Greek Film Festival 2018

Overview

Blue skies and scenic coastal sights will brighten Brisbane's Palace Barracks cinemas between Thursday, October 18 and Sunday, October 21, with the Greek Film Festival coming to town. Marking its 25th year, this showcase of Hellenic filmmaking will seven features — kicking off with Jamaica, about two brothers reuniting after a tragedy, before wrapping up with World War II drama The Last Note, charting events leading up to the execution of 200 Greek war prisoners in the Chaidari concentration camp.

Elsewhere, viewers can see the drama Happy Birthday, which takes inspiration from the street demonstrations that rocked Athens in 2008; sequel The Bachelor 2, a comedy that has been compared to The Hangover movies; and Polyxeni, which steps into the world of Greek aristocracy — but in 1970s and in Istanbul.

As part of the touring festival's comedy retrospective, Brisbanites can also catch comic whodunnit Nisos, which actually opened the fest back in 2010, as well as First Time Godfather, which is based on an autobiographical short story the son of one of Greece's former prime ministers.