Sydney Program 2024
The Greek Student Short Film Festival returns for the 12th year, presenting a selection of imaginative films from primary and secondary students studying and/or speaking the Greek language.
The consequences of the Destruction of Smyrna and the Genocide of the Greeks in Turkey, as seen through the eyes of three characters who were dragged to the arid plains of Anatolia only to succumb to hunger, thirst, and the winner's knife.
Africa Star follows three generations of Cypriot women - mother, daughter, and granddaughter - whose lives were tragically altered by one man's submission to temptation.
Aligned: a sensual journey revealing inner beauty and self-love's transcendence power.
A sports documentary about the great Ferenc Puskás's time coaching South Melbourne Hellas, with Ange Postecoglou as his captain.
A group of performers spend an increasingly wild summer working at the Hotel Mirage.
A broadcast quality film tells the story of the ANZACs in Greece during the campaign of 1941, told by the veterans themselves.
The tragedy of an awarded winemaker who envisioned since 1885 Arcadia as “Champagne d’ Orient” but the establishment reserved for him a painful end.
A method actor commits a heist that goes wrong. He befriends the critically injured victim and tries to reconcile his guilt before his one shot audition in New York.
A documentary about the origins and legacy of Bouzouki, an instrument which dominated the Greek folk music era of the 2Oth century in Greece.
A petty thief enters a house unaware that it belongs to a retired police officer. He soon finds himself trapped in a twisted game of power.
Flora and Petros are competitors who try to buy cheap land on a Greek island and sell it to foreigner investors. During their stay comic things take place ending to find true love in the local residents.
A descent into the world of mourning and loss through three homicide stories that shook Greek and European society.
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.
Fotis is in a dead end both personally and professionally. At this critical point in his life, a voice he is familiar with will take action, a voice he knows only in his head.
After an accident, a young woman finds herself on a remote mansion trying to recover her memory with the help of a mysterious caretaker and a gold fish.
Fanis, after the glory as a TV celebrity, is gone downhill for good. All he needs now, is a divine sign to make it again
Two Greek Aussie filmmakers set off on a tour to find the last remaining Greko speakers, deep, deep in Calabria. The two find something unexpected, hope…
Mary, Marianna, Maria, the Unsung Greek Years of Maria Callas.
Teenage Eleftheria, a stranger in a strange land, meets mysterious neighbor Angelos who invites her into his grown up world. Roaming the streets of the scorching hot city on his bike, she will discover the awakening of sexual desire.
he documentary Mother of the Station follows the lives of Greek women immigrants who came to Germany during 1960-1973 and worked in hard jobs.
Based on a classic novel by Alexandros Papadiamantis, Murderess takes place on a remote island in Greece, circa 1900. There, Hadoula, trapped in her own mother's rejection, struggles to survive the dictates of a patriarchal society.
Operation Star is the story of a failed sabotage attempt by Greek and British soldiers targeting a strategic objective during the German occupation of Greece in 1943.
A widowed Greek fisherman and a teenage refugee form an emotional bond while sailing the azure waters of the Aegean Sea.
An unknown story, another war crime comes to light. In 1943, some Cretan shepherds, having no other way to feed their families, ignore German orders and enter the forbidden zone of Mount Psiloritis, set up to track down guerrilla groups.
Thomas, a taxi driver struggles with his life expectations and literature passions, leading to an erotic obsession after a client's suicide.
Kosmas, a young man living in the slums, constantly tries to make ends meet, hoping for a better day. Because of debts, he gets tangled up in smuggling. His morals are tested and he tries to find a way out.
A peaceful, frightened little man is mistakenly identified as "the dragon", a notorious criminal at large. He briefly and reluctantly rules the underworld until they realize their mistake.
After many years, a son seeks his father's approval.
When a rhapsodist begins to tell his tale, the worlds of fact and fiction fold together until the only truth left is the story itself and the rest is just life.
Under the Athenian night sky, before the silent threat of an imminent socio-economic crisis, a young man goes for a stroll and meets the love of his life. Does fate govern one's existence? What would have happened if he stayed in, instead?
A day in the life of a young lawyer Antonis Spetsiotis that turns out quite unexpectedly, starting from the courts to end up in a wild scenery in the outskirts of Athens.
A discovery of the incredible musical journey of Yani Spanos, setting off from small-town Kiato to major collaborations in Paris, and ultimately his huge success in Greece.
200 BC. During a merciless drought, the brute nature of man and the delicate essence of woman become inextricably intertwined, as the omnipotence of the carnal instinct demands the total surrender of the flesh.