The 29th Greek Film Festival of Sydney celebrates with a special event and screening of the film “The Aegean” featuring the beauties of breath-taking Kythera.
The Australian film by Jason Richardson will be screened at the Palace Cinema Norton Street on Sunday 27th October.
In a world that has started to forget him, Hector, a widowed fisherman, feels the weight of his solitude. Everything changes when he encounters Theodore, a teenager desperately seeking a savior to rescue him from a dire situation.
United by their shared struggles, they embark on a journey across the enchanting Aegean Sea, where amidst the azure waters, they discover a newfound purpose and a reason to carry on.
Written and directed by Jacob Richardson the film is a heart-warming tale filmed in the beautiful island of Kythera and is starring Costas Mandylor, Nikolas Chalkiadakis and Victoria Ramos.
Kythera, lying opposite the southeastern tip of the Peloponnese peninsula, is a unique Greek island full of majestic beaches and green mountainous terrain. It was inhabited in ancient times and has the oldest sanctuary dedicated to the goddess Aphrodite.
Greek Film Festival comes to an end
The celebrations for the closure for the 29th Greek Film Festival will start with a Metaxa Cocktail Party at 6:45 pm followed by the screening of the film The Aegean at 7:15 pm.
“We are very excited to present to our cine friends an Australian-produced film that features the beauties of the Greek island landscape, Kythera in particular, that yet reflects the contemporary Greek society very accurately” points out Harry Danalis, President of the Greek Orthodox Community of NSW.
“The 29th Greek Film Festival comes to an end in the best possible way; with a feature film written and directed by an Australian director who couldn’t convey the magnitude of Greece’s culture in a better way to our multicultural audiences,” says Nia Karteris, Chair of the Greek Festival and the Greek Film Festival of Sydney.
“We want to thank everyone who made the effort to attend our films this year and we commit to follow up with a great Greek Film Festival celebrating 30 years of Greek Cinema in Australia in 2025” Karteris added.
Over the last week, a new sports documentary “Ange & The Boss” has premiered before sold out cinema audiences in Sydney and Melbourne as part of the Greek Film Festival and management at Melbourne’s Astor said it was the first time the iconic venue had been sold out in years.
The film is focused on “The Boss”, the legendary Hungarian and Real Madrid striker Ferenc Puskas who terrorized defenses in the 1950s and 60s, captaining the Magnificent Magyars to years of undefeated glory, and soring 83 goals in 84 internationals.
As now Tottenham Manager Ange Postecoglou says at the start of the film, “if you’re having a poll of 100 journalists… 90% of them are having him in the top ten players of the last century.”
For more details please visit the web page of the Greek Film Festival
See all the latest news from Greece and the world at Greekreporter.com. Contact our newsroom to report an update or send your story, photos and videos. Follow GR on Google News and subscribe here to our daily email!
