The Dust of Time Greece/Italy/Germany/Russia, 2008 In a direct reference to Ulysses’ Gaze, The Dust of Time follows a filmmaker named A (here played by Willem Dafoe) on a journey to make a film about his parents. Moving between past and present, memory and history, fiction and reality, the film spans the second half of...
The Broadcast (Ekpompi) Greece, 1968 In the manner of Jean Rouch’s Chronique d'un été (1961), the producers of a pop music television show hit the streets to ask women what makes the ideal man. A sharp satire on consumerism and escapism after the military junta known as the Regime of the Colonels seized power the...
Under the fog of war during World War 1, the genocide of the Greeks was carried out at the hands of the Ottoman and Nationalist Turks. This Genocide became the model for all Genocides to follow, Nearly a million Greeks were killed, and millions more were uprooted as part of the Ottoman and Nationalist Turks'...
Film screening and discussion with filmmaker Mary Zournazi. My Rembetika Blues is a film about the power of music and what makes us human. Rembetika music or the Greek blues is a music of the streets and a music of refugees. The film explores the heart and soul of Rembetika music through peoples’ stories of...
Ulysses' Gaze (To Vlemma tou Odissea) Greece, 1995 Theo Angelopoulos once confessed to an interviewer, “I would like to believe the world will be saved by the cinema.” Ulysses’ Gaze gives this hope form as a Greek filmmaker known as A (Harvey Keitel) becomes obsessed with finding lost reels of film shot by the Manaki...
The Travelling Players (O Thiassos) Greece, 1975 A powerful vision of postwar Greek history as experienced by a troupe of actors on perennial tour, The Travelling Players swept the awards at the 1975 Thessaloniki Film Festival and announced Theo Angelopoulos as a major international auteur. A multi-generational ensemble, the players drag themselves and their trunks...
17th Los Angeles Greek Film Festival Opening Night Hosted by the UCLA SNF Center for the Study of Hellenic Culture and Los Angeles Greek Film Festival (LAGFF) Saturday, June 3, 2023 at UCLA's James Bridges Theater 5:00 p.m. Pre-reception 7:00 p.m. Film Screening & Tribute Award to George Pelecanos Advanced ticket purchase required.Photo by Alexa King....
An Evening with Tassos Boulmetis and “1968” Saturday, October 28, 2023 7:30 p.m. Billy Wilder Theater, UCLA Hammer Museum 10899 Wilshire Blvd Los Angeles, CA 90024 United States + Google Map Presented by the UCLA Film & Television Archive and Gefyra 7:30pm – Film Screening Q&A with: Tassos Boulmetis (Director) Paul Malcolm (Senior Public Programmer, UCLA Film & Television...
18th Los Angeles Greek Film Festival Hosted by the Los Angeles Greek Film Festival (LAGFF) and Sponsored by the UCLA SNF Center for the Study of Hellenic Culture Saturday, June 1, 2024 - Sunday, June 9, 2024 Advance ticket purchase required. The 18th Annual Los Angeles Greek Film Festival (LAGFF) returns with an expanded program...
This conversation is presented by the UCLA SNF Center for the Study of Hellenic Culture and the Consulate General of Greece in Los Angeles Saturday, July 27, 2024 10 a.m. Los Angeles / 8 p.m. Greece Via Zoom Click here to RSVP Led by Professor Sharon Gerstel, Director of the UCLA SNF Center for the...
The UCLA SNF Center for the Study of Hellenic Culture and the 19th Los Angeles Greek Film Festival present the West Coast premiere of LAST BREATH (LE DERNIER SOUFFLE) Directed by Costa-Gavras Followed by a conversation with Oliver Stone and Costa-Gavras Saturday, May 31, 2025 6:30 p.m. UCLA James Bridges Theater 235 Charles E. Young...
Giannis in the Cities (2024) - Screening and Q&A with Director Eleni Alexandrakis Presented by the UCLA SNF Center for the Study of Hellenic Culture and the UCLA Film & Television Archive February 22, 2026 7:00 P.M. Billy Wilder Theater at the Hammer Museum ADMISSION IS FREE In 2025, Giannis in the Cities, which was screened at...