FAITH AND TRADITION SCREENINGS

Our inaugural GGFI Faith & Tradition Screenings Week is a rich program of films that reveal religious and ethnographic elements of the Greek tradition, available widely on our digital platform powered by Eventive, from Friday, March 24 to Sunday, April 2, 2023.

In-person special events

Sunday, March 26 – On the occasion of the National Day of Greece, the Consulate General of Greece in Los Angeles will hold a reception at Saint Sophia Cathedral, Maniatakos Fellowship Hall, 1324 S. Normandie Avenue, Los Angeles at 6 pm; to be followed by a screening of the historic-themed short In Support of Liberty; Philadelphia and the Greek War of Independence. Filmmaker in attendance. Free.

Thursday, April 20 – Screening of Holy Emy at Loyola Marymount University, in collaboration with Basil P. Caloyeras Center for Modern Greek Studies, at LMU University Hall ECC 1857- ground floor, at 6:00 pm; to be followed by an open discussion with the filmmaker on Faith and the Limits of Religion. Free.

Saturday, April 1 – New Documentary screening of Like the Seagulls Over the Golden Horn, at Saint Sophia Cathedral, Maniatakos Fellowship Hall, 1324 S. Normandie Avenue, Los Angeles at 7:00 pm; Refreshments offered. Free.