind Me (Gia Thimise Mou)](https://grfilm.com/remind-me-gia-thimise-mou/) - Synopsis: Everything starts on a Group Therapy session. Eleni attends to face the bitter truth and cope with the situation with her mother, that has been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease. The film features the side of the child that chooses to stand by the diseased parent till the end. Running Time: 1 hr Drama All
- [The Hunt](https://grfilm.com/the-hunt/) - Synopsis: The sudden discovery of his son’s secret turns Ibrahim’s traditional world upside down. Fraught with emotional conflict, he takes his son Ismail on a fateful trip. Running Time: 22 min Drama, Homosexuality Mature Audience Directors: Sholeh Zahraei, Kamil Saldun Awards: Audience Award – Paphos International Film Festival 2021 Audience Award – Sedicicorto Film Festival Forli
- [Butterfly](https://grfilm.com/butterfly/) - Synopsis: A repressed person confronts his internal struggle as it bleeds through into his public persona creating a collision amongst external social norms, suppressed identity, and the surrealistic worlds of a distressed psyche. Running Time: 10 min Drama Mature Audience, LGBTQ Director: Lazarus A. Lazarides Awards: Best Short Fiction Film – Festival Internacional de Cine Silente
- [Aligned](https://grfilm.com/aligned/) - Synopsis: As two men with a shared cultural heritage but worlds apart meet in Athens and New York who discover their bond transcends beyond the dance floor. Alex’s voyage to Greece is a foreign but comforting one: identical to his feelings towards Aeneas. He often feels both at home and isolated at the same time.
- [The Life of Death](https://grfilm.com/the-life-of-death/) - Synopsis: What if Death was one of us? Is he an artist? A choreographer of destruction? Or is he just a clumsy moron that spreads chaos in his path? Running Time: 5 min Animation All Audiences Director: Thodoris Sarafis Awards: Honorable Mention – Athens International Monthly Art Film Festival (2021) Best Animation – London International
- [Mama](https://grfilm.com/mama/) - Synopsis: How many times does a mother have to preach at her son? Does he ever grow up? Running Time: 7 min Drama Mature Audience Director: Dimitris Zouras TUESDAY, APRIL 12, 2022 Time: 6:30 pm (Doors open at 6:00 pm) Location: Delancey Screening Room 600 Embarcadero Street, San Francisco, CA Donate All Films for Tuesday, April 12,
- [Jackpot](https://grfilm.com/jackpot/) - Synopsis: When a man learns that his beloved grandfather has a few days to live, he sets out to fulfill his lifelong dream.. Running Time: 25 min Drama All Audiences Director: Dimitris Zapatinas TUESDAY, APRIL 14, 2022 Time: 6:30 pm (Doors open at 6:00 pm) Location: Delancey Screening Room 600 Embarcadero Street, San Francisco, CA Donate View
- [The Students of Uberto Primo](https://grfilm.com/the-students-of-uberto-primo/) - Synopsis: Thessaloniki, Greece, under Nazi occupation. 96% of the Jewish population is sent to Auschwitz. The adventures, hopes and dreams of 9 Jewish students at the Italian School Umberto Primo come to life, based on the archive found by an Italian professor and on two of the protagonists’ testimonies. Running Time: 1 hr, 20 min
- [Umbilical](https://grfilm.com/umbilical/) - Synopsis: The story of a young woman’s struggle to separate from her religious and superstitious upbringing. As she battles her traumatic past, she discovers exactly how far she will go to reconcile her internalized doubts. Running Time: 13 min Drama All Audiences Director: Elpida Stathatou MONDAY, APRIL 11, 2022 Time: 6:30 pm (Doors open at
- [Wolves](https://grfilm.com/wolves/) - Synopsis: A Sunday lunch at granny’s house. Holy Greek family is being crumbled under the unbearable weight. How many things can we ignore about our closest family members? How many words are drowned before they are even spoken? Our dearest family meals, start counting down… Running Time: 8 min Drama All Audiences Director: Antonis Morgan Konstantoudakis MONDAY, APRIL 11,
- [The Sisters Karras](https://grfilm.com/the-sisters-karras/) - Synopsis: A story about the things that matter: Family, legacy, success, and textiles. Yes, textiles. Two estranged half-sisters form a complicated bond as they work together to retrieve their rare and precious inheritance, which their late father inexplicably leaves to the mysterious Marco. Running Time: 1 hr, 26 min Drama All Audiences Director: Micah Stathis
- [A Summer Place](https://grfilm.com/a-summer-place/) - Synopsis: Summer is a permanent state of mind in Limassol, a once small seaside town in Cyprus that has transformed into the oligarch paradise of the Mediterranean. Being both a player and a victim of this city transformation as a food stylist, Tina is depressed. On the day of her birthday, she is ready to
- [The Ride](https://grfilm.com/the-ride/) - Synopsis: Frixos, an impatient taxi driver, is in a hurry to finish his shift, but his last customer, a 90-year-old woman, slows down the route and inspires him to rearrange his priorities. Running Time: 15 min Drama All Audiences Director: George Leontakianakos SUNDAY, APRIL 10, 2022 Time: 6:30 pm (Doors open at 6:00 pm) Location:
- [All the Pretty Little Horses](https://grfilm.com/all-the-pretty-little-horses/) - Synopsis: In the wake of a disaster, Aliki and her husband Petros take their young son Panagiotis to a provincial seaside town, seeking refuge. Working temporary jobs, Aliki and Petros try to put their lives back together so they can return home to Athens. When Aliki begins to realize that the plan is not working
- [Vancouver](https://grfilm.com/vancouver/) - Synopsis: Two siblings, one spell, wounded landscapes, and an inevitable departure. “To Vancouver” is a short chronicle of a disappearing act in the times of the new Depression Running Time: 24 min Drama Mature Audience Director: Artemis Anastasiadou Awards: Special Mention – Generation Kplus International Jury – Berlin International Film Festival (2022) SATURDAY, APRIL 9,
- [A Night at the Cemetery](https://grfilm.com/a-night-at-the-cemetery/) - Synopsis: In the Mediterranean island of Crete, Maria heads to the cemetery every Friday to tend her beloved husband’s grave. When the bus that picks her up breaks down, she will be forced to spend the night among the tombstones. Running Time: 11 min, 20 sec Animation, Nostalgia, Comic Horror All Audiences Director: Stelios Polychronakis
- [Holy Emy](https://grfilm.com/holy-emy/) - Synopsis: Young Filipina searches for the missing links between her strange bleeding condition and her faraway mother’s healing powers. Running Time: 1 hr, 11 min Drama Mature Audience Director: Araceli Lemos Awards: Best First Feature – Locarno International Film Festival (2021) J.F. Costopoulos Foundation Award – Thessaloniki Film Festival (2021) Araceli Lemos – WIFT Award winner
- [Flik Flok](https://grfilm.com/flik-flok/) - Synopsis: One couple. A special night. Dinner. Wine. Will the night turn out as they imagined? Running Time: 14 min Comedy, Drama Mature Audience Director: Angeliki Pardalidou FRIDAY, APRIL 8, 2022 Time: 6:30 pm (Doors open at 6:00 pm) Location: Delancey Screening Room 600 Embarcadero Street, San Francisco, CA Donate View the TrailerAll Films for Friday,
- [Cliffs of Freedom](https://grfilm.com/cliffs-of-freedom/) - Synopsis: The story of an ill-fated romance between a young Greek village girl and a conflicted Turkish officer during the dawn of the Greek War for Independence against the Ottoman Empire in 1821. Running Time: 12 hours, 17 minutes Director: Van Ling Actor Costas Mandylor is expected to attend. SUNDAY, OCTOBER 27, 2019 Time: 5:00
- [Smuggling Hendrix](https://grfilm.com/smuggling-hendrix/) - Synopsis: Yiannis, a faded musician who is about to leave Cyprus for a better life abroad, sees his plans turned upside down when his dog runs away and crosses the Buffer Zone that separates the “Greek South” from the “Turkish North.” Can he smuggle him back in? Running Time: 1 hour, 32 minutes Director: Aarios
- [Vourvourou](https://grfilm.com/vourvourou/) - Synopsis: “Where does the sun go when it gets dark? Why is the chicken’s egg so important to humans? Why doesn’t my brother take me with him when he goes caroling with Claire? Who is this mister Al Jaimer who follows my grandfather everywhere?” Six-year-old Markos is determined to find solutions while, unexpectedly, the magical
- [In this Land Nobody Knew How to Cry](https://grfilm.com/in-this-land-nobody-knew-how-to-cry/) - Synopsis: Something magical is happening in a small uncharted island, somewhere in the Aegean Sea: two unsuspecting foreigners, a French member of the European Parliament and a young economist, arrive in idyllic Armenaki with a fishing boat. They quickly become acquainted with the locals’ strange lifestyles and subversive moral values. Money is out-dated and there
- [Patision Avenue](https://grfilm.com/patision-avenue/) - Synopsis: Yanni’s mom is on her way to audition for a role as Shakespeare’s Viola, when she discovers that her son has been left home alone. Through a series of phone calls, she fights to balance the most important roles of her life, while walking in the most controversial area of central Athens: Patision Avenue.
- [Grief (A place none of us know until we reach it)](https://grfilm.com/grief-a-place-none-of-us-know-until-we-reach-it/) - Synopsis: A mother and daughter are on a journey to Sicily looking for a spot to scatter their beloved husband/father’s ashes. As the day progresses, the mother’s solid plan of what to do with the ashes becomes a critical and compelling turning point in the troubled relationship between the two women as they each try
- [Umbrella](https://grfilm.com/umbrella/) - Synopsis: On a sunny autumn morning, Alekos and Eleni, a couple in their seventies, are getting ready to visit their daughter. Alekos wants to bring an umbrella and Eleni disagrees. He eventually takes the umbrella and they set off. After a series of delays, they finally arrive at their daughter’s, but things are out of
- [Her Job](https://grfilm.com/her-job/) - Synopsis: Panayiota, a 37-year-old illiterate housewife, leads a quiet life with her husband and children in a modest neighborhood in Athens. To cope with the recession that has been affecting her family for some time, Panayiota for the first time in her life finds a job as a cleaner in a shopping mall. Despite the
- [Incidentally](https://grfilm.com/incidentally/) - Synopsis: End of summer 2017, Athens, Greece. While preparing for a festive dinner on her name day, the phone rings and Elpida takes a moment to respond to a phone survey. Distracted from the conversation, the survey leads to her revelation of a well-hidden secret. Running Time: 15 minutes Director: Konstantinos Oikonomou Awards: Drama International
- [SYMI – The Mamaland](https://grfilm.com/symi-the-mamaland/) - Synopsis: A visually stunning tribute to the Greek island of Symi. Considered the mythical birthplace of the Charites, the island is named after the nymph Symi. In “The Iliad,” Symi is the domain of King Nireus, who fought in the Trojan War on the side of the Greeks, and was considered one of the handsomest
- [The Silence of the Dying Fish](https://grfilm.com/the-silence-of-the-dying-fish/) - Synopsis: Makis is a fish farmer. On his way to work one morning, he is informed that he has died the day before. After failed attempts to prove that he is alive, he accepts his fate with indifference and spends his last day trying to secure shelter and caretakers for his beloved canaries, up until
- [Chinatown – The Three Shelters](https://grfilm.com/chinatown-the-three-shelters/) - Synopsis: Cleo, a Greek-Chinese girl, brought up with love and light in the hills of Cyprus, finds out on her 18th birthday that her long-deceased father was murdered by the Chinese mafia. She swears to take revenge. An old friend of her father’s, Cook Lin, helps her while his young assistant falls in love with
- [Two Strangers Who Meet Five Times](https://grfilm.com/two-strangers-who-meet-five-times/) - Synopsis: Two strangers meet at five key turning points over the course of their lives. Their initial conflict gives way to compassion and eventual friendship. Running Time: 12 minutes, 12 seconds Director: Marcus Markou Awards: Manhattan Short Film Festival: Best Short Maryland International Film Festival: Best Short Film TUESDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2019 Time: 7:00 pm
- [Chandelier](https://grfilm.com/chandelier/) - Synopsis: Menis Nolakis, an army officer, is trapped in a dark box. Soon he will realize that it is his coffin on his funeral day. He will inevitably come face-to-face with all the important people from his life during the final encounter. The twists and turns are just around the corner ⁠— of Hades. Running
- [Crossing](https://grfilm.com/crossing/) - Synopsis: A young woman is having a pleasant walk in the forest. Or not. Running Time: 5 minutes, 20 seconds Director: Nikos Mathios Awards: Drama International Short Film Festival: World Premiere WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2019 Time: 7:00 pm Location: Delancey Street Screening Room 600 Embarcadero Street, San Francisco 2019 Films Cliffs of Freedom Vourvourou Smuggling
- [Holy Boom](https://grfilm.com/holy-boom/) - 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 of
- [Entropia](https://grfilm.com/entropia/) - 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 seconds
- [Ring of Fire](https://grfilm.com/ring-of-fire/) - 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 Los Angeles
- [I Am Mackenzie](https://grfilm.com/i-am-mackenzie/) - 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 Los Angeles
- [Olympia](https://grfilm.com/olympia/) - 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 Director: Harry
- [Life Will Smile](https://grfilm.com/life-will-smile/) - 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 International
- [To the Moon and Back](https://grfilm.com/to-the-moon-and-back/) - 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 View the Trailer2019
- [Epiphany](https://grfilm.com/epiphany/) - 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. Running Time:
- [One Day One Fly](https://grfilm.com/one-day-one-fly/) - 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 does
- [San Francisco Greek Film Festival wraps up; award winners announced](https://grfilm.com/san-francisco-greek-film-festival-wraps-up-award-winners-announced/) - Link to original article. The 2022 San Francisco Greek Film Festival (SFGFF) wrapped its 19th annual event, held April 8th through 16th, returning to in person showings at Delancey Screening Room in San Francisco, as well as continuing popular virtual screenings. The in person Festival screened 17 short films and 9 full feature films, and
- [San Francisco Greek Film Festival Wraps, Awards Announced](https://grfilm.com/san-francisco-greek-film-festival-wraps-awards-announced/) - Link to original article. By thenationalherald.com The 2022 San Francisco Greek Film Festival (SFGFF) wrapped its 19th annual event, held April 8-16, returning to in-person showings at Delancey Screening Room in San Francisco, as well as continuing its popular virtual screenings. The in-person Festival screened 17 short films and nine full length feature films, while
- [19th Annual San Francisco Greek Film Festival, Virtual Programs, April 8-16](https://grfilm.com/19th-annual-san-francisco-greek-film-festival-virtual-programs-april-8-16/) - Link to original article. San Francisco Greek Film Festival hybrid format; virtual programs available for streaming April 8 - 16 Virtual Program tickets available soon SFGFF 2022 VIRTUAL PROGRAMS, AVAILABLE FOR STREAMING APRIL 8-16SFGFF 2022 VIRTUAL PROGRAMS, AVAILABLE FOR STREAMING APRIL 8-16 FEATURE NARRATIVE FILMS MOON 66 QUESTIONS – Running Time 1hr 20 min. Director:
- [Screen Grabs: Hot, wet, and Greek](https://grfilm.com/screen-grabs-hot-wet-and-greek/) - Link to original article. By Dennis Harvey Tales of environmental struggle and survival from Ocean Film Fest, Greek Film Fest, and three intriguing new movies The local festivals opening this week are all wet, in that one is actually focused on oceanic issues, while the other is devoted to films from a nation long largely
- [The 19th San Francisco Greek Film Festival is April 8-16 at Delancey Street Cinema and online](https://grfilm.com/the-19th-san-francisco-greek-film-festival-is-april-8-16-at-delancey-street-cinema-and-online/) - Link to original articles. Showcasing a selection of films from the Greek and Cypriot worlds, the 19th San Francisco Greek Film Festival (SFGFF) is April 8-16, offering nine days of in-person screenings at Delancey Screening Room in San Francisco and continuing its very popular virtual screenings. From a pool of 350 submissions, the festival team
- [San Francisco Greek Film Festival Coming Soon April 8-16](https://grfilm.com/san-francisco-greek-film-festival-coming-soon-april-8-16-2/) - Link to original article. By the National Herald SAN FRANCISCO, CA – The San Francisco Greek Film Festival (SFGFF) announced that their 2022 event, in hybrid format- in person at Delancey Screening Room in San Francisco and with virtual screenings, will take place April 8-16. All programming for the the 19th annual SFGFF is to
- [19th Annual S.F. Greek Film Festival](https://grfilm.com/19th-annual-s-f-greek-film-festival/) - Link to original article. Daily, April 8–16 & Sat.–Sun., April 30–May 1 Virtual, drive in, and in person The festival will present feature-length films and shorts by Greek and Cypriot filmmakers from around the globe. Visit website for details and up-to-date information. Free, grfilm.com
- [19th Annual San Francisco Greek Film Festival Running April 8-16](https://grfilm.com/19th-annual-san-francisco-greek-film-festival-running-april-8-16/) - Link to original article. By The Pappas Post The San Francisco Greek Film Festival has announced its in-person and virtual programs for 2022, beginning on Friday, April 8, and running through Saturday, April 16. This year’s program includes nine full days of in-person screenings at Delancey Screening Room in San Francisco, as well as virtual
- [Pass the Remote: Picks from the SF Greek Film Festivals](https://grfilm.com/pass-the-remote-picks-from-the-sf-greek-film-festivals/) - Link to the original article. By Randy Myers, Bay City News Foundation The San Francisco Greek Film Festival, running from Friday through April 16, offers a tasty and diverse menu this year with in-person selections at the Delancey Screening Room along with virtual options. The 6:30 p.m. opening night feature “Holy Emy” kicks things off
- [San Francisco Greek Film Festival Coming Soon April 8-16](https://grfilm.com/san-francisco-greek-film-festival-coming-soon-april-8-16/) - Link to original article. By The National Herald SAN FRANCISCO, CA – The San Francisco Greek Film Festival (SFGFF) announced that their 2022 event, in hybrid format- in person at Delancey Screening Room in San Francisco and with virtual screenings, will take place April 8-16. All programming for the the 19th annual SFGFF is to
- [Director George Leontakianakos shines in his short film ‘The Ride’ at the 19th Annual San Francisco Greek Film Festival](https://grfilm.com/director-george-leontakianakos-shines-in-his-short-film-the-ride-at-the-19th-annual-san-francisco-greek-film-festival/) - Link to original article. By Jonathan Farrell April 8 kicked off The 19th annual San Francisco Greek Festival. The Festival team is delighted to have a full nine days of in-person screenings at Delancey Screening Room in San Francisco, celebrating the return of cultural experiences that can be held in real life shared spaces. Rounding
- [It's a wrap! The 18th Annual San Francisco Greek Film Festival](https://grfilm.com/its-a-wrap-the-18th-annual-san-francisco-greek-film-festival/) - Link to original article. By GCT TEAM The San Francisco Greek Film Festival (SFGFF) wrapped its 18th annual event, which was presented April 16-25. The Festival screened twelve narrative features, seven documentaries, and seven narrative shorts by Greek and Cypriot filmmakers from around the world. he festival was held in mostly virtual platform, with one
- [Shorts films stand tall at 18th Annual San Francisco Greek Film Festival](https://grfilm.com/shorts-films-stand-tall-at-18th-annual-san-francisco-greek-film-festival/) - Link to the original article. By Maya Thompson In late April 2021, the San Francisco Greek Film Festival, or SFGFF, returned to celebrate cinematic contributions by Greek and Cypriot filmmakers from around the world. Just like last year’s lineup, all of the films were available to stream free of charge from April 16-25. In addition
- [18th San Francisco Greek Film Festival Going Live April 16-25](https://grfilm.com/18th-san-francisco-greek-film-festival-going-live-april-16-25/) - Link to the original article. By Gregory Pappas The San Francisco Greek Film Festival (SFGFF) announced its programming for their 2021 event which will take place from April 16-25. The Festival will be held online with one in person drive-in event, with all virtual screenings available free of charge. The program details are now online,
- [San Francisco Greek Film Festival (April 16-25)](https://grfilm.com/san-francisco-greek-film-festival-april-16-25/) - Link to original article. The San Francisco Greek Film Festival (SFGFF) announces programming for their 2021 event, which will take place April 16-25. The Festival will be held online with one in person drive-in event, with all virtual screenings available free of charge. The program details are now online, with ticketing available, all via the
- [San Francisco Greek Film Festival: All the Winners and Virtual Events](https://grfilm.com/san-francisco-greek-film-festival-all-the-winners-and-virtual-events/) - Link to original article. By Tasos Kokkinidis The San Francisco Greek Film Festival (SFGFF) wrapped its 18th annual event, which was presented April 16-25, 2021. The Festival, held in mostly virtual platform, screened twelve narrative features, seven documentaries, and seven narrative shorts, by Greek and Cypriot filmmakers from around the world. San Francisco Greek Film
- [Four Queer Shorts Screening at This Year’s San Francisco Greek Film Festival](https://grfilm.com/four-queer-shorts-screening-at-this-years-san-francisco-greek-film-festival/) - Link to original article. By Gary M. Kramer There are still a few more days to watch films screening at the 18th Annual San Francisco Greek Film Festival, which ends April 25. The more than two dozen features, documentaries, and shorts are available online for free with a reservation. (Some geoblocking applies.) This year’s program
- [Filming Greece | Katerina Mavroudi-Steck on the 18th edition of the San Francisco Greek Film Festival and the Pros and Cons of Going Digital](https://grfilm.com/filming-greece-katerina-mavroudi-steck-on-the-18th-edition-of-the-san-francisco-greek-film-festival-and-the-pros-and-cons-of-going-digital/) - Link to original article. By Florentia Kiortsi The 18th Annual San Francisco Greek Film Festival will take place online April 16-25, 2021, with all screenings available in the United States and Canada free of charge. This year’s line-up of films includes 15 short films, including “Bella” by Thelyia Petraki, “Goads” by Iris Baglanea, and "Iro /he.ro:/"
- [The San Francisco Greek Film Festival wraps and announces awards and events](https://grfilm.com/the-san-francisco-greek-film-festival-wraps-and-announces-awards-and-events/) - Link to original article. The San Francisco Greek Film Festival (SFGFF) wrapped its 18th annual event, which was presented April 16-25. The Festival screened twelve narrative features, seven documentaries, and seven narrative shorts by Greek and Cypriot filmmakers from around the world. The festival was held on a mostly virtual platform, with one in-person drive-in
- [Screen Grabs: Wine, mystery, folk music, black comedy at Greek Film Fest](https://grfilm.com/screen-grabs-wine-mystery-folk-music-black-comedy-at-greek-film-fest/) - Link to original article. By Dennis Harvey, 48hills. Greece may be the sun-kissed cradle of Western culture and a perennial magnet for tourism, but in recent decades it has seldom had a high profile in the film world. During the “golden age” of the 1950s and ‘60s things were somewhat different, as talents like stars
- [From Cinejoy To Asia Pacific, Drunken And Caamfest, October Brings Variety Of Film Festivals](https://grfilm.com/cinejoy-asia-pacific-drunken-caamfest-october-brings-variety-film-festivals/) - 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
- [Five Must-See Features At The 17Th Annual Sf Greek Film Festival](https://grfilm.com/five-must-see-features-17th-annual-sf-greek-film-festival/) - 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.
- [17th San Francisco Greek Film Festival](https://grfilm.com/17th-san-francisco-greek-film-festival/) - 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. 18, and the 17th San Francisco Greek Film Festival is on board, presenting one of her classic films for a drive-in audience. Mercouri (1920-94) had
- [Co-directors of San Francisco Greek Film Festival Share Stories About Adaptability, Resilience, Community](https://grfilm.com/co-directors-san-francisco-greek-film-festival-share-stories-adaptability-resilience-community/) - 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
- [COVID-19 Contributes To October Cluster Of Bay Area Film Festivals](https://grfilm.com/covid-19-contributes-october-cluster-bay-area-film-festivals/) - 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
- [Dispataches from Greece & the Greek Diaspora](https://grfilm.com/dispataches-greece-greek-diaspora/) - The 17th annual San Francisco Greek Film Festival will take place online on Saturday, October 3-10, 2020 with all screenings available free of charge, along with a special drive-in screening honoring Melina Mercouri’s legacy on what would have been her 100th birthday.
- [October 2020: So Many Film Festivals, So Little Internet Bandwidth](https://grfilm.com/october-2020-many-film-festivals-little-internet-bandwidth/) - San Francisco Greek Film Festival Through October 10 In addition to our own events, we always keep a lookout for other great film happenings to recommend. This month brings us online editions of some of our favorite local festivals, chances to stream titles we had selected for the 2020 SFFILM Festival, and more. The 17th
- [Screen Grabs: Will you strap in for the re-opening of SF cinemas?](https://grfilm.com/screen-grabs-will-strap-re-opening-sf-cinemas/) - Link to original article on 48hills.org San Franciscans who’ve been pining for re-opened movie theaters got big news this week with the announcement that as part of the continued cautious relaxation of COVID restrictions, those indoor venues will be permitted to operate again as of next Wed/7, with limited capacity and other restrictions. As of this
- [17th Annual San Francisco Greek Film Festival boasts incredible breadth of modern Greek cinema](https://grfilm.com/17th-annual-san-francisco-greek-film-festival-boasts-incredible-breadth-modern-greek-cinema/) - By Maya Thompson | Staff After sifting through nearly 400 submissions, the San Francisco Greek Film Festival boiled its lineup down to 18 films, which were available for attendees to access online and free of charge from Oct. 3-10. Now, the table that served this film feast has been cleared, so it’s time to digest
- [SF/Arts October Fall Film Guide](https://grfilm.com/sfarts-october-fall-film-guide/) - See page 4: https://indd.adobe.com/view/21c32683-5766-4ec7-87c6-dc46a1ef3f72
- [The SF Greek Film Festival](https://grfilm.com/sf-greek-film-festival/) - The San Francisco Greek Film Festival (SFGFF) announces their 2020 event, which will take place October 3-10, held online with one in person drive-in event, with all virtual screenings available free of charge. The Festival team is working on all details to reimagine the event in this format, including confirming the programming under these new
- [Catch these must-see films in virtual 17th annual San Francisco Greek Film Festival](https://grfilm.com/catch-must-see-films-virtual-17th-annual-san-francisco-greek-film-festival/) - 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
- [San Francisco Greek Film Festival Goes Online Today](https://grfilm.com/san-francisco-greek-film-festival-goes-online-today/) - 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
- [2020 San Francisco Greek Film Festival](https://grfilm.com/2020-san-francisco-greek-film-festival-2/) - 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
- [2020 San Francisco Greek Film Festival: Και virtual και drive-in και με άρωμα Μελίνας](https://grfilm.com/2020-san-francisco-greek-film-festival-και-virtual-και-drive-και-με-άρωμα-μελίνας/) - 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
- [When Tomatoes Met Wagner](https://grfilm.com/tomatoes-met-wagner/) - 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
- [October Film Festival-Palooza!](https://grfilm.com/october-film-festival-palooza/) - October 3-10 17th San Francisco Greek Film Festival–Broke-Ass readers will definitely want to check this event as most of the films being offered will be shown this year for free. The sole exception is the drive-in screening of “Topkapi” at San Mateo’s Par 3 at Poplar Creek. It’s a screening in honor of the centenary
- [Everything You Can Do in San Francisco This Weekend](https://grfilm.com/everything-can-san-francisco-weekend/) - Watch a Greek film festival for free Saturday, October 3 - Sunday, October 4 Grfilm.com The San Francisco Greek Film Festival is going virtual this year with all screenings from October 3 to October 10 being shown for free. There is one exception: an in-person drive-in showing of “TOPKAPI,” a 1964 classic that’s being shown at Par
- [SF Bay Area exploding with film fests in October — here’s a rundown](https://grfilm.com/eastbaytimes/) - Programmers respond to pandemic with virtual, drive-in screening San Francisco Greek Film Festival The skinny: In its 17th year, this thoughtfully curated San Francisco staple unites the old and the new, including an Oct. 4 drive-in screening of Jules Dassin’s entertaining 1964 crime caper “Topkapi,” starring the incomparable Melina Mercouri. It screens at Par 3 at
- [Postcards from Greece](https://grfilm.com/postcards-greece/) - Thanks to this brilliant project and the young lady behind it, I found out that in the next days (3-10 October) there will be the San Francisco Greek Film Festival. Because of COVID, they will run a free online program of screenings. It's available only for people living in the US but for some of us, who
- [It’s a Greek thing: Five must-see features at the 17th annual San Francisco Greek Film Festival](https://grfilm.com/greek-thing-five-must-see-features-17th-annual-san-francisco-greek-film-festival/) - 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 kicks off Saturday when you can start streaming all features, documentaries and shorts. It ends Oct. 10. Should you be interested in venturing out for a special Sunday drive-in screening
- [Now Playing! Hit the Road with Steinem and Local Fests From Your Home Screen](https://grfilm.com/now-playing-hit-road-steinem-local-fests-home-screen-2/) - San Francisco Greek Film Festival Oct. 3–10 Online and drive-in Who knew the S.F. Greek Film Festival has been around for 17 years? Paradoxically, in the year of the pandemic, the fest is taking its light from under a bushel and reaching out to a broader audience. How? By making its program of streaming offerings
- [Film Festivals Go Online With Opportunity to Stream Dozens of Greek Films in October](https://grfilm.com/film-festivals-go-online-opportunity-stream-dozens-greek-films-october/) - Don’t make any evening plans for the first few weeks of October and grab the popcorn and get comfortable on your couch with your friends and family. Two of the largest Greek film festivals in the United States— each with dozens of films in their line ups— are being streamed online for the first time,
- [Now Playing! Hit the Road with Steinem and Local Fests From Your Home Screen](https://grfilm.com/now-playing-hit-road-steinem-local-fests-home-screen/) - By Michael Fox San Francisco Greek Film Festival Oct. 3–10 Online and drive-in Who knew the S.F. Greek Film Festival has been around for 17 years? Paradoxically, in the year of the pandemic, the fest is taking its light from under a bushel and reaching out to a broader audience. How? By making its program
- [22 Fun Things to Do This Week (9.28.20)](https://grfilm.com/22-fun-things-week-9-28-20/) - 7x7.com By Chloe Saraceni Watch a week's worth of films by Greek filmmakers from around the world during the 17th Annual San Francisco Greek Film Festival. The best part? This year's online only fest is free; Saturday through October 10th. // Details on grfilm.com Link to complete article with all events.
- [2020 San Francisco Greek Film Festival](https://grfilm.com/2020-san-francisco-greek-film-festival/) - Film fests galore: From Cinejoy to Asian Pacific, Drunken and CAAMFest, October brings variety of Bay Area events Local News Matters (Bay Area) 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
- [San Francisco Greek Film Festival Runs Oct. 3-10, Includes Topkapi Drive-In](https://grfilm.com/san-francisco-greek-film-festival-runs-oct-3-10-includes-topkapi-drive/) - The National Herald. SAN FRANCISCO – The 17th Annual San Francisco Greek Film Festival (SFGFF) takes place October 3-10 this year and includes the in-person drive-in screening of Topkapi, the classic 1964 Oscar-winning film starring the legendary Melina Mercouri. With the exception of the drive-in event, all other screenings will be online and available free
- [Podcast: Η διαρκής επιδραστικότητα του Τζον Μαυρουδή](https://grfilm.com/o-εικονογράφος-john-mavroudis-μιλάει-για-τα-ανθρώπ/) - Link to the original article on Athens Voice.
- [San Francisco Greek Festival Celebrates 17 years with Melina Mercouri](https://grfilm.com/san-francisco-greek-festival-celebrates-17-years-melina-mercouri/) - By Jonathan Farrell, HVY.com Some of humanity’s earliest theatrical and dramatic presentations come from the Greeks. Often when the word “drama” is said, it implies something serious. But actually the term drama is derived from a Greek word for action. According to the Greeks, drama refers to two kinds of drama. One that is a
- [2019 San Francisco Greek Film Festival Wraps Following 8 Days of Films](https://grfilm.com/2019-san-francisco-greek-film-festival-wraps-following-8-days-films/) - The 2019 San Francisco Greek Film Festival (SFGFF) wrapped its 16th annual event, with daily screenings held October 20th through 27th. The Festival screened eight feature films, and sixteen short films, by Greek and Cypriot filmmakers from around the world. SFGFF audiences responded to surveys at every screening, making their voices heard in process to
- [Kary Antholis to receive Spyros P. Skouras Lifetime Achievement Award](https://grfilm.com/kary-antholis-receive-spyros-p-skouras-lifetime-achievement-award/) - 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
- [Olympia Dukakis to receive the San Francisco Greek Film Festival’s Honorary Astron Award.](https://grfilm.com/olympia-dukakis-receive-san-francisco-greek-film-festivals-honorary-astron-award/) - 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
- [Elios Charitable Foundation Events Have Benefited Center for Greek Studies](https://grfilm.com/elios-charitable-foundation-events-benefited-center-greek-studies/) - 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
- [Screen Legend Olympia Dukakis to be Feted at San Francisco Film Fest for Life Accomplishments](https://grfilm.com/screen-legend-olympia-dukakis-feted-san-francisco-film-fest-life-accomplishments/) - 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
- [“Life Will Smile”](https://grfilm.com/life-will-smile-2/) - “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
- [SF Greek Film Festival Opening Night: Olympia](https://grfilm.com/sf-greek-film-festival-opening-night-olympia/) - Link to Original Article
- [Με Δουκάκη η πρεμιέρα για το Φεστιβάλ Ελληνικού Κινηματογράφου Σαν Φρανσίσκο](https://grfilm.com/με-δουκάκη-η-πρεμιέρα-για-το-φεστιβάλ-ε/) - Η αφίσα του ντοκιμαντέρ. Πηγή: Amazon ΣΑΝ ΦΡΑΝΣΙΣΚΟ. Αν θες να καταλάβεις την Ολυμπία Δουκάκη, η Κάρεϊ Περλόφ λέει ότι βοηθά να κατανοήσετε πρώτα το δικό σας ελληνικό δράμα. Η Περλόφ, πρώην καλλιτεχνική διευθύντρια του «American Conservatory Theater», που σκηνοθέτησε την Δουκάκη σε παραγωγές κλασικών ελληνικών έργων, όπως η «Ηλέκτρα» και η «Εκάβη», αποκαλεί τη
- [New Films From Greece](https://grfilm.com/new-films-greece/) - Olympia (“Olympia”) is a feature film about an American actress of Greek origin, Olympia Dukakis. This film opens the annual festival of Greek cinema in San Francisco, the program of which includes feature films and documentaries.San Francisco Greek Film Festival October 20-26 Grfilm.com.
- [16th San Francisco Greek Film Festival, October 20-26, 2019, Castro Theater, Olympia Dukakis Documentary Opens the Festival](https://grfilm.com/16th-san-francisco-greek-film-festival-october-20-26-2019-castro-theater-olympia-dukakis-documentary-opens-festival/) - 2019 San Francisco Greek Film Festival coming October 20-26 Olympia Dukakis documentary will be Opening Night feature at the Castro The 2019 San Francisco Greek Film Festival (SFGFF) will be held October 20 through 26. Opening Night film is Olympia, a documentary feature on multiple award winning actress Olympia Dukakis, screening on Sunday, October 20 at the Castro Theater (a first for SFGFF.)
- [Halloween Films and Film Festivals Coming to the Bay Area](https://grfilm.com/halloween-films-film-festivals-coming-bay-area/) - Link to the Complete, Original Article October 20-26 16th San Francisco Greek Film Festival – This film festival put on by the Modern Greek Studies Foundation honors filmmakers of Greek or Cypriot descent from around the world. This year’s program of short films and feature films include “I Am Mackenzie” (teen skater living in rural Texas
- [Going on in Our Community](https://grfilm.com/going-community/) - OCTOBER 20-26 SAN FRANCISCO, CA – San Francisco Greek Film Festival runs October 20-26, beginning with the Opening Night film Olympia, the documentary feature on Olympia Dukakis, screening on Sunday, October 20 at the Castro Theater (a first for SFGFF), 429 Castro Street in San Francisco. The Closing Night film is the poignant dramatic comedy
- [Screen Grabs: A Bounty of International Film Fests](https://grfilm.com/screen-grabs-bounty-international-film-fests/) - Filipino, Greek, United Nations, and SF Shorts fests highlight world cinema. Plus: Parasite, The Lighthouse, The King, more. Mill Valley may be over, but the fall cavalcade of local film festivals continues. This week alone brings at least four (that we know of). The 16th SF Greek Film Fest opens this Sunday at the Castro with documentary Olympia,
- [48hills: Olympia Dukakis Has a Few Words](https://grfilm.com/48hills-olympia-dukakis-words/) - Link to Original 48hills Article 'Do what you want. Treat people decently,' says the film legend, with a new doc and honors at the Greek Film Festival. When Olympia Dukakis won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in Moonstruck, in 1988, she became the first Greek American to win the much-coveted trophy.
- [Datebook | SF Chronicle: S.F. Greek Film Festival](https://grfilm.com/datebook-sf-chronicle-s-f-greek-film-festival/) - Link to Original Datebook Article Olympia Dukakis is the subject of this new feature-length documentary, which focuses on the Oscar-winning actress’ life and career. In addition to showcasing the ups and downs of her decades in acting, “Olympia” concentrates on the present day, by following Dukakis over the course of three years, from age 80 to
- [The National Herald: Save the Date for SF’s 16th Annual Greek Film Festival](https://grfilm.com/national-herald-save-date-sfs-16th-annual-greek-film-festival/) - Link to the Original Article on The National Herald SAN FRANCISCO – The 2019 San Francisco Greek Film Festival (“SFGFF”), the first and longest-running Greek film festival in the United States, will be held between October 20-26. SFGFF is dedicated to recognizing, supporting, and promoting the best film work by Greek and Cypriot filmmakers from
- [Do The Bay: SF Greek Film Festival](https://grfilm.com/bay-sf-greek-film-festival/) - Link to the Original Article on Do The Bay The 16th San Francisco Greek Film Festival opens SUNDAY, OCTOBER 20, at the historic Castro Theater! Opening Night's feature film is Olympia - a feature documentary on the life of Academy Award winner and prominent Greek American Olympia Dukakis, directed by Harry Mavromihalis, who will be
- [Greek News Agenda: The 16th San Francisco Greek Film Festival](https://grfilm.com/greek-news-agenda-16th-san-francisco-greek-film-festival/) - Link to original Article on Greek News Agenda The 2019 San Francisco Greek Film Festival (SFGFF) will be held October 20 through 26. Opening Nighton Sunday, October 20 will take place at the Castro Theater (a first for SFGFF) with the screening of I am Mackenzie short film, winner of the SXSW Grand Jury Award, and the documentary Olympia, winner of
- [San Francisco Greek Film Festival Runs October 20-26](https://grfilm.com/san-francisco-greek-film-festival-runs-october-20-26/) - SAN FRANCISCO, CA – The San Francisco Greek Film Festival (SFGFF) announced all film programs for the 2019 Festival which will be held October 20-26. The Opening Night film is Olympia, the documentary feature on Olympia Dukakis, screening on Sunday, October 20 at the Castro Theater (a first for SFGFF). The Closing Night film is
- [2019 Moderator of the SF Greek Film Festival Despina Mouzaki](https://grfilm.com/2019-moderator-sf-greek-film-festival-despina-mouzaki/) - This year, Greek director Despina Mouzaki will serve as SFGFF moderator/MC, introducing films and the other invited filmmakers, moderating Q&A sessions after the screenings, and providing context and history of modern Greek cinema. Despina Mouzaki is a producer and director of films and audiovisual works, founder of the companies Alipnoos SA, Breaking Wave Ltd, Cinegram
- [2019 Opening Night at the Castro Theater in San Francisco](https://grfilm.com/2019-opening-night-castro-theater-san-francisco/) - Opening Night will be held on Sunday, October 20 at the Castro Theater, a first for the San Francisco Greek Film Festival. Castro Theater in San Francisco [three_fourth] [button type="churchope_button" url="https://goo.gl/maps/Ttnu4KSdKAHRPZXj8" target="on"]MAP / DIRECTIONS[/button] [/three_fourth] [one_fourth last=last] Street Address 429 Castro Street San Francisco [/one_fourth][clear] Parking around the Castro district is difficult at best, there
- [2018 Exciting New Opening and Closing Night Venues](https://grfilm.com/exciting-new-opening-closing-night-venues/) - To celebrate its 15th year, the festival has the honor of hosting Closing and Opening Nights at the two of the most illustrious screening rooms in San Francisco: the Premier Theater at Lucasfilm and Dolby Cinema at the Dolby Laboratories headquarters. Opening Night at Lucasfilm October 12 Opening Night will take place at Lucasfilm’s Premier
- [2018 Spyros P. Skouras Lifetime Achievement Award Winner Announced](https://grfilm.com/2018-spyros-p-skouras-lifetime-achievement-award-winner-announced/) - Spyros P. Skouras Lifetime Achievement Award On closing night on Saturday, Oct. 20 at Dolby Cinema, the festival is pleased to present the first-ever Spyros P. Skouras Lifetime Achievement Award to Paramount CEO Jim Gianopulos. The award was created and sponsored by Tom Skouras, festival Advisory Board member and nephew of the late Skouras, to
- [San Francisco Greek Film Festival Presents 24 Independent Films at 15th Annual Film Festival Oct. 12-20, 2018](https://grfilm.com/san-francisco-greek-film-festival-presents-24-independent-films-15th-annual-film-festival-oct-12-20-2018/) - Festival Launches Spyros P. Skouras Lifetime Achievement Award, Presented to Paramount CEO San Francisco, Calif. — The San Francisco Greek Film Festivalcelebrates its 15th year presenting 24 feature-length films and shorts by Greek and Cypriot filmmakers from around the world. From October 12-20, 2018, screenings run nightly at 7 p.m. at venues around San Francisco. All
- [Greek Film Festival](https://grfilm.com/greek-film-festival/) - Link to original Article. The San Francisco Greek Film Festival is the longest running Greek film festival in the U.S.A., celebrating its 15th year in 2018. An annual week-long event dedicated to recognizing and promoting Greek and Cypriot filmmakers from around the world, the SFGFF is run entirely by a group of dedicated volunteers and
- [9 ημέρες γεμάτες ελληνικό σινεμά στο 14ο ετήσιο San Francisco Greek Film Festival!](https://grfilm.com/9-ημέρες-γεμάτες-ελληνικό-σινεμά-στο-14ο/) - 14-22 Οκτώβρη θα λάβει χώρα το 14ο φεστιβάλ ελληνικού κινηματογράφου στο San Francisco! Link to original article. Το παλαιότερο Φεστιβάλ Ελληνικού Κινηματογράφου στην Αμερική ανοίγει τις πόρτες του για 14η συνεχή χρονιά το Σάββατο 14 Οκτωβρίου και θα διαρκέσει μέχρι την Κυριακή 22 Οκτωβρίου. Η φετινή διοργάνωση θα παρουσιάσει 27 ταινίες, μεγάλου και μικρού μήκους,
- [SF Greek Film Festival: Showcasing Films of Greek & Cypriot Directors](https://grfilm.com/sf-greek-film-festival-showcasing-films-greek-cypriot-directors/) - Link to original article English subtitles to be featured for all films The 14th annual San Francisco Greek Film Festival (SFGFF) will be showcasing 27 feature films and shorts from directors of Greek/Cypriot descent from around the world October 14-22, 2017. Two shorts and one feature film will be showcased each night at the intimate Delancey Street
- [«Amerika Square» στο Σαν Φρανσίσκο](https://grfilm.com/amerika-square-στο-σαν-φρανσίσκο/) - Η βραβευμένη ταινία του Γιάννη Σακαρίδη και 26 ακόμημικρού και μεγάλου μήκους ταινίες θα προβληθούν στο Φεστιβάλ Ελληνικού Κινηματογράφου της πόλης που εφέτοςπραγματοποιείται για 14η συνεχή χρονιά Link to original article Το ετήσιο Φεστιβάλ Ελληνικού Κινηματογράφου του Σαν Φρανσίσκο, το παλαιότερο φεστιβάλ εγχώριων ταινιών στην Αμερική, ανοίγει για ακόμη μία χρονιά τις πόρτες του και
- [Fourteenth Annual San Francisco Greek Film Festival](https://grfilm.com/fourteenth-annual-san-francisco-greek-film-festival/) - October 14-22, 2017 Delancey Street Screening Room The fourteenth annual San Francisco Greek Film Festival will be showcasing 27 feature films and shorts from directors of Greek/Cypriot descent from around the world. Two shorts and one feature film will be showcased each night at the Delancey Street Screening Room (600 Embarcadero Street, San Francisco). All
- [Η συνάντηση γνωριμίας με τους διοργανωτές του San Francisco Greek Film Festival έγινε πια θεσμός!](https://grfilm.com/η-συνάντηση-γνωριμίας-με-τους-διοργαν/) - Φωτογραφικό υλικό από το ραντεβού που έδωσαν όλοι οι υποστηρικτές και νέοι γνώριμοι του San Francisco Greek Film Festival τη Δευτέρα το βράδυ στην ταράτσα του Belleville! Έχοντας σχεδόν 4 μήνες μπροστά μας για την διεξαγωγή του 14ου Φεστιβάλ Ελληνικού κινηματογράφου, που διοργανώνεται υπό την χορηγία του Modern Greek Studies Foundation και χάρη στο μεράκι
- [The 13th San Francisco Greek Film Festival](https://grfilm.com/13th-san-francisco-greek-film-festival/) - The 13th Annual San Francisco Greek Film Festival opens Saturday, October 15, and will run through Saturday, October 22, at the Delancey Street Screening Room, 600 Embarcadero Street in San Francisco. Feature length films and shorts from Greek and Cypriot filmmakers from around the world will be showcased each night of the week starting at 7pm, and all movies will have
- [H γιορτή του ελληνικού κινηματογράφου στο Σαν Φρανσίσκο](https://grfilm.com/h-γιορτή-του-ελληνικού-κινηματογράφου/) - 13ο ετήσιο Φεστιβάλ Ελληνικού Κινηματογράφου του Σαν Φρανσίσκο 15 – 22 Οκτωβρίου 2016 19.00, Delancey Street Screening Room, 600 Embarcadero Street, Σαν Φρανσίσκο To παλιότερο Φεστιβάλ Ελληνικού Κινηματογράφου στην Αμερική ανοίγει τις πόρτες του για 13η συνεχόμενη χρονιά το Σάββατο 15 Οκτωβρίου και θα διαρκέσει μέχρι τo Σάββατο 22 Οκτώβριου. Για μια εβδομάδα θα προβάλλονται
- [Το ελληνικό σινεμά στο Σαν Φρανσίσκο](https://grfilm.com/το-ελληνικό-σινεμά-στο-σαν-φρανσίσκο/) - Δέκατη τρίτη χρονιά για το παλαιότερο φεστιβάλ ελληνικού κινηματογράφου στην Αμερική Το πόστερ της εφετινής διοργάνωσης Eπιχορηγούμενο από το Ιδρυμα Νεοελληνικών Σπουδών του Σαν Φρανσίσκο το Φεστιβάλ Ελληνικού Κινηματογράφου του Σαν Φρανσίσκο είναι το αρχαιότερο φεστιβάλ ελληνικού κινηματογράφου στην Αμερική (παρόμοια φεστιβάλ πραγματοποιούνται σε πόλεις όπως το Λος Αντζελες, το Σικάγο και η Νέα Υόρκη).
- [13Ο ΦΕΣΤΙΒΑΛ ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΟΥ ΚΙΝΗΜΑΤΟΓΡΑΦΟΥ ΣΑΝ ΦΡΑΝΣΙΣΚΟ](https://grfilm.com/13ο-φεστιβαλ-ελληνικου-κινηματογραφου/) - Το ελληνικό σινεμά στην καρδιά του Bay Area To παλιότερο Φεστιβάλ Ελληνικού Κινηματογράφου στην Αμερική ανοίγει τις πόρτες του για 13η συνεχόμενη χρονιά το Σάββατο 15 Οκτωβρίου και θα διαρκέσει μέχρι τo Σάββατο 22 Οκτώβριου.Για μια εβδομάδα θα προβάλλονται ταινίες μεγάλου και μικρού μήκους, από Έλληνες και Κύπριους κινηματογραφιστές, κάθε μέρα στις 19.00 στο Delancey Street
- [Ο "Νοτιάς" σε ΗΠΑ & Βραζιλία](https://grfilm.com/ο-νοτιάς-σε-ηπα-βραζιλία/) - Ο Νοτιάς του Τάσου Μπουλμέτη ξεκινάει ένα μεγάλο κινηματογραφικό και φεστιβαλικό ταξίδι στην Αμερικάνικη ήπειρο, με πρώτη στάση τη Νέα Υόρκη. Η ελληνική παραγωγή, που έχει ως φόντο την ταραχώδη Ελλάδα του ’60, ‘70 και του ’80, ξεκινά την πορεία της την Πέμπτη 29 Σεπτεμβρίου, ανοίγοντας το New York City Greek Film Festival, με πρεμιέρα
- [ΕΡΤ2: «If you’re going to San Francisco» με τον Α. Ρ. Λιζάρδο](https://grfilm.com/ερτ2-youre-going-san-francisco-με-τον-α-ρ-λιζάρδο/) - Link to original article. Ο ελληνικός κινηματογράφος ταξιδεύει σε όλο τον κόσμο και ο Αλέξανδρος Ρωμανός Λιζάρδος, το Σάββατο 12 Νοεμβρίου 2016 και ώρα 18:30, στην ΕΡΤ2, ακολουθεί τις εξελίξεις. Στον μακροβιότερο κινηματογραφικό θεσμό που προβάλλει τον ελληνικό κινηματογράφο στην Αμερική, το Ελληνικό Κινηματογραφικό Φεστιβάλ του Σαν Φρανσίσκο, προβλήθηκε ένα σημαντικό μέρος της ελληνικής παραγωγής
- [Αποκλειστικό: Made in Greece: Ο Κλέον Στίβεν Κούρτης ο "εγκέφαλος" στο φεστιβάλ ελληνικού κινηματογράφου στο Σαν Φρανσίσκο](https://grfilm.com/αποκλειστικό-made-greece-ο-κλέον-στίβεν-κούρτ/) - Ο Κλεον Στίβεν Σκούρτης είναι ο εγκέφαλος πίσω από το φεστιβάλ ελληνικού κινηματογράφου του san Francisco. Εδώ και 12 χρόνια ενώνει τις κινηματογραφικές εξελίξεις των Ελλήνων δημιουργών του κόσμου, με τους ομογενείς αλλά και το ψαγμένο κοινό του San Francisco. Γεννημένος στην Αθήνα και μεγαλωμένος στην Αλεξάνδρεια, καταλήξει στις ΗΠΑ για να σπουδάσει ηλεκτρονικά συστήματα
- [12ο Ετήσιο Φεστιβάλ Ελληνικού Κινηματογράφου Του San Francisco](https://grfilm.com/12ο-ετήσιο-φεστιβάλ-ελληνικού-κινηματο/) - BY CINEMODE ON 09/05/2015 Σύμφωνα με τo επίσημο δελτίο τύπου: Το 12ο Ετήσιο Φεστιβάλ Ελληνικού Κινηματογράφου του Σαν Φρανσίσκο θα διεξαχθεί το Σάββατο 9 και από Δευτέρα 11 έως Κυριακή 17 Μαΐου 2015 στο Delancey Street Screening Room (600 EmbarcaderoStreet, SanFrancisco). Στo Φεστιβάλ θα προβληθούν σύγχρονες Ελληνικές ταινίες, μεγάλου και μικρού μήκους, από αναγνωρισμένους αλλά και ανερχόμενους
- [Το Φεστιβάλ Ελληνικού Κινηματογράφου του Σαν Φρανσίσκο φέρνει το ελληνικό σινεμά στη Δυτική Ακτή!](https://grfilm.com/το-φεστιβάλ-ελληνικού-κινηματογράφο/) - Για 12η χρονιά, το Φεστιβάλ Ελληνικού Κινηματογράφου του Σαν Φρανσίσκο προβάλλει μικρού και μεγάλου μήκους ταινίες από το σύγχρονο ελληνικό σινεμά. Το 12ο Ετήσιο Φεστιβάλ Ελληνικού Κινηματογράφου του Σαν Φρανσίσκο θα διεξαχθεί το Σάββατο 9 και από Δευτέρα 11 έως Κυριακή 17 Μαΐου 2015 στο Delancey Street Screening Room (600 Embarcadero Street, San Francisco), με
- [12th Annual San Francisco Greek Film Festival – 2015](https://grfilm.com/12th-annual-san-francisco-greek-film-festival-2015/) - The 12th Annual San Francisco Greek Film Festival will open on Monday 11th May and will run through Sunday 17th May 2015, at the Delancey Street Screening Room (600 Embarcadero Street, San Francisco). The SFGFF will showcase contemporary Greek films from both established, but also up-and-coming directors who are either Greek or are of
- [Honoring the Real Heroes of Our Community; Those Who Persist and Insist](https://grfilm.com/honoring-real-heroes-community-persist-insist/) - By Gregory Pappas on May 7, 2015. Original article. Greek Americans have a tendency to wow at the celebrities and stars, “like” photos with famous actors and wealthy billionaires. We, like all of American society, marvel at celebrity, wealth and power. This is reflected in the awards we give, the people we recognize at our
- [Συνέντευξη με τους διοργανωτές του San Francisco Greek Film Festival!](https://grfilm.com/συνέντευξη-με-τους-διοργανωτές-του-san-francisco-g/) - Published at Frapress.gr. Full article. Με την υποστήριξη του Ιδρύματος Σύγχρονων Ελληνικών Σπουδών του Πανεπιστημίου του San Francisco διοργανώνεται εκεί για 12η συνεχόμενη φορά το εβδομαδιαίο Φεστιβάλ Eλληνικού Kινηματογράφου. Με κύριο στόχο την προώθηση της σύγχρονης ελληνικής κινηματογραφικής παραγωγής, δίνεται η ευκαιρία σε Έλληνες σκηνοθέτες, σεναριογράφους και παραγωγούς να καταστήσουν την δουλειά τους γνωστή και
- [San Francisco Greek Film Festival – SFGFF / 12th Annual](https://grfilm.com/san-francisco-greek-film-festival-sfgff-12th-annual/) - Date/Time Date(s) - 05/09/2015 - 05/17/2015 11:00 am - 10:00 pm Location Delancey Street Screening Room & Restaurant Category(ies) Comedy Drama Festival Film Screening Video Add This Event to Your Calendar iCal Google Calendar Buy Tickets The 2015 film festival is shaping up to be another great festival! The San Francisco Greek Film Festival –
- [San Francisco Greek Film Festival: North California welcomes Greek Cinema](https://grfilm.com/san-francisco-greek-film-festival-north-california-welcomes-greek-cinema/) - Posted on GreekTV on April 29, 2015 It is this time of the year, the last month of spring, when North California Greeks and San Francisco locals are eager to gather in the Delancey to catch –up with the latest Greek film productions and discover new talents, who are either Greek or are of Greek
- [34 Greek Films Over 8 Days to Screen at San Francisco Greek Film Festival](https://grfilm.com/34-greek-films-8-days-screen-san-francisco-greek-film-festival/) - From the Pappas Post By Gregory Pappas on April 27, 2015 Plans are well underway and films have been selected that will be screened during the 12th annual San Francisco Greek Film Festival to he held May 9th and May 11th through May 17th. What began as a group of cinephiles interested in Greek film
- [Twelfth Annual Greek Film Festival – San Francisco U.S.A](https://grfilm.com/twelfth-annual-greek-film-festival-san-francisco-u-s/) - The San Francisco Greek Film Festival is sponsored by the Modern Greek Studies Foundation and all proceeds benefit the educational initiatives of the Center for Modern Greek Studies and the Nikos Kazantzakis Chair at San Francisco State University. The aim of the Festival is to promote Greek and Cypriot culture through a variety of films,
- [11th Annual San Francisco Greek Film Festival Concludes](https://grfilm.com/11th-annual-san-francisco-greek-film-festival-concludes/) - On Saturday, May 10th, the curtain fell ending the 11th Annual San Francisco Greek Film Festival! Congratulations to writer/director Maria Douza and her feature film A Place Called Home (alternative title "The Tree and The Swing") for winning the award for the BEST FEATURE FILM! This is the first feature film Maria Douza has written
- [Best Feature Film Award – 11th San Francisco Greek Film Festival](https://grfilm.com/best-feature-film-award-11th-san-francisco-greek-film-festival/) - Congratulations to writer/director Maria Douza for her movie A Place Called Home! The 105 minute drama is about Eleni, a successful professional woman of Greek origin lives and works in London. The feature movie was shown at our festival on Saturday, May 3rd. We wish continued success in Maria's career! — The team the San Francisco
- [Best Short Film Award – 11th San Francisco Greek Film Festival](https://grfilm.com/best-short-film-award-11tth-san-francisco-greek-film-festival/) - Congratulations to writer Tracy Sunderland and director Sonia Liza Kenterman for their movie Nicoleta! The 19 minute drama takes place in Epirus, Greece, 1951. In the mountains of Greece still full of the hatreds of the civil war, a boy, as the head of his family, is responsible for the destiny of his baby sister.
- [AltCine Announces Greek Film Festival Opening](https://grfilm.com/altcine-announces-greek-film-festival-opening/) - The Eleventh Annual San Francisco Greek Film Festival will be held Saturday, May 3rd till Saturday, May 10th, 2014, at the Delancey Street Screening Room in San Francisco, showcasing contemporary Greek feature films and shorts, all with English subtitles, from established and up-an-coming directors from Greece or of Greek decent. Awards will be given in
- [The 11th San Francisco Greek Film Festival Opens](https://grfilm.com/the-11th-san-francisco-greek-film-festival-opens/) - The 11th San Francisco Greek Film Festival opened with the 2013 movie A Place Called Home (alternative title "The Tree and The Swing"). Written and directed by Maria Douza, the movie made its West Coast debut on Saturday, May 3rd at the packed Delancey Screening Room in San Francisco, California. The sold-out event was a
- [Eleventh Annual San Francisco Greek Film Festival](https://grfilm.com/eleventh-annual-san-francisco-greek-film-festival/) - www.grfilm.com May 3-10, 2014 Delancey Street Screening Room, 600 Embarcadero Street, San Francisco The Eleventh Annual San Francisco Greek Film Festival will open on Saturday, May 3rd and will run through Saturday, May 10th, 2014, at the Delancey Street Screening Room, 600 Embarcadero Street, in San Francisco. The SFGFF will showcase contemporary Greek feature films
- [2013 San Francisco Greek Film Festival](https://grfilm.com/2013-san-francisco-greek-film-festival/) - From alticine.com – The 10th edition of the San Francisco Greek Film Festival 2013, the oldest of the Greek Festivals in USA, took place from May 13th to May 19th. The festival screened Feature length films and shorts, several of which have earned numerous distinguished awards. The festival gives two awards that are decided by the

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