Greek Orthodox Community of Melbourne and Victoria

Wednesday 12^th October will see the official opening of the 18^th Greek Film Festival.

This year’s festival is one of the strongest to date and will be launched by the film Need For Lies (Dir. Ieroklis Michaelidis), an adaptation of one of Greece's best-loved stage comedies. Dimitris Psathas' satire on Greek political machinations comes to life on the silver screen and stars the films director Ieroklis Michaelidis alongside Zeta Makrypoulia and Odysseas Papaspiliopoulos (click here to see the official trailer).

This year's program includes 27 of the best of contemporary Greek cinema, including internationally awarded and acclaimed films, comedies, dramas, documentaries and two classic Greek films by the late Michael Cacoyiannis.

The program will also include three special events:

• Opening Night Event: Official festival launch followed by a screening of the film Need for Lies and the opening night cocktail party.
• Moonstruck & A Taste of Crete: Screening of the film Moonstruck followed by traditional Cretan mezedes, wine and live Cretan music.
• Rembetiko Closing Night Event: Screening of the award winning film Rembetiko followed by Greek mezedes, wine and live rembetika music.

The full program is now available through the Greek Film Festival website www.greekfilmfestival.com.au.

Tickets are now on sale and are selling fast through Palace Cinemas online (remember to look under the GRE11 reference to find your film), by phone on 9827 7533 or in person at Palace Cinema Como corner Toorak Rd and Chapel St South Yarra (map).

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