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Los Angeles Greek Film Festival returns
By Mavis Manus
The 7th Annual Los Angeles Greek Film Festival (LAGFF) kicks off on June 6 at the Writers Guild Theater in Beverly Hills. The Opening Night gala feature is Spiros Stathoulopoulos' drama, METEORA, which debuted at this year’s Berlin Film Festival. Kimon Tsakiris' documentary, MITSIGAN – HARDSHIPS AND BEAUTIES, will close the festival on Sunday, June 9, following the presentation of this year’s Orpheus Awards.
A special screening of Elia Kazan’s AMERICA AMERICA will be shown on June 7 and introduced by HBO's President of Miniseries & Cinemax Programming and LAGFF Advisory Board member, Kary Antholis. The screening is part of the Festival's Tribute to Elia Kazan.
"We are very excited to be able to screen this epic masterpiece on the 50th anniversary of its first release for a generation that has not had the pleasure of experiencing it in the cinema," states Ersi Danou, LAGFF's Creative Director and Co-Founder. "It has been a dream of ours to celebrate Kazan’s work, and this seems to be the right moment. And we are grateful to Kary Antholis for shedding light on Kazan’s roots and connecting his creative genius with our own history and the history of our ancestors as immigrants," added Danou.
Greek Film, Citizenship
Dear Readers:
The spirit of Greek film continues this month in Southern California with the Los Angeles Greek Film Festival. This year, the festival honors the great Elia Kazan.
“When I read Elia Kazan’s memoir a quarter of a century ago,” says Kary Antholis, “I related deeply to his perspective on the world… to his immigrant’s soul, as he might put it. As we celebrate the 50th anniversary of Kazan’s most personal work, AMERICA AMERICA, it is a privilege to curate Kazan’s own insights into the experiences of a Greek immigrant to the United States and to offer context to the way these insights shaped his masterpiece.”
For the complete story and festival details, please see page 4.
Coincidentally, HJ correspondent Terry Phillips reference’s Kazan’s classic film as he shares “how to become a Greek citizen in 25 years or less.” Phillips offers his story (which is still in progress) while also providing some concrete advice, which begins on page 5.
Kalo taxidi!
Frosene Phillips
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR
JUN 2013
