FILM & EVENT SCHEDULE
BFC FILM & EVENT CALENDAR
The Promotion
NJ Premiere | 2023 | 99 min | Greek with English Subtitles| DCP
GREEK FILM EXPO 2024
Promoted to a higher rank, a professor invites his father to travel with him from Athens to Thessaloniki to attend the university’s promotion ceremony. The trip provides an opportunity for father and son to sharpen their connection by reliving past experiences and memories. A plot twist toward the end of the film deepens the drama and points to the value of cathartic healing.
2024 Hellenic Film Academy Award: Best Supporting Actor (Vasilis Kolovos)
Director: Periklis Hoursoglou
Writer: Periklis Hoursoglou
Stars: Alexandros Logothetis, Vasilis Kolovos, Eleni Gerasimidou, Dimitris Naziris, Vangelio Andreadaki
Little Things That Went Wrong
NJ Premiere | 2023 | 96 min | Greek with English Subtitles| Mature Audiences Only | DCP
GREEK FILM EXPO 2024
This intense drama juxtaposes the lives of two fathers. One is an increasingly unhinged former TV celebrity who, having hit rock bottom, is anxious to win the affection of his estranged young daughter. The other, smug and seemingly successful, is in total denial of his shaky career prospects and his fraying marriage. Life brings the two men together in a situation that captures the desperation lurking in each man’s psyche.
Nominated for five Hellenic Film Academy Awards, including Best Film, Best Director (Haris Vafeiadis), Best Screenplay (Vafeiadis), Best Actor (Thanos Tokakis)
Director: Haris Vafeiadis
Screenwriter: Haris Vafeiadis
Stars: Thanos Tokakis, Mihalis Siriopoulos, Hristina Heila-Fameli, Maro Papadopoulou
DODO
Hellenic Film Society USA is dedicated to promoting Greek cinema throughout the US by sharing the richness of Greek films with a wider American audience and to preserving the film heritage of Greece. We present feature films, documentaries, and film shorts made by Greek and Greek-American filmmakers, and also those that promote the cultures of Greece and Cyprus. We also host interviews with filmmakers and panel discussions about different aspects of Greek cinema.
Black Stone
Hellenic Film Society USA is dedicated to promoting Greek cinema throughout the US by sharing the richness of Greek films with a wider American audience and to preserving the film heritage of Greece. We present feature films, documentaries, and film shorts made by Greek and Greek-American filmmakers, and also those that promote the cultures of Greece and Cyprus. We also host interviews with filmmakers and panel discussions about different aspects of Greek cinema.