About Us

MISSION STATEMENT

The London Greek Film Festival is the crossroad between West and East that leads you to discover and explore the idea of globalisation through a Hellenic glance; it aims to introduce Greek film to the international public, but at the same time fosters a challenge for moving image artists from all over the world to showcase anything Greek! The London Greek Film Festival aims to be the international meeting point for the Greek moving image.

THE PEOPLE

We are open-minded, enthusiastic, creative people wanting to make a difference in the cultural scene of London. Starting from scratch, we are willing to achieve that and make the London Greek Film Festival one of the cities’ greatest celebrations of culture through moving image. London Greek Film Festival is a project developed by CosmoCinema Ltd, and realized by London Greek Film Festival Ltd. Founder and artistic director of the festival is the Film/Stage Director Christos Prossylis.

ABOUT THE PROJECT

The London Greek Film Festival is a project that promotes the kind of open creativity which integrates the speed of information and digital culture as demonstrated in feature fiction films, short films, documentaries, animation, student movies and video art and other kinds of moving image. The London Greek Film Festival will provide a welcoming space to artists, film-makers, practitioners, academics, technologists and art-film lovers for discussion, education and networking. Dedicated to the moving image, the LGFF invites the spectator to an extravagant experience. Whether you are a cultural explorer, an amateur student, a renowned film director, or anything in between, the London Greek Film Festival will surely inspire you.

The LGFF is a unique opportunity which will unite Greek producers and authors from all over the world, in addition to artists that exhibit Greek historical or cultural themes and individuals whose films make use of the Greek language, or whose works are produced in the country itself. The LGFF is a new concept in that it invites work from international artists of Greek heritage as well as from others who have an interest in Greece and Greek related themes. The festival concept is as flexible as new media and the web - transcending borders and allowing art to explore life in a globalised world. 

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CREDITS

Artistic Director: Christos Prossylis

Project Management and Concept Development: CosmoCinema

Greek National Tourism Organisation, London Office co-ordinator: Iliana Voidanidi, Public Relations Officer

Embassy of Greece in London co-ordinator: Spyros Diamandis, Director of the Press Office

The Hellenic Centre co-ordinators: Maria Kalli (Deputy Director)

ANT1 Europe co-ordinators: Leda Papachatzi (Athens, Programming Executive), Nelly Voukaki (London)