Press Release
The 4thη day 15ου International Film Festival of Larissa
With screenings of short animation films, the series continues for 4 moreη The day of the international film festival in Larissa. More specifically, the Thursday, November 2 animation films from around the world will be screened by 6:00 PM. in Film Victoria Cinemas.
The Greek film will be shown at 9:00 p.m. «The children of the swallow» directed by Kostas Bretatakos, starring Mary Chronopoulos and Aleko Alexandrakis.
This particular film was selected as part of the tribute «Literature in Cinema» Since the work is a cinematic adaptation of the story by the author Dionysis Haritopoulos and is a production of Greek Film Center, of ERT and her Three Leaf EPS.
The screening coincides with the recent loss of the protagonist and the 5 years since the director's death.
Information about the film:
An elderly journalist and a young television director conduct an investigation based on the six children of a typical Greek family. In their attempt to define the general as opposed to the particular and the history, through the members of this family, they confront various situations: personal grudges, political hatreds, obsessions, and the unexpected living presence of the past in the present. The truth they reveal is not simple and clear, but it resembles a plunge into a raging river whose waters constantly change form or recede.
The film was honored at the Thessaloniki Film Festival with awards for best film, best screenplay, sound, first female role (Maíra Chronopoulou), second male role (Vasilios Diamantopoulos), and the Film Critics Award. Although amazing, the film did not find the expected response in movie theaters and was quickly forgotten.
Simultaneously on the same day in French Institute and at 4:30 PM it will be held the Experiential Workshop «Cin(e) summary in class». This is an Experiential workshop on inclusive film education, based on the homonymous guide on inclusive film education of ECOMÉ and aimed primarily at educators as well as parents and students. Trainers will be Mr. Dimitris Papahalarapos, Head of the Research, Studies and Educational Programs Department of the ECOMΕ and Ms. Matoula Papademitriou, a staff member in the Research, Studies and Educational Programs Department of EKOME. This workshop has been successfully conducted at the festivals of Drama and Chania.
The entrance will be free for the public
