The premiere of the Melbourne Greek Student Film Festival was successfully held at Como Palace Cinema, in the context of the 17th Greek Film Festival.
The event was graced by the presence of Mr. Christos Salamanis, Consul General of Greece in Melbourne, the expatriate Federal Member of Parliament Maria Vamvakinou, the expatriate State Undersecretary Jenny Mikakos, officials as well as a crowd of people, of parents and students that overwhelmed the two theaters where the students' film creations were shown.
The program was a product of the cooperation of the Education Office of the Consulate General of Greece in Melbourne, of the Greek Orthodox Community of Melbourne and Victoria, of the Antipodes Festival and the Victorian Ministry of Education and was kindly sponsored by the Victorian Multicultural Commission.
Overall, 21 movies, duration 4 minutes each, creations of government college students, evenings/Saturdays (community and ecclesiastical) and private schools in Victoria, where the Greek language is taught, as well as students of the Greek studies departments of the Universities of Victoria, they competed in four categories and won 12 awards (three per category), which was accompanied by a cash prize.
The award criteria were;: a) creativity and imagination b) Amount and appropriateness of language used and c) Technical picture and sound quality.
