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Programme 2018
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Up To The Last Drop -
The Secret Water War in EuropeDocumentary
The Last Note
Το τελευταίο σημείωμαDrama
Programme 2017
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Myth & Archetypes, Greece
The Fractal Nature of Pure Imagination
Photo Exhibition
Programme 2016
Programme 2015
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The
GrocerRoad Documentary
Chester Beatty Library
Traders Nikos and Sophia Anastasiou have been driving the same 75-kilometre route every week since the 1980's - from the city of Trikala, in central Greece, to the south western parts of the Pindus Mountains. Delivering more than just fruit and vegetables, they bring news from the outside world into the remotest villages, and provide practical help for the isolated villagers.
This special evening screening is in association with the Chester Beatty Library. It will be followed by Q&A with the movie director Dimitris Koutsiabasakos and a wine reception. Event sponsored by Kir-Yianni.
Road documentary, 82 min, Greece, 2013, Colour. Directed by Dimitris Koutsiabasakos. Cast: Kostas Anastasiou, Nikos Anastasiou, Sofia Anastasiou. Language: Greek with English subtitles.
Admission €10 per person.
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Please contact Lisa Fitzsimons re cancellation list - Chester Beatty Library, tel: 01 4070779, email: film@cbl.ie -
Red
HulkShort
Filmbase
Yorgos lives on his own in Athens. He lacks purpose, self-confidence, identity and peer acceptance. He fills the void by becoming the 'Red Hulk', as he is known at his football team's fan club. Until the day he gets involved in racial violence, entailing new problems and dilemmas.
Short, 27 min, Greece, 2013, Colour. Directed by Assimina Proedrou. Cast: Frixos Proedrou, Nestoras Fanaras, Christos Kontogeorgis. Language: Greek with English subtitles.
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Boy Eating
the Bird's FoodFilm
Filmbase
A 22-year-old boy in Athens has no job, no money, no girlfriend and no food to eat, but he’s got a canary bird and a beautiful singing voice. When he finds himself without home, he has to seek a shelter for his bird...
This screening will be preceded by an introduction to the 'Weird Wave of Greek Cinema' by film scholar Mikela Fotiou.
Drama, 80min, Greece, 2012, Colour. Directed by Ektoras Lygizos. Cast: Yiannis Papadopoulos, Lila Mpaklesi, Vangelis Kommatas. Language: Greek with English subtitles.
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Traditional Greek
DanceWorkshop
Chester Beatty Library
Would you like to learn some traditional Greek circle dances? Join dancer Katerini Papathanasiou and explore this art form and its history.
In association with the Chester Beatty Library. Suitable for all ages, free, limited to 20 places.BOOKED OUT
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Anna
Short
The New Theatre
Mary spends her days looking after the chronically ill, 85 year-old Mr Michalis in a Cypriot village. This older gent is obsessed with the lead female character in a daytime soap opera named ‘Anna’, even referring to Mary by that name at times.
Eager to understand what is behind Mr Michalis’ fixation with the starlet, Mary’s investigations reveal that Anna’s importance to the old man goes far beyond being a mere character on a TV drama.Short, 22 min, Cyprus, 2012, Black and White. Directed by Spiros Charalambous. Cast: Spyros Stavrinides, Immy Lysandrou, Mara Constandinou, Marinos Konsolou, Marios Demetriou, Elena Efstathiou. Language: Greek with English subtitles.
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Morning
PatrolFilm
The New Theatre
A woman walks alone in a deserted city, in a post-apocalyptic environment, with no recollections. She heads towards the west, where she will be safe, knowing only that she needs to avoid the morning patrol that guards the city. On her course to the unknown, she is approached by a member of the morning patrol who wants to help her reach the sea. Having a fractured memory in common, they will come close to each other, trying to explain what happened.
This screening will be preceded by an introduction to the movie by film scholar Mikela Fotiou.
Drama/Sci-Fi, 104 min, Greece, 1987, Colour. Directed by Nikos Nikolaidis. Cast: Michele Valley, Takis Spiridakis, Liana Hatzi. Language: Greek with English subtitles.
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Wild
DuckFilm
The New Theatre
A bankrupt telecom's engineer, employed by his ex-boss to investigate a phone-hacking operation, gets trapped into paying off either his economic or his moral debts.
Drama, 88 min, Greece, 2013, Colour. Directed by Yannis Sakaridis. Cast: Alexandros Logothetis, Themis Bazaka, Giorgos Pyrpassopoulos, Yannis Stankoglou. Language: Greek with English subtitles.
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Fish n'Chips
Film
The New Theatre
Andy, a hard working Cypriot immigrant in London who deep-fries his way into oblivion, decides to leave London for his native Cyprus. Having slaved away for others his entire life, he finally opens his very own chip shop. But his dream turns into a nightmare, as he seems to have overlooked one small detail: Cyprus just isn't London!
Drama, 102 min, Greece/Cyprus, 2011, Colour. Directed by Elias Demetriou. Cast: Marios Ioannou, Marlene Kaminsky, Anne-Marie O'Sullivan. Language: English.
For 18+ onlyTickets available at The New Theatre ticket office
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The Eternal Return of Antonis Paraskevas
Film
The New Theatre
Antonis arrives at a hotel resort by the sea. It is wintertime, the hotel is closed and Antonis drifts around alone. He has a lot of time to kill. Until television announces the disappearance of the famous TV host Antonis Paraskevas…
Drama, 88 min, Greece, 2013, Colour. Directed by Elina Psikou. Cast: Christos Stergioglou, Maria Kallimani, Yorgos Souxes. Language: Greek with English subtitles.
For 18+ onlyTickets available at The New Theatre ticket office
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Xenia
Film
The New Theatre
After the death of their mother, 16-year-old Dany, leaves Crete to join his older brother, Odysseas, who lives in Athens. Born from an Albanian mother and a Greek father they never met, the two brothers, strangers in their own country, decide to go to Thessaloniki to look for their father and force him to officially recognize them. In Thessaloniki they discover that auditions are being held for the cult show, Greek Star, and Dany dreams that his brother, a gifted singer, could become the new star of the contest in a country that refuses to accept them.
Drama, 128 min, Greece/France/Belgium, 2014, Colour. Directed by Panos H. Koutras. Cast: Patty Pravo, Kostas Nikouli, Nikos Gelia, Yannis Stankoglou. Language: Greek and Albanian with English subtitles.
This screening is kindly sponsored by Brian Sheehan, Ciaran McKinney, Bill Foley and Karl Haydn.
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