The San Francisco Greek Film Festival celebrates its 15th year presenting 24 feature-length films and shorts by Greek and Cypriot filmmakers from around the world. From October 12-20, 2018, screenings run nightly at 7 p.m. at venues around San Francisco. All movies will have English subtitles. Manoussos Manoussakis, one of Greece’s preeminent filmmakers, will serve as this year’s artist-in-residence, facilitating Q&As, giving lectures, and providing context for the films throughout the week. The San Francisco Greek Film Festival is the longest-running film festival in the United States to feature contemporary Greek and Cypriot cinema.
The evening will feature two shorts and one feature-length film. Lineup:
Brazuca
Greece, 2017, 19min
Directed by Faidon Gkretsikos
During the World Cup, 11-year old Boyko will do anything to obtain “Brazuca,” the Official World Cup ball, to get out of always being the goalkeeper in matches with his friends.
* 2017 Drama Short Film Festival – Special Jury Mention
Mum, I’m Back
Greece, 2017, 4min40
Directed by Dimitris Katsimiris
A woman returns after 40 years to the village of her birthplace. The cause is the death of her mother. She keeps an old photograph in her hands: a mother with her two sons. Arriving at the cemetery, she encounters the faces of all those she left behind.
Rosemarie
Cyprus, 2017, 1h52
Directed by Adonis Florides
A burned-out soap opera writer, under pressure to deliver new episodes, turns his gaze upon his dysfunctional neighbors. Transforming their tragic everyday encounters into a lighthearted serial, he gets more than the inspiration he bargained for.
*2017 Thessaloniki International Film Festival - Greek Film Critics Association Award
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The evening will feature two shorts and one feature-length film. Lineup:
Brazuca
Greece, 2017, 19min
Directed by Faidon Gkretsikos
During the World Cup, 11-year old Boyko will do anything to obtain “Brazuca,” the Official World Cup ball, to get out of always being the goalkeeper in matches with his friends.
* 2017 Drama Short Film Festival – Special Jury Mention
Mum, I’m Back
Greece, 2017, 4min40
Directed by Dimitris Katsimiris
A woman returns after 40 years to the village of her birthplace. The cause is the death of her mother. She keeps an old photograph in her hands: a mother with her two sons. Arriving at the cemetery, she encounters the faces of all those she left behind.
Rosemarie
Cyprus, 2017, 1h52
Directed by Adonis Florides
A burned-out soap opera writer, under pressure to deliver new episodes, turns his gaze upon his dysfunctional neighbors. Transforming their tragic everyday encounters into a lighthearted serial, he gets more than the inspiration he bargained for.
*2017 Thessaloniki International Film Festival - Greek Film Critics Association Award
The San Francisco Greek Film Festival celebrates its 15th year presenting 24 feature-length films and shorts by Greek and Cypriot filmmakers from around the world. From October 12-20, 2018, screenings run nightly at 7 p.m. at venues around San Francisco. All movies will have English subtitles. Manoussos Manoussakis, one of Greece’s preeminent filmmakers, will serve as this year’s artist-in-residence, facilitating Q&As, giving lectures, and providing context for the films throughout the week. The San Francisco Greek Film Festival is the longest-running film festival in the United States to feature contemporary Greek and Cypriot cinema.
The evening will feature two shorts and one feature-length film. Lineup:
Brazuca
Greece, 2017, 19min
Directed by Faidon Gkretsikos
During the World Cup, 11-year old Boyko will do anything to obtain “Brazuca,” the Official World Cup ball, to get out of always being the goalkeeper in matches with his friends.
* 2017 Drama Short Film Festival – Special Jury Mention
Mum, I’m Back
Greece, 2017, 4min40
Directed by Dimitris Katsimiris
A woman returns after 40 years to the village of her birthplace. The cause is the death of her mother. She keeps an old photograph in her hands: a mother with her two sons. Arriving at the cemetery, she encounters the faces of all those she left behind.
Rosemarie
Cyprus, 2017, 1h52
Directed by Adonis Florides
A burned-out soap opera writer, under pressure to deliver new episodes, turns his gaze upon his dysfunctional neighbors. Transforming their tragic everyday encounters into a lighthearted serial, he gets more than the inspiration he bargained for.
*2017 Thessaloniki International Film Festival - Greek Film Critics Association Award
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The evening will feature two shorts and one feature-length film. Lineup:
Brazuca
Greece, 2017, 19min
Directed by Faidon Gkretsikos
During the World Cup, 11-year old Boyko will do anything to obtain “Brazuca,” the Official World Cup ball, to get out of always being the goalkeeper in matches with his friends.
* 2017 Drama Short Film Festival – Special Jury Mention
Mum, I’m Back
Greece, 2017, 4min40
Directed by Dimitris Katsimiris
A woman returns after 40 years to the village of her birthplace. The cause is the death of her mother. She keeps an old photograph in her hands: a mother with her two sons. Arriving at the cemetery, she encounters the faces of all those she left behind.
Rosemarie
Cyprus, 2017, 1h52
Directed by Adonis Florides
A burned-out soap opera writer, under pressure to deliver new episodes, turns his gaze upon his dysfunctional neighbors. Transforming their tragic everyday encounters into a lighthearted serial, he gets more than the inspiration he bargained for.
*2017 Thessaloniki International Film Festival - Greek Film Critics Association Award
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