Greek Film Festival announces additional Sydney screenings

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Following several sold-out sessions since opening last Thursday, October 13, the 2022 Greek Film Festival has announced additional Sydney screenings.

“These encore screenings are an excellent last chance for Sydneysiders to catch some of the most talked-about titles at this year’s Festival,” Festival Chair, Nia Karteris said.

Audiences will be treated to additional screenings of the award-winning films Smyrna, Eftihia and Echoes of the Past.

About the films

Smyrna follows Filio Williams, an elderly Greek American woman who goes to the island of Lesvos to help the refugees.

Almost a century earlier, her family had lived on the island when they themselves were refugees, fleeing Smyrna after the destruction of the city.

Filio’s grandmother’s diary records the family’s turbulent history, shaped by tragic international developments. Filio is accompanied to Lesvos by her reluctant granddaughter, and different generations of women in the same family come together in space and time, as past and present become

Still from Smyrna.

Eftihia by award-winning Greek director Angelos Frantzis, is the biggest Greek film production of 2019. It is a film inspired by the life of Eftyhia Papagiannopoulou, a lyricist who created a massive volume of timeless popular songs, set to music by Tsitsanis, Kaldaras, Ηiotis, and Hadjidakis, among others.

She travelled from Smyrna to Greece, with only one little pillow clutched between her arms. On board the ship that took her away from her home forever, she decided she would never let life pass her by.

She vowed to live on her own terms. Her name means ‘Happiness’ but destiny made sure she knew very little of it.

Still from Eftihia.

Echoes of the Past is a fictional drama inspired by a true event: the massacre committed by invading German troops at Kalavryta, Greece, in December 1943.

When the Greek government launches a claim for war reparations, Caroline Martin, a high-flying lawyer, visits Kalavryta to investigate.

An unexpected encounter with the last survivor of the tragedy, Nikolaos Andreou, leads them both down a dark chapter of history. As the traumatic past comes to light, its painful echoes grow stronger than ever.

Still from Echoes of the Past.

The extra sessions at Palace Norton Street, Leichhardt are as follows:
Thu 20th Oct, 6:30pm: Echoes of the Past
Fri 28th Oct, 6:30pm: Eftihia
Sat 29th Oct, 7:00pm and 7:15pm: Smyrna

Tickets are available at www.greekfilmfestival.com.au

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