Greece’s official entry in the Best International Feature Film category at the 2023 Oscars, Magnetic Fields, will be screening at this year’s Greek Film Festival in Sydney.
The 2022 Greek Film Festival, which is being presented by the Greek Orthodox Community of NSW (GOCNSW) and the Greek Festival of Sydney, will be held at Leichardt’s Palace Norton Street Cinema from October 13 – 23.
People who watch Magnetic Fields are in for a ride as film director, Yorgos Goussis, and cast members, Elena Topalidou and Antonis Tsiotsiopoulos, take them on a 78 minute cinematic journey.
The film tells the story of Elena, a young woman who decides to change course on a whim and finds herself on a ferry to an island. Antonis is on that same ferry, on his way to the island cemetery where he hopes to bury a metallic box.
When his car breaks down, Elena offers him a ride to a hotel and then again, the next day to the cemetery, where they are told the box can’t be left there for bureaucratic reasons.
Having enjoyed each other’s company and random banter, they decide to keep wandering around the island in search of a good place to bury the mysterious box.
The film was a Greek limited–release box office hit and won more than 10 awards at the Thessaloniki International film Festival and the Hellenic Film Academy’s Iris awards.
Reviews of the film have described it as a “crafty scientific experiment” or one that “speaks directly to the viewer.”
Magnetic Fields will be among twelve narrative features and three documentaries to feature at the Sydney Greek Film Festival this year, including The Greek Bar Jacket and Echoes of the Past.
The Greek Film Festival, presented by the Greek Orthodox Community of NSW and the Greek Festival of Sydney, runs from Thursday, October 13 to Sunday, October 23. Screenings will be at Palace Norton Street, 99 Norton Street, Leichhardt, NSW, 2040.
For more details visit: www.greekfilmfestival.com.au.
