The Greek Film Festival in Berlin

The Greek Film Festival in Berlin 2023 This was the 8th edition! And I was so honored to be on the jury! Closing the Greek Film Festival in Berlin with a short ceremony in a pleasant and warm atmosphere, with the directors of the program, Sofia Stavrianidou, Elisa Deftos, Yianna Sarri and Konstantinos Aivaliotis, as well as the jury consisting of Mirja Frehse — Senior Funding MEDIA, Sydney Levine — International Film Business Consultant and Panagiotis Evaggelidis — Director Screenwriter, the 8th Greek Film Festival in Berlin at Babylon in Berlin Mitte brought down its curtain. With about 40 professionals present, filmmakers, producers, actors, sales agents, musicians Greek and foreign, many dear friends and a completely sold out hall, the Emerging Greeks Award and for the first time Documentary Award were presented. The Emerging Greeks Award 2023 went to Black Stone by Spiros Jacovides. The Emerging Greeks Award accompanied by 1000 euros sponsored by the Greek Film Centre went Black Stone by Spiros Jocovides, a film “that brings a specially lighthearted approach to some very important topics that torture contemporary Greek society: overbearing Greek mothers, racism and immigration among other things. A family tale, told with love, hard irony, and humor”. While filming absent civil servants, a documentary crew stumbles upon Haroula, a desperate, overprotective Greek mother in search of her son. But when he is accused of fraud, Haroula sets out with her other disabled son and a Greek-African taxi driver to bring him back home where he belongs — even though it means discovering who her son really is. The Documentary Award accompanied by 500 euros sponsored by the MUSOU Music Group went to a film that “shines a light on a real wound of our society today, driven by patriarchal principles. We are following a courageous woman survivor tackling a problem, that affects at least 50% of our population”. This documentary film looks into femicides in Italy, where one woman is murdered every three days. By focusing on a particular case that rocked the country, the film tries to understand the reasons behind the phenomenon.