Immigration in Greek Cinema: YORGOS FROM SOTIRIANIKA (45’ 1978)/ GEORGE FROM HEIDELBERG (52’ 2001)
Tues Sep 9 @ 6.15pm
- Price
- Adults $11/ Concession $9
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- (02) 9550 3666
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- GA Theatre Mode (No Reserved Seating)
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BONUS 3 MOVIE SESSION!
GREEK COMMUNITY IN HEIDELBERG (Documentary):The film is the first part of a trilogy on emigration. It investigates and dissects the issue from the point of view of the Greek workers’ community in Heidelberg and explores the social problems the community faces, the harsh working and living conditions and the effects of these hardships on the health of the emigrants.
YORGOS FROM SOTIRIANIKA (Documentary): The personal story of a young Greek who abandoned his village and found himself in Heidelberg. Years later, Υorgos from the village of Sotirianika in Mani, now a successful restaurant owner, talks about his early years when he arrived in Germany as an immigrant and the difficulties of adjusting to a foreign country. The film attempts to determine and record the differing views that comprise and preserve the myth of Greekness.
GEORGE FROM HEIDELBERG:This documentary attempts a reverse journey from the one described by Lefteris Xanthopoulos in his documentary Yorgos from Sotirianika in the ‘70s. Now settled in Athens,Yorgos Kozombolis returns to Heidelberg in Germany and tries to recognize the people and the city he left behind 16 years ago and to answer the question he asks himself - whether returning to Greece was the right decision.The journey from Greece to Germany awakens the memories of a lifetime. His homesickness for Greece has been replaced by the dream of returning to Germany.“We were uprooted from here and over there we never managed to put down roots”. Suspended between Heidelberg and Sotirianika he confesses that all his life he has found himself “on the border”.
ABOUT “IMMIGRATION IN GREEK CINEMA” SEPT 2-10
Join us at the Factory Theatre between Sept 2 –Sept 10 for a memorable series of shorts, docos, B&W gems, and contemporary features, exploring the theme of immigration in Greek cinema from 1956-2007.
This very special film tribute series is curated by The Thessaloniki International Film Festival and brought to Sydney by the Greek Orthodox Community of NSW as part of its celebrations for its 110th Australian anniversary.
