Creativity to be on display at the 12th Greek Student Film Festival in Melbourne

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The 12th Greek Student Film Festival concludes on October 27, 2024, at 11am, at the Palace Cinema Como, with the screening of films created with fun and passion by students of primary, secondary schools who teach the Greek language.

The competition part of the festival began in mid-August, with the selection, as every year, of the theme and subject matter that is the hallmark of the students’ creations.

In the month that followed, the teams of students who applied for the competition created films with imagination and realism, humour and challenging nature, using their time, inspiration, imagination and enthusiasm.

The competition judges commented:

  • “I’m incredibly impressed the kids were able to create such creative scripts in Greek given many of them are third generation Australians and would speak Greek as a second language. It’s heartening to see our language enduring here in Australia.” – Anna Bourozikas | Festival Director Setting Sun Film Festival
  • “Greek language students demonstrated their language skills through the creative practice of film making. Through storytelling, creating short films in Greek is an excellent way to practice and demonstrate speaking, listening and understanding Greek via a creative and engaging medium.” – Dimitrios Koutsoukos | Actor
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  • “It’s an important part in conserving our Greek culture to have our young students encouraged in creative storytelling and embracing the Greek language in doing so. I was genuinely impressed with the level of the students’ Greek language skills and equally impressed with level of creativity in the execution of their individual films. Each group had some significant highlights and unique ideas in their stories. They were engaging, entertaining and at times, thought provoking. It would be wonderful to see more of this encouragement and opportunity for our students to undertake and create stories and ideas told through film and embracing our Greek language and culture. I congratulate all involved in producing and participating in this year’s student film festival.” – Tony Nikolakopoulos | Actor, Director. Writer, Producer

The director of the Greek Community of Melbourne schools, Maria Bakalidou, stated: “The student film festival is an initiative that we should be proud of as a community. It is a valuable educational tool that gives students the opportunity to use the Greek language creatively, to learn about the art of filmmaking, to test their writing and acting skills and to create positive experiences in their journey to Greek studies. May this initiative be strengthened with more participants and continue for many more years to come.”

The topic for this year’s competition was: “Children Know Everything.” The competition was divided into two categories:

  • Primary school students
  • Secondary school students

The participants will compete for three awards (1st, 2nd and 3rd) in each category, and the “Best short film Audience Award,” introduced in 2023, will also be awarded. The screening of the short films and the awards ceremony that will follow is a free event.

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