15TH LOS ANGELES GREEK FILM FESTIVAL
MAY 10-30, 2021
Film Collections
IN THE AEGEAN SEA $15
Includes: AEGEAN MARINE LIFE SANCTUARY, LIPSI ISLAND, MY GREEK ODYSSEY, SILENCE OF THE DEEP, AKRA
Yes, there are dolphins and ancient shipwrecks and islands to explore, and submarines to prowl the depths from 80 years ago, and a single swimmer to make it to Castellorizo. All blue, all Aegean.
Like A Fairytale $30
Includes: ENTWINED (Available for Streaming in the USA Only), ZIZOTEK, COSMIC CANDY, THE ROCKET, LABYRINTH
Forest spirits, Mountain spirits, Cosmic Candy, Rockets Flying in the Air, and Echoes from another era are all entwined in a symphony of shadows.
Realities and Fictions $60
Includes: MY NAME IS EFTIHIA (Available for streaming in North America Only), SIEGE ON LIPERTI STREET (Available for Streaming in the USA Only), THE MIRACLE OF THE SARGASSO SEA (Available for Streaming in the USA Only), NOT TO BE UNPLEASANT BUT WE NEED TO HAVE A SERIOUS TALK, FANTASIA, AS FAR AS THE SEA, AGORA II (Available for streaming in North America Only), DEFUNCT, TIED, ROMANIOTES, THE GREEK JEWS OF IOANNINA
MY NAME IS EFTIHIA a film about the legendary poet and lyricist Papagiannopoulou touches the life of Eftihia but also the life of a nation; similarly, SIEGE ON LIPERTI STREET takes a peek in the financial crisis in Cyprus, while millions of other “sieges” are also occurring around us. Never have reality and fiction been blurred to such a degree, as today.
Supporting Local Filmmakers $15
Includes: KEFI, THE STORY OF FDF, THE GREEK ORTHODOX FOLK DANCE FESTIVAL, THE NEW GREEK AMERICANS, THE WOODEN HEART, BLESSINGS AND VOWS, THE DARKNESS BEFORE ME, KALIOPE
Local, yet global, people we know, yet people of the world, people from our distant past but also people eons ahead.
SHORT SELECTIONS
Film Festival Darlings $9
Includes: POSTCARDS FROM THE END OF THE WORLD, ELECTRIC SWAN (Available for streaming in North America Only), ALL THE FIRES THE FIRE, THE DISTANCE BETWEEN US AND THE SKY (Available for Streaming in the USA Only), INDEX, ROUTE 3
Low budget, limited resources, tons of challenges, no problem; here are six young filmmakers with hundreds of international awards under their belt from the most prominent film festivals – creativity is not in short supply.
Liquid Visions $9
Includes: THE WEIGHT OF THE SEA, MARE NOSTRUM, WAX AND FEATHERS, IN THE ROOM, ONE, UTOPIA, DARK SAND (Available for Streaming in the USA Only)
Sea, water, sand, characters, clouds, feathers, space, intentions; they are all fluid, they all flow; some in color, some in black and white, all in sync.
Young and Restless $9
Includes: THE DUDE, BIRDS WITH NO LEGS, MILA, CHOPPER, SAD GIRL WEEKEND, MOM’S MOVIE, I, TONY, JAR OF NUTS, THE CALL
Young or restless, or young and restless or just restless, you pick, they are all here, the young at heart as well.
