Festivals

The 7th annual Los Angeles Greek Film Festival wrapped up on Sunday June 9th with the Orpheus Award ceremony. The night also included the LA premiere of the feature documentary "Mitsigan - Hardships and Beauties" and a screening of...

The Los Angeles Greek Film Festival opened Thursday, June 6, at the Writers Guild Theater in Beverly Hills. Cinema lovers, celebs and industry folk all turned out to support the first night of the festival, now in its seventh...

The organizers of the Seventh Annual Los Angeles Greek Film Festival, which runs June 6-9 at the Writers Guild Theater  have announced the members of the 2013 Jury. Former President of the Hellenic Film Academy and veteran Greek film...

Christina Marouda is the founder and chair of the board of the Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles. The star-studded event, well in its 11th year, is expected to attract film-lovers and important industry-players, April 9-14 at the Archlight...

"A Short Film About GUNS," from Greek-Cypriot director Minos Papas, has been selected as part of the 2013 Tribeca Film Festival Short Film Program. The film looks at the impact of the unregulated arms trade, and will screen in the "History...

Greek-born director Dennis Iliadis will show his new film, "Plus One," at this year's SXSW festival in Austin, Tex. Iliadis, whose first American film was a remake of "The Last House on the Left," worked on his latest project with...

John Krokidas' "Kill Your Darlings" will premiere at the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah this weekend. The film revolves around young Allen Ginsberg who, while attending Columbia University in 1944, makes friends with a cool classmate named Lucien...

Marcus Markou's "Papadopoulos & Sons" is getting its U.S. premiere at this week's Palm Springs International Film Festival. The feel-good comedy is about a reversal of fortune as a rich London Greek family lose it all in the latest economic...

Next month, Greece is being represented at the prestigious Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah with Athina Rachel Tsangari's "The Capsule." The 35-minute film, described as a "Greek gothic mystery," is entered in the shorts competition. The plot summary...

Greek actor Socrates Alafouzos won an international award for the short-length film he directed and starred in the title role,“Little King.”  His film was nominated three times in various European festivals. Alafouzos’s film was nominated for the Best European Drama...