The Hellenic Film Society USA (HFS) will present its annual New York Greek Film Expo, which will be held October 3-13 in theaters in the New York metro area, featuring 13 screenings of nine feature films. All films are in Greek with English subtitles.
Many of the filmmakers from Greece whose films are being shown will attend and participate in Q&A sessions with the audience following their screenings. The Expo will be hosted by Thanos Tokakis, one of Greece’s most prolific character actors, and winner of the Hellenic Film Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor (Eftyhia). Two of his 2023 films will be shown at this year’s Expo, including Little Things That Went Wrong (2023) by Haris Vafeiadis, an intense drama that juxtaposes the lives of two fathers and which will be screened on opening night.
Among the films presented at the Expo is Animal (2023), Sofia Exarchou’s gut-wrenching drama which has won the first prize (Golden Alexander) and the Best Actress Award at the 64th Thessaloniki Film Festival, the Best Actress Award at the Locarno International Film Festival, and is nominated for the Lux Audience Award of the European Parliament; and Eva Nathena’s Murderess (2023), based on the classic novel by Alexandros Papadiamantis, another multi-awarded film which has been chosen as Greece’s official submission for the Best International Feature Film category at the Academy Awards.
On opening night, HFS will honor actress Vangelio Andreadaki with its first-ever Lifetime Achievement Award. Screenings will also be held at Village East Theater in Manhattan; the Barrymore Film Center in Fort Lee, NJ; and at the prestigious Museum of the Moving Image (MoMI) in Astoria.
“This year’s Expo film lineup represents the best that Greek cinema has to offer in 2024,” said Maria C. Miles, president of the Hellenic Film Society. “We are proud to be showing these films which have achieved critical acclaim and have been box office hits in Greece. The Expo is the culmination of the Hellenic Film Society’s celebration of Greek culture through film, not only with Greek Americans, but with audiences at large.”
Ticket packages, including an Early Bird Discount, are available through the Hellenic Film Society’s website: www.HellenicFilmUSA.org. New York Greek Film Expo 2024 is made possible with support from the Stavros Niarchos Foundation, the Kallinikeion Foundation, Microsoft, ConnectOne Bank, NYWIFT (New York Women in Film & Television), the New York City Council, the Queens Borough President, Antenna Satellite, and the family of Nikos A. Andriotis.
Hellenic Film Society USA
The Hellenic Film Society USA (HFS) is a non-profit organization rooted in the belief that Greek cinema should be part of the American cultural landscape. Based in Astoria, NY, the organization promotes feature films, documentaries, and film shorts made by Greek filmmakers and those of Greek descent, as well as films that promote the cultures of Greece and Cyprus. In addition to presenting its annual film festival, HFS collaborates with the prestigious Museum of the Moving Image on Always on Sunday, a series of monthly Greek film screenings. HFS collaborates with other film festivals in the US, including the Chicago Film Expo, the South Florida Greek Film Festival, and the Atlanta Greek Film Expo, all of which are hosting Greek film festivals this fall.
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