Greek Film Festival

This year the 18th Greek film festival took Leichhardt by storm with 24 fantastic films and 4 exceptional documentaries. After almost three hugely successful weeks of great Greek cinema the 2011 Greek Film Festival of Sydney closed on Sunday 30th October with 3 sold out cinemas of Rebetiko.

Yorgos Noussias made the very first Greek zombie film in 2005, Evil (To Kako), and in 2009 he released his sequel Evil in the Time of Heroes, with more blood and gore and a special cameo from Billy Zane. Evil the time of Heroes screened at the Edinburgh Film Festival earlier this year, and now it's coming to Melbourne and Sydney where it will screen back to back with the original. Session times to be announced.

Greek artist Alexandros Vasmoulakis, one of the two artists behind the Greek Film Festival poster image this year, features in the documentary Artherapy, screening in Melbourne and Sydney.

The 17th Greek Film Festival will be held from Thursday 14 - Sunday 31 October, 2010 at Palace Norton Street Cinemas. 

The 17th Greek Film Festival will be held from Wednesday 13 - Sunday 31 October, 2010 at Palace Cinema Como.

Watch traiilers here

ELIAS OF THE 16TH PRECINCT - dir. Nikos Zapatinas

Alekos Sakellarios’ much-loved film from 1959, based on a play by Sakellarios and Giannakopoulous, gets a working over for a whole new generation, proving good humour never dates.

Starring the much loved Greek TV actor Petros Filippidis (Λάκης ο γλυκούληs), Elias of the 16th Precinct follows three friends – Elias, Thomas and Vangelis – who face considerable financial hurdles with their debts rivalling the size of Everest. They decide the only solution is to snatch money from Vangelis’ boss, Labros ; a cafeteria owner, pawnbroker and fence. While Thomas will attempt the breaking and entering, Elias will be disguised as a police officer – for security reasons, of course. Hilarity ensues as this comedy of errors sends their plan spiralling off in a totally different direction.

UPCOMING SESSIONS:
Friday 2 October, 3pm - ADELAIDE