21st Greek Film Festival

21st Greek Film Festival
Image: Promakhos

Starting in Sydney on October 14, The 21st Greek Film Festival features over 20 films.

Opening with Pantelis Voulgaris’ Little England, his film Brides also has a 10th anniversary screening.

Modern-day Greece has all “the thousand natural shocks that flesh is heir to” with Common Denominator covering online dating and infidelity; Xenia deals with patriarchy, homosexuality and immigrant rights; Stratos: crime noir with good men trying to right things in all the wrong ways and Miss Violence tells of domestic and sexual abuse.

Even the western gets a nod with Standing Aside, Watching: Antigone returns to her hometown as an ‘outsider’ and attempts to reconnect with old friends; and Bollywood dances its way into the festival with Block 12, featuring song and dance routines.

The new Mrs Clooney wants the Elgin Marbles returned to Greece and that saga is covered by the festival’s closing film Promakhos. 

Included is a Short Film Festival that has prizes for local and international categories. (MMu)

Oct 14-Nov2, Palace Norton St, 99 Norton St, Leichhardt, $15-150 (10 film pass), greekfilmfestival.com.au

BY MICHAEL MUIR

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