Greek actor Andreas Constantinou, a star of the film Little England, will be a guest of the 21st Delphi Bank Greek Film Festival, to take place in Sydney and Melbourne this month.
Little England (Mikra Agglia), the film which will open this year’s festival, is Greece’s entry for the foreign language Oscar next year.
Directed by veteran Pantelis Voulgaris from a novel by his wife, Ioanna Karystiani, the melodrama centres on two sisters who both fall for a ship’s captain on the Greek island of Andros during World War II.
The festival opens at Palace Norton Street in Sydney on 14 October and Palace Como in Melbourne on 15 October. Producer Giannis Iakovidis is also coming to Australia as a festival guest.
Chief executive officer of the Delphi Bank, the festival’s major sponsor, Mr George Tacticos said he was delighted to see Greek film “take on new growth and importance in the world scene, gaining critical acclaim across many prestigious festivals and events”.
The festival will boast a selection of Greek family tragedies, carefully crafted dramas and tense thrillers with a strong resilient hand, highlighting Greece’s hidden treasures and roots through the power of film.
A new wave of Greek cinema will emerge from a bold generation of young filmmakers who insist on breaking ties with past trends and seeing things in their own unique way.
Read more in detail about the 21st Delphi Bank Greek Film Festival in this Saturday’s edition of Neos Kosmos’ Good Life.