Costas Ferris
1935 (90 лет)
Λούφα και Παραλλαγή
Nikos Perakis
Nikos Kalogeropoulos, Giorgos Kimoulis
The film is the story of a group of soldiers, who, in the course of their compulsory military service in 1967 and 1968, before and during the military dictatorship in Greece, are assigned to the then recently founded Armed Forces Television. This TV station, founded for the civilian population, was run by the Cinematographic Unit of the army which until then had only produced propaganda films and newsreels and was responsible for entertaining the troops and other charity organizations with movie screenings. The personnel was composed mostly of soldiers, who already had experience in the film business in their civilian lives, as well as those who received their training in the army. The story may be only 95% true, but that is simply because the true story is even more absurd...
Loafing and Camouflage
Κιέριον
Dimos Theos
Anestis Vlahos, Kyriakos Katzourakis
In this political drama, a journalist accused as a conspirator in the murder of an American colleague is released for lack of evidence, and then searches for the true culprits. Inspired by the true events of the murder of American journalist George Polk, this film was shot in 1967 and was banned by the coming military dictatorship in Greece. It had only been shown abroad, until it premiered in 1974 after the dictatorship's fall .
Kierion
The Murderess
Costas Ferris
Maria Alkeou, Natalia Alkaiou
An adaptation of one of the greatest greek novellas ('The Murderess' by Alexandros Papadiamantis). Fragkogiannou (Maria Alkaiou), a hard-done by, deranged woman after a life full of hardship, recalls the past by her newborn girl grandchild’s crib. Her mother was a wicked woman and one of her sons was a criminal. Lost in a haze, she strangles the baby as she is concvinced that girls can cause their family only trouble. Later, she lets a little girl drown in a well, while she drowns three other little girls, one of whom is a newborn baby. This is her way of sparing children and parents of the inevitable suffering in life.
The Murderess
Προμηθέας σε δεύτερο πρόσωπο
Costas Ferris
Giannis Kounoupakis, Myrto Parashi
A speculation on power, using the film image to experiment with and explore a combination of elements, such as eastern philosophy, pop culture and music. Based on Aeschylus "Prometheus Bound"
Prometheus Second Person, Singular
Made in Greece
Panos Angelopoulos
Harry Klynn, Yula Gavala
Giannis Giannakis, released from psychiatric hospital after many years, decides to return home to his parents. On his way back he slowly discovers that the outside world is crazier than he thought - and starts to question whether he'd be better off back in the psychiatric ward.
Made in Greece
Τα ματόκλαδά σου λάμπουν
Costas Ferris
Sofia Ferri, Anestis Vlahos
A Costas Ferris' short featuring two of the best greek songs. Back in 1961 this film was expelled from Thessaloniki Film Festival because of the lyrics of these songs. They belonged to the rembetiko genre that used to over-emphasize the pleasure of using drugs. The worst thing was that Acropolis was shown in a plan and that lead the government to completely ban the film as anti-touristic!
Ta matókladá sou lámpoun
Oh Babylon
Costas Ferris
Alkis Panagiotidis, Nikolas Asimos
The film adaptation for the modern era of the ancient tragedy The Bacchae. Pentheus is celebrating his birthday, and surreal scenes unfold before his eyes, arousing doubts in the celebrant as to whether the things he is experiencing are real. Written by Greek Film Archive
Oh Babylon
Le Sang
Jean-Daniel Pollet
Claude Melki, Les Tréteaux Libres de Genève
An apocalyptic vision of man after a cosmic catastrophe, this film is a terrifying metaphor of a dehumanized future. The Brazilian Cinema Novo, German expressionism of the twenties, and the ideologically motivated ‘cruelty’ of a Buñuel come together in this ferocious work of a French theatre collective – an ambitious, almost completely successful example of visual cinema at its best.
Le Sang
Αριάδνη
Giorgos Kordelas
Rea Toutountzi, Stratos Tzortzoglou
The Lecco, an art collector, promises to help him, asking him to return to bring him a valuable vase from the archaeological museum of Amorgos, stealing it and replacing it with a copy. Alkis accept and go on Amorgos where he meets a girl, Ariadne. The divine aura of mysterious girl, no one on the island knows or has seen in captivates and entangles in a strange metaphysical conundrum, where added and the sudden death of Lecco.
Ariadni
Une balle au cœur
Jean-Daniel Pollet
Françoise Hardy, Jenny Karezi
A Bullet Through the Heart (French: Une balle au cœur, Greek: Μια σφαίρα στην καρδιά) is a 1966 Franco-Greek film directed by Jean-Daniel Pollet. Francesco, a young Sicilian aristocrat, scars an aging gangster who has set out to take away his property. The gangster vows to obtain vengeance, and Francesco is forced to flee across Greece with his girl friend, pursued by his antagonist's vicious henchmen.
A Bullet Through the Heart
