New York City Greek Film Festival is back!
It is with great pleasure that we invite you to celebrate Greece’s cultural presence in New York through the lens of Greek Cinema. Our goal remains the same, to provide Greece’s top filmmakers a venue to screen their work here in the United States.
The art of filmmaking is uniquely capable of capturing the human condition and presenting reflections on society. It exposes all that we encounter in our lives and delivers it as a shared experience in a way that is felt, and in a language that is understood by all.
Therein lines the beauty of the language of film.
Let us, The NYC Greek Film Festival, the Hellenic-American Chamber of Commerce Foundation, and you, our audience here in New York, welcome Greek artists and their work to a unique celebration at the festival’s 14th edition.
Looking forward to seeing you all!!!
Thank you!
Ευχαριστώ
Maria Tzompanaki
Managing and Artistic Director of NYCGRFF
New York City Greek Film Festival is back!
September 11-14, 2024
Wednesday,
September 11
(The Morgan Library & Museum)
OPENING
CEREMONY
Murderess
Thursday,
September 12
(The DGA New York Theater)
Greek Short Films, Medium
Friday,
September 13
Venizelos, Kapetan Mihalis
Saturday,
September 14
Behind the Haystacks
CLOSING CEREMONY
AWARDS
Murderess
Synopsis: On a remote island in Greece, circa 1900, Hadoula, trapped in her own mother’s rejection, struggles to survive following the dictates of a patriarchal society. Mentally humiliated, amidst the discrediting of her very status as a woman, she wants to be freed not only from her persecutors, but also from her own fate, that of a person who has lost her way. Based on the classic masterpiece by Alexandros Papadiamantis, Murderess’ story revolves around the dominant mother-daughter dipole and the dominant pattern of women’s relationships with each other that initially influence the microcosm of the family and then that of provincial society.
Medium
Synopsis: 16-year-old Eleftheria, a stranger in a strange world, meets mysterious neighbor Angelos, who invites her into his fascinating grownup world. Roaming the streets of the scorching hot August city on his bike, she will embark on a journey to discover herself through the ferocity of first love.
Venizelos: The Struggle for Asia Minor (Venizelos: Agonas gia ti Mikra Asia)
Synopsis: This docudrama follows one of modern Greece’s greatest politicians as he faces formidable challenges during the critical decade from the Balkan Wars and World War I up to the 1923 Treaty of Lausanne. Eleftherios Venizelos’s struggle is told through dramatized scenes, rare archive material, and interviews with experts.
Kapetan Mihalis (O Kapetan Mihalis)
Synopsis: Crete, 1889. Captain Mihalis is an uncompromising Cretan, whose sacred duty is the liberation of Crete. However, the moment he meets Emine, wife of his blood brother, Nouribeys, he is possessed by a demon. Temptation will not leave him alone and distracts him from his duty. The decision, whether to follow his duty or succumb to his passion, will have a catalytic effect on all… The novel Captain Michalis, upon which the film is based, has won international acclaim, as it has been translated into 28 languages and is Nikos Kazantzakis’ best-selling work worldwide. Inspired by the author’s childhood memories of his father in Crete, it refers to the Cretan people’s particular way of life and their desire for freedom. The time in which the events take place is shortly before the Cretan Revolution, which aimed to liberate the island of Crete from the Ottoman Turks.
Behind the Haystacks (Piso apo tis Thimonies)
Synopsis: A tragic incident on Greece’s northern border strikes a local family of three, pushing them to face their own personal impasses, while having to deeply consider the price for their actions.
