COMING IN APRIL ON ERTFLIX INTERNATIONAL
Ertflix International brings rich content to Greeks living abroad, with a wide selection of Classic and Contemporary Greek Movies and a special tribute to the Eurovision Song Contest, on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of Greece’s participation in the contest.
CLASSIC GREEK CINEMA
Night Doings (dir. Alekos Sakellarios)
During a police officer’s night patrol, six different stories unfold.
With: Vasilis Avlonitis, Smaroula Giouli, Eleni Hatziargyri, Orestis Makris, Lavrentis Dianellos, Vasilis Diamantopoulos, Nikos Rizos, Giannis Gkionakis, Frangiskos Manellis
Night Wanderings (dir. Giorgos Zervoulakos)
Documentary about nightlife in Athens. The nightclubs, the music performances, the shows, but also some dramatized acts with well-known actors.
With: Mimis Fotopoulos, Kostas Karras, Kostas Hatzihristos, Gizela Dtali, Giannis Gkionakis, Giorgos Konstantinou, Giannis Vogiatzis, Aleka Stratigou, Mariana Kourakou
Scoring a Goal in Love dir. (Jannis Aliferis)
Barber Pantelis owes a lot of money to his landlady, the elderly Fofi, who, however, turns a blind eye, hoping that this way he might marry her. But Pantelis and his friends, Pipis and Themis, have other plans as they try to make it big at the racetrack, while simultaneously getting involved in football, impersonating officials at the amateur team level.
With: Jannis Aliferis, Mimis Fotopoulos, Georgia Vasileiadou, Nikos Rizos, Zoi Fytousi, Haris Kamili, Giorgos Vlachopoulos, Mimis Thiopoulos, Eva Evangelidou, Kostas Nikolaidis
Michalios of the 14th Regiment (dir. Apostolos Tegopoulos)
Michalios joins the Greek special forces to serve his term, instead of his cousin who shares the same name. When the mistake is corrected, his commander assigns him the task of looking after his daughter.
With: Kostas Hatzihristos, Vasilis Avlonitis, Georgia Vasileiadou, Nikos Rizos, Koulis Stoligkas, Anna Mantzourani, Nikos Kazis, Elsa Rizou, Stavros Paravas, Nikos Fermas, Sokratis Korres
Four Brides and a Groom (dir. Jannis Aliferis)
The father of four daughters at marriageable age brings a prospective suitor home. One daughter agrees to see him, but the rest try to persuade her otherwise. The groom’s three friends also try to prevent the marriage, but ultimately fall in love with the three girls and marry them.
With: Vasilis Avlonitis, Dinos Iliopoulos, Smaroula Giouli, Voula Harilaou, Giannis Gionakis, Beata Assimakopoulou, Thanos Leivaditis, Nitsa Tsaganea
CONTEMPORARY GREEK CINEMA
«Eyes Of Night» (dir. Periklis Hoursglou)
Eleftheria, Chronis, Valia: Three characters who will cross paths. They are not ‘in’, they are not featured in glossy magazines, they don’t have perfect bodies or perfect lives. They are weak but passionate. They love, they betray and they get betrayed themselves. They seek something different, but what they really need is time and love. Their common denominator is their loneliness.
Chronis is 45 years old, he is a driver and he likes to travel alone. Eleftheria wants a man to love and have a child with him. Valia wants to leave the country town where she lives and come to Athens. But one of these characters will go beyond his little “ego” and even after taking the wrong path, still act generous.
With: Evangelia Adreadaki, Ekavi Douma, Dimitris Mavropoulos, Maria Boura, Giannis Karatzogiannis, Spyros Stavrinidis, Nikos Karimalis, Periklis Hoursoglou
«Karavan Sarai» (dir. Tasos Psarras)
Shortly before the end of the Greek Civil War, in 1948, the border villages are evacuated to facilitate the movements of the Hellenic Army. Margaritis, a villager in his forties, is forced to leave his home and travel to Thessaloniki with his two children. He takes up residence in the Karavan Sarai (a building requisitioned for this purpose) and tries in vain to remain unaffected by the unspeakable events unfolding around him.
With: Thymios Karakatsanis, Mirka Kalatzopoulou, Melina Mpoteli, Dimitra Hatoupi, Tasos Palantzidis, Iakovos Psarras, Sofia Filippidou, Dimitris Banos, Vasilis Kolovos
«Smac» (dir. Elias Dimitriou)
Eleni leads a rather beautiful life, has a management position in a bank and loses the ground under her feet when she learns she has cancer. At that time, when she has to redefine her life, she meets Andreas, a homeless man, who sleeps at night at the entrance of her house. He is the one who, when her bag is robbed, will help her get into her apartment, which is the reason they develop a closer relationship, which serves them both. Eleni and Andreas gradually discover that they do not come from such different worlds as they would think, and there are many things that unite them.
With: Evangelia Adreadaki, Yannis Kokiasmenos, Stavroula Kontopoulou, Stefanos Mwange, Loukia Michalopoulou, Nikos Georgakis, Mariliz Ritsardi, Iordanis Hoursoglou
«Flik Flok» ( dir. Aggeliki Pardalidou)
Kyriakos and Athina, a couple, are getting ready for a date night. Dinner. Wine. Will the evening unfold as they have imagined it? No way!
With: Yorgos Karamihos, Angeliki Pardalidou
DOCUMENTARIES
«The Night of the Exodus» (dir. Lefteris Daskalakis)
Multithematic historical documentary, inspired by the heroic Exodus of the defenders of Missolonghi, demonstrating that the voluntary sacrifice of the Messolongites was not a random event but came as a natural consequence of the spiritual level of the inhabitants of the heroic city and the feeling of freedom, which was deeply rooted in them. Their actions during the siege and the Exodus were characterized by essentially democratic ideas. They unanimously elected their 28-year-old leader, they decided together on their every action, they remained uninvolved in quarrels and they chose to die rather than be enslaved, an act unique in human history. The documentary includes earlier video footage of the re-enactment of the blowing up of the Elder Christos Kapsalis, under the artistic direction of Christos Vlachogiannis.
«Agones» (written by Katerina Anastasopoulou)
“Agones” film documentary by Katerina Anastasopoulou is a journey on the history of the Olympic Games through culture, art and sports. From the myth to their revival. Music by the distinguished composer Dimitris Papadimitriou. Director of Photography Yannis Lazaridis.
ENTERTAINMENT
«A Sunset in Greece» – George Perris live from the Temple of Aphaea on Aegina island
(April 18 – International Day for Monuments and Sites)
A recorded performance of Giorgos Perris live from the Temple of Aphaea on Aegina on September 29th, 2020, viewed by millions of viewers in the U.S., Canada, Australia and Germany . George Perris performs songs from his latest album, composed by Evanthia Reboutsika, with lyrics by Lina Nikolakopoulou, such as ‘’I will wait for you’’, ‘’Somewhere’’ and ‘’I have a dream’’. He is joined on stage by Mario Frangoulis and E. Reboutsika. The TV special, directed by Kleri Fafouti, is embellished with images that illustrate the beauty of the ancient world and Greek nature, as well as texts by Lina Nikolakopoulou.
Special Tribute: 50 Years of Greece in Eurovision
This year’s Eurovision Song Contest is approaching, and ERTFLIX International presents a special tribute. We revisit all Greek participations in the biggest European music festival –
from Greece’s first participation in Brighton (UK) with Marinella and the song “Krasi, Thalassa Kai T’ Agori Mou”, which won 11th place, to Elena Paparizou’s victory in 2015 with ‘’My Number One’’ and this year’s upcoming performance by Marina Satti and the song‘’Zari’’!
