Youth shine at the 12th Greek Student Film Festival in Melbourne

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The 12th Greek Student Film Festival concluded on 27 October 2024 at Palace Cinema Como with a feature screening and celebration.

Students were met by a paparazzi entry to the Cinema where the short form film creations of students studying Greek in Victoria and New South Wales were presented to the attending audience.

Youth shine at the 12th Greek Student Film Festival in Melbourne

This year for the first time, the event was hosted by students. Nefeli Michalopoulou, Orpheus Sidiroglou and Stella Tzimas – all Year 9 students from the Greek Community of Melbourne’s (GCM) City Campus – presented the program and the awards with great humour and professionalism.

Whilst all the short films were well received by the crowd, the judging panel had to select a winner and judged the entries as follows:

Youth shine at the 12th Greek Student Film Festival in Melbourne
Photo: Constantly Flashing Photography / Peter Kakalias.
Youth shine at the 12th Greek Student Film Festival in Melbourne
Photo: Constantly Flashing Photography / Peter Kakalias.

Primary Schools category:

  • 1st Place: South Morang campus of the GCM Schools
  • 2nd Place: Year 2 from the Doncaster (Saturday) campus of the GCM Schools
  • 3rd Place: Year 3 from the City campus of the GCM Schools

Secondary Schools category:

  • 1st place: Year 7 from the Bentleigh campus of the GCM Schools
  • 2nd Place: shared between the Year 8 class from Oakleigh Grammar and Year 7 from the Balwyn campus of the GCM Schools
  • 3rd Place: Year 7 from Oakleigh Grammar

Audience Award: Years 5 & 6 from the City campus of the GCM Schools.

Addressing the event, the Chair of the GCM Cultural Committee, Leonidas Vlahakis said: “I am thrilled by the students’ film creations, and I am touched to watch students presenting the festival, with such ease of expression in Greek.”

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