During this short window, the Festival traveled to Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, Brisbane and Canberra with admissions of over 11,000 recorded across all five cities.
Greek Film Festival it was able to host two special guests, Sotiris Dounoukos (Dir. Joe Cinque’s Consolation) and Mary Zournazi (Dir. Dogs of Democracy), who took part in engaging Q+A sessions following their screenings.
The Festival officially wrapped on Sunday 22 October with a special encore screening of Manousos Manousakis Cloudy Sunday (Ouzeri Tsitsanis) which in Melbourne was followed by live music from Melbourne’s much-loved band Rebetiki.
Outstanding Festival favourites for 2017 included the “Greco-Turkish Romeo and Juliet" Opening Night feature Roza of Smyrna, Tony Gatlif’s celebration of wanderlust and free-spiritedness in Djam, the stark triptych of a modern Athens depicted in Amerika Square along with documentaries Trezoros: The Lost Jews of Kastoria and Dogs of Democracy.
