PROGRAM 2009
Venue:
the Hellenic Centre (16-18 Paddington Street, Marylebone, London, W1U 5AS)
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Program
EVENT
(Venue:
the Hellenic Centre, Great Hall)
15.00-18.00: ‘Shooting
in Greece’,
informational networking event
supported by the Greek National Tourism Organisation, London
Office. Venue: the Hellenic Centre, Great Hall. Free
expert information on filming in Greece, fantastic live
Greek music, Greek wines and great networking,
Speakers:
-
Sofia Panayiotaki
[Director, Greek National Tourism Organisation, London
Office]
-
Leon
Herbert
[director, filmmaker]
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Bettany Hughes
[journalist]
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Bruno Coppola
[producer, director, filmmaker]
-
Haris Padouvas
[producer]
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Photini Economopoulou
[producer]
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Thanasis Gavos
[journalist]
Live
Greek Music by:
Nicos
Shacolas, Pavlos Carvalho, Pavlos IM, Cigdem Aslan, Peyman
Heydarian, Noonie Minogue, Olympia Tsarouhi, Philip Arditti,
Matina Karastatira.
SCREENINGS
(Venue:
the Hellenic Centre, Great Hall)
18.05:
Low Cost Athens
(special screening), directed by Michael Kosmides.
Production: Topology Media, UK, 2009. Duration: 26’. (World
Premier).
18.40:
Breathe me
(documentary) directed by John Michael Mouskos. Production:
Sevenpoems Film International, UK, 2007. Duration: 30’. (UK
Premier).
19.15:
Partners
(short film) directed by Josefina Markarian. Production:
Greek Film Centre, Vlasis Stathoulias, Bandur films,
Josefina Markarian. Greece, 2008. Duration: 19’. (UK
Premier).
19.40:
Rosmarinus Officinalis
(short film) directed by Andreas Siadimas. Production: ERT,
Greece, 2008. Duration: 20.50’. (UK Premier).
20.05:
Paradise lost or found (animation), directed by
Artemis Alcalay. Production: independent, Greece, 2008.
Duration: 1.56’. (UK Premier).
20.10:
Sound check,
directed by Kostas Gerampinis. Production: independent,,
Greece, 2009. Duration: 9.16’. (UK Premier).
20.20:
Beware of bear (short film) directed by Victoria
Vellopoulou. Production: Cinegram, Greece, 2008. Duration:
19.26’. (UK Premier).
20.45:
A small battle (short film), directed by Haris
Pallas. Production: independent, Greece, 2009. Duration:
11.22’. (UK Premier).
21.00:
The homecoming
(fiction feature), directed by Vassilis Douvlis. Production:
CL Productions, Greek Film Centre, Hellenic Broadcasting
Corporation (ERT S.A.), Vassilis Douvlis, Ioanna
Spiliopoulou, Ioulia Stavridou. Greece, 2008. Duration: 98’.
(UK Premier).
WORKSHOP
(Venue:
the Hellenic Centre, Board Room)
13.00-15.00: Body Awareness & Acting.
How we prepare our bodies physically, mentally, sensually,
emotionally before acting? How we can be focused,
concentrated, aware & the same time relaxed, grounded and
effective front of the camera? Tutor: Depi Mavropoulou.
EVENT
(Venue:
Hellenic Centre, Board Room)
15.30-17.00: Script Presentation.
Readings and presentation of the short
and feature scripts (treatment, characters, and samples of
the dialogues). Supervisor of the event: Barbara Dukas.
Fiction
Feature Scripts
Melina,
by Ralf Hochstrasser (Switzerland)
The
First Casualty,
by Paul Papadeas (USA)
Watch
your step,
by Elpida Stratigaki (Greece)
A letter
for Zorba,
by William S. Thomas (USA)
Short
Scripts
Albert,
by Christina Maria Chryssafi (Greece)
The
sculpture,
by Ralf Hochstrasser (Switzerland)
The
Crista’s descent,
by Gelly Angeliki Lavda (USA and Greece)
Two
shoes on wheels,
by Stefanos Mondelos (Greece)
Ho ho ho,
by George Nouris (Greece)
SCREENINGS
(Venue:
the Hellenic Centre, Great Hall)
13.00:
Man in three ages with the first one last
(video art) directed by Grigoris Drossidis. Production:
independent, Greece, 2009. Duration: 6.05’. (World Premier).
13.07:
Search thou not
(short film) directed by Nikos Giannikas. Production: @rteam,
Greece, 2009. Duration: 11’. (UK Premier).
13.20:
What you see is not what you hear
(video art) directed by Maria Araka. Production:
independent, UK, 2009. Duration: 8.38’. (UK Premier).
13.30:
Hitherto
(short film), directed by Stefanos Sitaras. Production:
Pavlopoulou G, Greece, 2006. Duration: 6.28’. (UK Premier).
13.40:
Metamorphosis
(documentary) directed by Maria Provatidou. Production:
independent, Greece, 2008. Duration: 10’. (World Premier).
13.51:
South-end on Sea
(video art) directed by Gm Touliatou. Production:
independent, Greece, 2008. Duration: 3.20’. (World Premier).
13.55:
10 minutes (short film), directed by Alexander
Leontaritis. Production: independent (for New York College),
Greece, 2007. Duration: 12.30’.
14.10:
Transmission – Log No 2 (short film) directed by
Ronis Varlaam. Production: independent, UK, 2009. Duration:
6’. (World Premier).
14.20:
It’s another country (documentary) directed by Zoe
Charalambous. Production: independent, UK and Cyprus, 2009.
Duration: 24’.
14.50:
The End of an Odyssey
(documentary) directed by Elli Papadopoulou. Production:
Another Studio Production Company, Greece, 2008. Duration:
24.58. (UK Premier).
15.20:
Kaptain Kemal, a comrade
(documentary) directed by Fotos Lamprinos. Production: CL
Productions, Greek Film Centre, Hellenic Broadcasting
Corporation (ERT S.A.), Greece, 2008. Duration: 72’. (UK
Premier).
16.40:
The Archelon Bubble,
(documentary) directed by Eleftherios Fylaktos. Production:
independent, Greece, 2008. Duration: 29.48’.
17.15:
Papas
(fiction feature) directed by Ilia Pilastiros. Production:
independent, UK, 2008. Duration: 87’. (World Premier).
18.50:
The Trap
(documentary) directed by Marina Danezi. Production:
independent, Greece, 2009. Duration: 24’. (UK Premier).
19.20:
The night Fernando Pessoa met Constantine Cavafy
(documentary) directed by Stelios Charalampopoulos.
Production: Periplus, Greek Film Centre, Hellenic
Broadcasting Corporation (ERT S.A.), GRAAL, Contracosta
Producoes, Arctos, Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation. Greece,
Portugal, Cyprus, 2009. Duration: 90’. (UK Premier).
20.50:
Mariza
(animation) directed by Constantine Krystallis. Production:
independent, Australia / Greece, 2008. Duration: 4.24’. (UK
Premier).
21.00:
The last homecoming,
(fiction feature) directed by Corinna Avraamidou.
Production: Avra Productions, Cyprus, 2008. Duration: 85’.
(UK Premier).
WORKSHOP
(Venue:
the Hellenic Centre, Board Room)
13.00-15.00: Surprise me!
How
to verbalise a concept and transform it into a film that is
worth making (script, direction, acting, production); a
seminar of ideas, screenplays and intentions. Tutor: Barbara
Dukas. Guest Tutor: Leon Herbert.
SCREENINGS
(Venue:
the Hellenic Centre, Great Hall)
13.00:
Nice price
(short film) directed by Sophia Liaropoulou. Production:
independent,, Greece, 2008. Duration: 14.47’. (UK Premier).
13.15:
SpinaLonga (short film) directed by Costas Athousakis.
Production: Mitos Productions, Greece, 2007. Duration: 20’.
(UK Premier).
13.40:
Love at first click
(short film) directed by Triantafillia Dimopoulou.
Production: Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece,
2009. Duration: 13.30’. (World Premier).
13.55:
Michael Cacogiannis
(special screening) directed by Costas Costa. Production:
independent, UK and Greece, 2007. Duration: 26.51’.
14.25:
2755 miles
(video art) directed by Janis Rafailidou. Production:
independent, Greece, 2008. Duration: 15’. (UK Premier).
14.45:
Hope against hopeless
(documentary) directed by George Avraam. Production: Walking
Around The World Ltd, Cyprus, 2008. Duration: 43’.
15.35:
Theofilos: the odyssey of the great Greek painter,
directed by Andreas Katsimitsoulias. Production: Cultural
Association of Mytiline – Lesvos ‘Home of Theofilos’,
Greece, 2009. Duration: 50’. (World Premier).
16.30
Charlie’s son
(fiction feature) directed by Karolos Zonaras. Production:
Troon Films. Greece, 2009. Duration: 97’. (UK Premier).
17.55:
The knee support
(short film) directed by Giorgos Kanonis. Production:
independent, Greece, 2008. Duration: 15’. (UK Premier).
18.15:
Alone together,
directed by Yiorgos Papagaroufalis. Production: independent,
Greece, 2009. Duration: 15.35’. (World Premier).
18.35:
Embroidery: story of an
escape (animation), directed by Artemis Alcalay.
Production: independent, Greece, 2009. Duration: 3.56’. (UK
Premier).
18.40:
Seasons,
directed by donnie l. betts. Production: Colorado Blvd.
Productions, Gus Nicholson, USA, 2008. Duration: 32’. (World
Premier).
19.20:
Recovered
(animation) directed by Alfredo Antonio Cozzi & Joe
Efstathiou. Production: independent, UK, 2009. Duration:
3.23’. (World Premier).
19.25:
Language .3 (video art) directed by Vicky Vergou, Jo
Thomas and Conrado Silva de Farias. Production: independent,
UK, 2006. Duration: 2.38’. (World Premier).
19.30:
Three moments,
(fiction feature) directed by Petros Sevastikoglou.
Production: Fantasia Productions, Stefi Film, Greek Film
Centre, Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation (ERT S.A.).
Greece, 2009. Duration: 80’. (UK Premier).
EVENT
(Venue:
the Hellenic Centre, Great Hall)
21.00:
Odysseus Awards
A
special evening, with special guests, including among others
(in alphabetical order): Bruno Coppola (producer, director,
filmmaker), Spyros Diamantis (Director of the Press Office,
Greek Embassy in London), Leon Herbert (director, filmmaker)
and Sofia Panayiotaki (Director of the Greek National
Tourism Office in London). The LGFF Jury, audience and the
visitors in our web site, will decide for the best films and
scripts at the London Greek Film Festival 2009; an amazing
night with a great networking, the Odysseus Awards ceremony
and the fantastic guitar concert by Dimitris Dekavallas!
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