Greek Odyssey Festival

Amongst it all are light-hearted feature films such as the opening night film, the box office hit Nisos, a not-so-classic whodunit shot on the beautiful island of Sifnos, and I Love Karditsa (dir. Stratos Markidis), a prince and pauper story of a very different kind.
Dangerous Cooking (dir. Vasilis Tselemegos) starring Georges Corraface (Touch of Spice, 2009) serves up a menage a trois between two cooks and the beautiful Nana (Katia Zygouli) and in 180 Degrees (dir. Nicholas Dimitropoulos), art, crime and infidelity take centre stage in this hilarious madcap adventure.
It's a road-trip of chance encounters, lost loves and new adventures in the thought provoking Athens - Istanbul (dir. Nikos Panayotoupoulos), while racism, religious belief and provincial pride come under scrutiny in The Mountain in Front.
With Heart & Soul (dir. Pantelis Voulgaris) pays tribute to the young victims of the Greek Civil War.
Also being featured are two short-films from Greek-Australian filmmakers, one that has travelled the globe via the internet, Maritsa by Constantine Krystallis and from Adelaide writer, director, producer Viron Papadopoulos, Bad Language. 

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Athens-Istanbul

Greece, 2008

Greek language with English subtitles
Greece/2008/103mins
Written by Michel Fais and Nikos Panayotopoulos
Produced by Greek Film Centre, Finos Films, Alpha
Cast: Lefteris Voyiatzis, Alexia Kaltsiki, Dimitris Poulikakos

Dir. Nikos Panayotopoulos
A thought-provoking road-movie of chance encounters, lost loves and new adventures where it's not the destination that matters, but getting there.
Setting off on a journey to visit his sick father in Thessaloniki becomes a journey of self-discovery for one middle-aged recent divorcee in Athens - Istanbul. Depressive, lost and on the run from his past, a chance encounter with a young woman and her musician husband takes him on a detour to Istanbul where he might just find himself.
Love, life, death, sex and money, the big and the not so big questions and everything in between are faced at every stop along the way. Featuring gentle humour and a standout performance from Lefteris Voyatzis.

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