6 Great Greeks on Film
Greek filmmaker Demetres Anagnostopoulos has directed and produced an extensive collection of documentaries, and the Antipodes Festival is excited to be screening one of his series, 'Great Greeks', this month.
Each documentary in this series is a visual biography of a great, influential and memorable Greek figure of the 20th century.
Demetres Anagnostopoulos will be in Melbourne to introduce the films.
Friday 14 May
6.30pm: Melina Mercouri & Mikis Theodorakis
Saturday 15 May
5pm: Konstantinos Karamanlis & Andreas Papandreou
7pm: Constantine Cavafy & Michael Cacoyannis
Sunday 16 May
5pm: Constantine Cavafy & Mikis Theodorakis
7pm: Melina Mercouri & Michael Cacoyannis
English/Greek language with English/Greek subtitles. All sessions run for 110mins.

Demetres Anagnostopoulos
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| Michalis Kakogiannis - Filmmaker |
Constantinos Kavafis - Poet |
Constantinos Karamanlis - Former President of Greece |
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| Melina Merkouri - Actress |
Mikis Theodorakis - Song-writer and composer |
Andreas Papandreou - Former Prime Minister of Greece |





