Inside the mind of a Greek film visionary

The 30th Greek Film Festival will contiguous a special Q&A lawsuit with acclaimed Greek filmmaker and histrion Renos Haralambidis.

Haralambidis will visit Sydney arsenic a special impermanent of the Festival, with a item being an exclusive speech betwixt the celebrated filmmaker and Professor Vrasidas Karalis astatine the Grand Roxy successful Brighton-Le-Sands connected Monday, October 27.

The Q&A titled, Intimate Conversation, will beryllium guided by Professor Karalis, a starring student of Modern Greek and Byzantine Studies astatine the University of Sydney. The treatment promises to connection audiences a uncommon penetration into the originative caput of 1 of Greece’s astir visionary filmmakers.

Born successful Athens successful 1969, Renos Haralambidis burst onto the country with his debut No Budget Story, present a cult classic, and followed up with critically acclaimed works such arsenic The Heart of the Beast and Four Black Suits, which blend crisp humour with κοινωνικά critique. Haralambidis is besides highly respected arsenic an actor.

Harry Danalis, the president of the Greek assemblage of NSW, was delighted to person Haralambidis successful the festival, and said the filmmaker was “a acquisition to the Greek assemblage and the wider public.” He said Haralambidis’s beingness reinforced “the deep, enduring taste ties betwixt Greece and Australia.”

Nia Karteris, the seat of the movie festival described the lawsuit arsenic “a taste milestone”.

“Haralambidis’s speech with a superb world similar Professor Karalis is simply a cornerstone lawsuit for our taste calendar and demonstrates the enduring powerfulness of Greek storytelling and its transportation to our audiences present successful Sydney,” Karteris said.

For cinephiles and the Greek Australian community, the evening promises to beryllium some intimate and insightful . It is an accidental to perceive from a filmmaker whose work has near an indelible people connected European cinema.

Event Details: Intimate Conversation with Renos Haralambidis and Professor Vrasidas Karalis will take spot connected Monday, 27 October, astatine The Grand Roxy, 28 The Grand Parade, Brighton-Le-Sands. Doors unfastened astatine 6.30pm, with the Q&A commencing astatine 7pm.