Greek cinema celebrates on Balzac Street in the City of Light
From the 20 until 25 In March, the now established festival of contemporary Greek cinema will take place in Paris, which started timidly seven years ago and soon developed into a necessary cultural institution.
This year's event is organized by the Center of Hellenic Culture and with the support of the Hellenic Film Center, includes a rich film program, long and short films that stood out from the Greek production, either because of their commercial success (the "If" by Christoforos Papakaliatis, the "Christmas Tango" by Nikos Koutelidakis) or because of their distinguished festival track, acting as ambassadors of Greek cinema on the doorstep of the world: "Unfair World" by Philippos Tsitos, "Alps" by Giorgos Lanthimos, "The Boy Who Eats Bird's Food" of Hector Lygizos et al.
Two special documentaries will also be shown, or "Raw material" of Christos Karakepelis and "Smyrna, the destruction of a Cosmopolitan City" of Maria Ilios that give a hard dimension of the present and past of the Greek reality.
The premiere night of the festival will be dedicated to Theodoros Angelopoulos with the screening of his first feature film, "Representation". The film will be prefaced by the director and president of the French Film Library, Costas Gavras.
As part of the program, several representatives of the new generation of Greek Cinema will visit Paris, such as Menelaos Karamagiolis (director of J.A.C.E), Chitos, Papakaliatis and also Petros Sevastikoglou, director of the original film experiment «Attractive Illusion» and Giorgos Siougas, director of the film "The milk".
"In the midst of a four-year crisis, Greek cinema is going through an unprecedented boom, declaring that it has something to say" says in a statement from the Cypriot Greek Cinema. "From the 20 until 25 March finds its footing in the heart of Paris and is waiting for you to discover it.”
The screenings of the films will take place at the Cinema Balzac on rue Balzac in Paris
Source : tovima.gr
