In this video Taylor Baker speaks with Thomas Stoneham-Judge and Todd Pengelly about the inaugural Vancouver Greek Film Festival.
The Vancouver Greek Film Festival is taking place in-person from June 16 to June 19 and is made possible by a partnership with The Hellenic Canadian Congress of BC and The Cinematheque. The aim of this festival is to offer an eclectic selection of contemporary and classic Greek films while celebrating film as art.
This inaugural edition of the festival features films curated into four special categories: From the Archive, Celebrating Greek Auteurs and Artists, Contemporary Greek Cinema, and Greeks in Diaspora. You can view the festival’s schedule here, with a glance at the feature length and short films that will screen at the festival below:
FROM THE ARCHIVE
- Zorba the Greek (1964), dir. Michael Cacoyannis | Opening Film
- Oi Apachides Ton Athinon (The Apaches of Athens) (1930), dir. Dimitrios Gaziades | Canadian Premiere
CELEBRATING GREEK AUTEURS AND ARTISTS
Spotlight on Athina Rachel Tsangari
- Attenberg (2010)
- Chevalier (2015)
- The Capsule (2012)
Maria Callas
- Maria By Callas (2017), dir. Tom Volf, with an introduction by Canadian soprano Lambroula Pappas
CONTEMPORARY GREEK CINEMA
- Digger (2020), dir. Georgis Grigorakis | BC Premiere
- The Distance Between Us and The Sky (2019), dir. Vasilis Kekatos
GREEKS IN DIASPORA
- Greek to Me (2019), dir. Harry Killas | Closing Film + North American Premiere
- Screening will be followed by a Q&A with the director
