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11th Annual London Greek Festival set to kick off

The 11th annual London Greek Film Festival 2018 will kick off next week from May 7 to the 12th. During this week it will present a lot of selected world premiere and UK Premiere films, at Camden’s Theatro Technis.

The programme includes a film competition, amazing feature fiction films, short fiction films, documentaries, video art, experimental films, animation and music videos. There is also a special screenplay contest section. With particular emphasis on the modern philosophy of Greek authors, these films presenting the creativity of Greece via the contemporary Greek cinema from all over the world.

Some of the feature films this year include, Two Strangers Who Meet Five Times by Marcus Markou, Testing Greta by Abbie Lucas, Ta Gemista, directed by Bletas Ioannis and War Stories by Argyrios Marmaras.

On Saturday 12 May, Theatro Technis will host the “Odysseus Awards” & “Cosmocinema Awards” ceremony, during which the best films by category, will be announced, as voted by the judging committee. Awards will also be presented to best actors, screenwriters, filmmakers and performers.

For more details and the full programme, head to: 

Website: www.londongreekfilmfestival.com 

Programme:www.londongreekfilmfestival.com/programme.htm

Box Office:www.londongreekfilmfestival.com/boxoffice.htm

Selected films:www.londongreekfilmfestival.com/films2018.htm

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This article was researched and written by a GCT team member.

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