In the context of the Greek presidency of the Council of the European Union, CINEMATEK Belgium and BOZAR Centre for Fine Arts, with the close collaboration of the Greek Film Archive, the Hellenic Circle – Brussels and the Greek Film Centre, are presenting a film festival celebrating the new Greek cinema of the last five years.

From 4 to 9 March, BOZAR CINEMA will screen eight Greek films not previously shown in Belgium. Most of them will be shown in the presence of the director, with whom there will be a Q&A session each time.

4/3, opening: The Capsule by Athina-Rachel Tsangari and Wild Duck by Yannis Sakaridis

5/3 To The Wolf by Aran Hughes and Christina Koutsospyrou and Kinetta By Yorgos Lanthimos

8/3 The Cleaners by Konstantinos Georgousis and Boy Eating the Bird’s Food by Ektoras Lygizos

9/3 Unfair World by Philippos Tsitos and September by Penny Panayotopoulou

The series will be rounded off by a masterclass “Long Live the Crisis: From New Cinema to Nouvelle Vague” given by the renowned film critic Michel Demopoulos, (director of Thessaloniki International Film Festival from 1991 to 2004) in which he will make the connection between the Greek cinema of the last five years and of the past. In this framework, the professor and director of the Greek Film Archive, Maria Komninos, will give a conference on Theo Angelopoulos on 26/3 at CINEMATEK.

Beside the 8 films mentioned above, CINEMATEK, from 4/3 to 20/3 will show a selection of Greek films to give a more complete image of the contemporary Greek cinema.

These films are:

5/3 Meteora by Spiros Stathoulopoulos

6/3 Attenberg by Athina-Rachel Tsangariand and Homeland by Syllas Tzoumerkas

7/3 L by Babis Makridis and A Woman΄s Way by Panos H. Koutras

8/3 El Greco by Yannis Smaragdis

10/3 Plato’s Academy by Philippos Tsitos and Mourning Rock by Philippos Koutsaftis (screened also on 14/3)

11/3 and 13/3 Man At Sea by Katerina Patroni

12/3 Knifer by Yannis Economides, Exile Island by Elias Giannakakis & Evi Karampatsou (also on 17/3) and Bathers by Eva Stefani (also on 20/3)

13/3 A.C.A.B. All Cats Are Brilliant by Constantina Voulgari and Raw Material by Christos Karakepelis (also on 15/3)

14/3 Amnesia Diaries by Stella Theodoraki

15/3 Correction by Thanos Anastopoulos

16/3 J.A.C.E.by Menelaos Karamaghiolis and Eleni Boukouri Altamoura, The First Greek Woman Artist by Kleoni Flessa (also on 20/3)

18/3 Alps by Yorgos Lanthimos and The Grocer by Dimitris Koutsiabasakos (also on 19/3)

19/3 Wasted Youth by Argyris Papadimitropoulos & Jan Vogel