The 14th Greek Film Festival is officially open!

13 September – 2 October 2006
Palace Norton St Cinema 99 Norton St, Leichhardt

THE ESSENTIAL VIEWING GUIDE

This year the Festival features five contemporary Greek comedies, which you should not missed!

Please note that Woman Is A Tough Person is in Greek language only without English subtitles.

CHARITON’S CHOIR



Dir. Grigoris Karantinakis
2005, Greece, 35mm, 115 minutes, In Greek with English subtitles

Cast: George Chorraface, Stefanos Karadinakis, Maria Nafpliotou, Akyllas Karazissis, Christos Steryioglou, Alexandros Logothetis, Ilektra Nikolouza, Vassilis Kolovos, Yvonni Maltezou, Dimitris Piatas, Spyros Stavrinios.

Chariton Ulianov has one great love: Life! That overriding love affair however does not hamper him in his pursuit of the enjoyment of her simpler pleasures. His position as School Master in a small provincial town on the island of Corfu gives him the opportunity to disseminate his own unique philosophy, especially to the students that participate in his greatest passion: the choir. His tender and playful outlook on life is an inspiration to his students who find themselves facing all the challenges of adolescence in a Greece which is itself facing the challenges of life under dictatorship.

Screenings:
Fri 22 Sept 8.30pm
Sat 23 Sept 6.30pm
Sun 24 Sept 8.15pm

HAZARDOUS AND UNHEALTHY



dir. Antonis Papadopoulos
2003, Greece, 35mm, 95 minutes, In Greek with English subtitles

Cast: Paschalis Tsarouchas, Nena Mendi, Antonis Antoniou, Regina Pantelidi

A sharp lesson on the power of myth over history is provided by this ironic drama about a seedy truck-driver stranded in a village he once saved from the Nazis. Certain of his death and in a show of gratitude the inhabitants erect his statue in the village square. The trucker realizes that the unknown martyr is in fact himself, but, when he tries to tell the locals, he finds that an idealized dead hero is often preferred to a clay-footed live one.

Screenings:
Sat 16 Sept 4.30pm
Mon 18 Sept 8.50pm

THE HEART OF THE BEAST/ I kardia tou ktinous



Dir. Renos Haralambidis
2005, Greece, 35mm, 80 Minutes, In Greek with English subtitles

Cast: Renos Haralambidis, Yorgos Voultzatis, Manos Vakoussis, Alkis Panayotidis, Tzina Thliveri, Yannis Zouganelis, Mara Darmousli, Elisavet Constantinidou, Giannis Bostantzoglou Dimitris Starovas, Dimos Gigantakis, Yorgos Velentzas, Marina Tavoulari

A comic drama of three male friends from high school coming together again years later to solve their problems in an unusual way. When egocentric Stephanos is discharged from the army, he feels the world belongs to him. However, the only things he really possesses are the debts his mother left him and rejection from his girlfriend. When Nikos proposes they rob a bank, Stephanos plunges into the brutality but also the magic of real life on his way to maturity.

Screenings:
Tues 19 Sept 6.30pm
Fri 22 Sept 6.30pm

YOUR CHANCE TO WIN A TRIP TO GREECE

By way of thanking you for your continued support we are delighted to be able to offer you a fantastic chance to win a return flight to beautiful Athens courtesy of our fantastic sponsors Gulf Air (Gulf Air flies daily to Athens). Tickets are only $5 each and only 1,000 were printed so your chance of winning is high.

You can purchase tickets from the Festival volunteers at the Festival info Desk in the cinema prior to any of the sessions during the Festival.

HONEY AND THE PIG



dir. Olga Malea
2005, Greece, 35mm, 90 minutes, In Greek with English subtitles

Cast: Christos Loulis, Faye Xyla, Pavlos Haikalis, Fotini Baxevani, Spyros Kitsanellis, Sofia Filippidou, Dimitris Piatas, Haris Mavroudis, Vladimiros Kyriakidis

A young man pursues his molester but events quickly get out of control. Pots of honey, a sweet-toothed piglet, a perverted uncle, a sexy hearse-driver, a wandering dietician and hundreds of villagers mingle in an outrageously original comedy. Olga Malea, Greece’s well-known filmmaker and a professional psychologist, tackles the issue of child sexual abuse through a surreal sense of humour and a Balkan landscape.

Screenings:
Thu 14 Sept 8.50pm
Sat 23 Sept 8.50pm
Sat 30 Sept 4.30pm

WOMAN IS… A TOUGH PERSON



Dir. Andonis Kafetzopoulos
2005, Greece, 35mm, 97 minutes, In Greek no English subtitles

Cast: Faye Kokkinopoulou, Antonis Kafetzopoulos, Yota Festa, Mania Papadimitriou, Jenny Roussea, Eleni Apostolopoulou, Kostas Triandafyllopoulos, Fotis Thomaidis, Makis Papadimitriou.

Veteran actor Kafetzopoulos directs as well as stars in this energetic comedy. He plays Johnny Maniatis, a put-upon ad executive who is facing the worst day of his life. His biggest client is threatening to defect, his kleptomaniac daughter has run off with a Bulgarian gangster, his mother has disappeared, and his lady love is demanding that they conceive a child that very day. . .or else!

Screenings:
Sat 23 Sept 4.15pm
Wed 27 Sept 6.30pm

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COMPETITION

Your chance to win a double pass to one of the contemporary comedies screening at the Festival.

The first person to answer the following question will win a double pass to the screening of CHARITON’S CHOIR – Friday 22 September 2006 at 8.30pm

In which city does actor George Corraface live?

Please email your answer and your full contact details to gffos@goc.com.au

Congratulations to Fotini Manikakis, Con Tsitouras and Susan Gazis, who answered correctly last week questions and won a double pass to one of the Tragedies screenings.

Answers of last week competition are:

1. Director Dinos Demopoulos returns to Greek films after a long absence, adapting his own award-winning children's book.
2. 1991
3. Dimitri Stavrakas studied Sociology, Demography and City Planning at the Sorbonne University, Paris, France.

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED!

If you would like to help meet and greet people, hand out tickets or sell raffle tickets, please send an email to enquiries@greekfilmfestival.com.au

All volunteers will be given a complimentary ticket to a Festival screening in exchange of their shift.

For more information on the Greek Film Festival of Sydney including screening times, ticket prices and special events please log onto www.greekfilmfestival.com.au

We hope you’ll enjoy the selection and join us for another great Festival!