LOS ANGELES GREEK FILM FESTIVAL, Video 5 of 5
GREEK STARS ON GREEK FOOD
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| LOS ANGELES GREEK FILM FESTIVAL |
| Video #1: Introduction to the LA Greek Film Festival |
Video #2: Greek Stars on Greeks
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Video #3: The Awards & Winners
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Video #4: The New Greeks in Hollywood
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Video #5: Greek Stars on Greek Food
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CelebrateGreece.com proudly covered the 1st Annual Los Angeles Greek Film Festival,
which took place at The Fine Arts Theater in Beverly Hills earlier this
summer. The Festival featured 24 feature films and shorts, many as
World Premieres. This wonderful four-day festival was created under
co-directors Angeliki Giannakopoulos (MY CHILD: MOTHERS OF WAR, 2006) and Ersi Danou. CelebrateGreece.com’s own CYNTHIA DADDONA
graced the red carpet on Opening and Closing Nights interviewing
established celebrities and the Greek stars of Hollywood’s tomorrow,
such as 300's Tyler Neitzel, Troy's and 24's Adoni Maropis, Spiderman's Michael Papajohn and NBC'sDeal Or No Deal's Model Patricia Kara. (See photos of these new Greek stars below)
CelebrateGreece.com's Cynthia Daddona on the Festival's Red Carpet
On
hand as presenters for the awards of Best Dramatic Feature, Best
Documentary, Best Short Film, Best Direction, Audience Choice and a
Special Jury Award were MICHAEL CONSTANTINE (My Big, Fat Greek Wedding), MELINA KANAKAREDES (CSI: NY; Providence), STRATTON LEOPOLD (Exec. Producer of Mission Impossible III; Star Trek[XI]) and Co-Chairman of 20th Century-Fox Filmed Entertainment JIM GIANOPULOS.
Feature length films included
THE GUARDIAN’S SON (2006), SWEET MEMORY (2006), THE HEART OF THE BEAST
(2005), PINK (2006), AKAMAS (2006), OPA! (2005), BRIDES (2004), WHO’S
ON FIRST (2006), A SONG FOR ARGYRIS (2006), SUGARTOWN (2006), and
MARSEILLES, A GREEK PROFILE (2004).
Short films included
THE TRIKALA PHOTOGRAPHER (2005), THE THIEF (2005), MINES (2006), TIME
OUT (2006), THE LONG HAUL OF A.I. BEZZERIDES (2006), SHRINK (2005),
HOUSE OF THE OLIVE TREES (2007), PAPERBOAT (2006), AIRPORT FOR SALE
(2006) and MY GERMAN VOCABULARY (2007).
AND THE WINNERS ARE:
BEST NARRATIVE FEATURE - AKAMAS - Dir: Panikos Chrysanthou
BEST DOCUMENTARY -WHO’S ON FIRST - Dir: Valerie Kontakos
BEST DIRECTOR - ALEXANDER VOULGARIS for PINK
BEST SHORT - MINES - Dir: Christos Nikoleris
AUDIENCE CHOICE AWARD - A SONG FOR ARGYRIS - Dir: Stefan Haupt
SPECIAL JURY AWARD - THE GUARDIAN’S SON - Dir: Dimitris Koutsiabasakos
LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT - OLYMPIA DUKAKIS
HONORARY ORPHEUS AWARD - YANI BEGAKIS
CELEBRATEGREECE.COM's CHOICE - OPA!
Greek Stars of tomorrow (top to bottom), Tyler Neitzel, Adoni Maropis, Patricia Kara and Michael Papajohn (right).
Among
the many sponsors of the festival were the Greek Secretary General of
Information,, Metaxa, the Greek Film Centre and Antenna Group.
Panos
Leivadas (Ctr), Hellenic Secretariat General of Information, and Helen
Vrynioti (rt), Press Counselor, Los Angeles Greek Consulate.