The Canadian short film “The Choice” is about the hardest choice or in some case the easiest. It is a final choice when executed. Watch the film and ask a few questions. It is the ultimate selfish choice? Is it selfish not to accept that choice? How would you make the choice? Once the choiceContinue reading “The 4th Annual Greek International Film Festival Tour (Canada): “The Choice””
Tag Archives: The 4th Annual Greek International Film Festival Tour (Canada)
The 4th Annual Greek International Film Festival Tour (Canada): “The Coordinates”: The Murder of a Daughter and the Clash of Legal Ethics and Morality
The 4th Annual Greek International Film Festival Tour (Canada) will be in 11 Canadian cities both in theatre and in some cases on-line running from1-31 October2024. In the American short “The Coordinates” husband (Lukas Hassel) and wife (Despina Moraitou) legal team successfully defend the accused murderer of a woman so he walks away with anContinue reading “The 4th Annual Greek International Film Festival Tour (Canada): “The Coordinates”: The Murder of a Daughter and the Clash of Legal Ethics and Morality”
The 4th Annual Greek International Film Festival Tour (Canada): “Her Best”: Her Well Intentioned Best Creates a Big Bang (A Short)
Niki (Natalie Polisson) is the blushing bride on her wedding day. Aunt Beth and her uncle are over for a glass of celebratory champagne before heading off to church. Aunt Beth (Carolyn Bridget Kennedy) is the domineering older sister giving Anna, her sister and Niki’s mother a bit of a hard time. Ah yes familyContinue reading “The 4th Annual Greek International Film Festival Tour (Canada): “Her Best”: Her Well Intentioned Best Creates a Big Bang (A Short)”
The 4th Annual Greek International Film Festival Tour (Canada): Shorts: “Jasteece”
Mrs. Zoe (Nina Menti) is a 65-year-old school cleaner from Xanthi, Greece. Her terminally ill husband is at home confined to bed and is being cared for by her. Medical bills are mounting forcing her to take two additional jobs cleaning houses. As she tidies up her house and administers medications for her ailing husbandContinue reading “The 4th Annual Greek International Film Festival Tour (Canada): Shorts: “Jasteece””
The 4th Annual Greek International Film Festival Tour (Canada): “All Happy Families”
If you watch the trailer (below) for “All Happy Families” you might conclude why is an American made film screening in a Greek film festival? Any film showing in the festival qualifies if there is Greek connection to it be it shot in Greece, a main Greek actor, producer or director. Haroula Rose, the directorContinue reading “The 4th Annual Greek International Film Festival Tour (Canada): “All Happy Families””
The 4th Annual Greek International Film Festival Tour (Canada): “Minore”: Thoroughly Greek and Outrageous B Horror-Comedy Film
The Port of Piraeus has a problem. There are a series of minor earthquakes and citizens disappear. Mists roll in. An island appears in the middle of the harbour. Many walk-like zombies toward the island. Gooified bodies begin to appear many missing limbs. Meanwhile in Gotham City, ooops wrong movie but similar vibe, the merryContinue reading “The 4th Annual Greek International Film Festival Tour (Canada): “Minore”: Thoroughly Greek and Outrageous B Horror-Comedy Film”
The 4th Annual Greek International Film Festival Tour (Canada): “Listen to Who’s Talking”: Yes, Greeks Can Make Romcoms
Looking for something bright, breezy and humorous? Look no further than “Listen to Who’s Talking” a Greek feature film playing at the Greek International Film Festival Tour 1-31October24 in 11 Canadian cities. Buried under the covers or dreamt up by my film weary mind is the concept of mindfulness meditation possibly present in the film.Continue reading “The 4th Annual Greek International Film Festival Tour (Canada): “Listen to Who’s Talking”: Yes, Greeks Can Make Romcoms”
The 4th Annual Greek International Film Festival Tour (Canada): “Behind the Haystacks”: Reality Trumps the Façade
If you travel through farmland you often see haystacks. They can be domed, square or circular and pleasing to look at, almost artistic. Behind the perfect structure what is hiding? In “Behind the Haystacks” could it be that the haystack is the public persona and the private person is what hides behind the haystack. ItsContinue reading “The 4th Annual Greek International Film Festival Tour (Canada): “Behind the Haystacks”: Reality Trumps the Façade”
The 4th Annual Greek International Film Festival Tour (Canada): “Sgt. Fruit Fly”: A Very Greek Take on Teenage Life
You might think this just might be one of those teen movies you would watch in North America. Think again. The themes of bullying, fitting in and adolescent sexuality are covered in “Sgt. Fruit Fly” but with a hard-edged Greek tinge that make the movie truly appealing to the 15 plus teenage crowd and adults.Continue reading “The 4th Annual Greek International Film Festival Tour (Canada): “Sgt. Fruit Fly”: A Very Greek Take on Teenage Life”
The 4th Annual Greek International Film Festival Tour (Canada): “The Last Taxi Driver”: The Thin Red Line Between Obsession and Mental Illness
The 4th Annual Greek International Film Festival Tour (Canada) presents “The Last Taxi Driver”. Admit it you are already thinking of the classic Scorsese 1976 Film “Taxi Driver”. Thomas (Kostas Koronaios) is an Athenian taxi driver who replaces the violence of Travis Bickle with a quieter and creepier form of violence. He is a stalker.Continue reading “The 4th Annual Greek International Film Festival Tour (Canada): “The Last Taxi Driver”: The Thin Red Line Between Obsession and Mental Illness”
A Bird's Eye View of Fashion, Food, Travel, Culture, Beverage and Curiosity 