SEVENTH ANNUAL SAN FRANCISCO GREEK FILM FESTIVAL 2010
Highlights from this year’s festival include:
BIRDS IN THE MIRE (2008) by Alida Dimitriou. This is the first documentary which depicts the participation in and contribution of women in the Greek Resistance Movement during the German occupation of 1941-44.
WISHES (2009) by Angelos Spartalis. This dramatic feature film is making its premiere opening in the U.S. at the San Francisco Greek Film Festival.
THE MAN WITH THE CARNATION (1980) by Nikos Tzimas. A very powerful movie about Nikos Beloyiannis, a jailed Greek communist and Resistance leader from the 1930s. This film is shown for the first time again after 30 years.
THE LITTLE MOUSE WHO WANTED TO TOUCH A STAR (2009) by Panagiotis Rappas & Aggelos Rouvas. This delightful animation was presented to President Obama’s family during a recent diplomatic visit by Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou. It is appropriate for children and adults and will be shown in conjunction with the comedy LITTLE GREEK GODFATHER (2007) by Olga Malea for a special "family night at the Greek movies."
DUCE NARRATES (1945) by Stamatis Polenakis. This anti-fascist short film is the first Greek cartoon produced in the technique of papier decoupe. Polenakis designed the sketches in the island of Sifnos in 1942, during the Italian occupation, and was first shown after the war in 1945.
DOGTOOTH (2009) by Giorgos Lanthimos. This is the only Greek film to ever receive the Best Movie Award, Prix De La Jeunesse, at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival.
The festival kicks off Sunday May 16 and will run through Sunday May 23 at the Delancey Street Screening Room, 600 Embarcadero Street in San Francisco. All films will begin at 7:30 pm each evening, except for the double feature on Saturday evening which will begin at 6:30 pm, and all films will have English subtitles. Tickets are $15 for each screening, $35 for opening night which includes the Opening Night Reception, and $20 for the Saturday night double feature. Tickets and weekly passes, as well as a full description of all the films, are available online at www.grfilm.com. Tickets will be available at the door, and discounts are available for students with a valid student id. Sponsorships opportunities are available.
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.
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