Third Annual New York City Greek Film Festival Opens Nov. 5, 2009

Aug. 26, 2009 - PRLog -- A gala screening and reception will launch the third annual New York City Greek Film Festival on Thursday, November 5, 2009, 7:30 p.m., at the Visual Arts Theater, 333 West 23 Street, just west of Eighth Avenue in Manhattan.
   The opening night selection will be the New York premiere of "Guinness," directed by Alexis Kardaras. Also on the bill is the animated short "Mariza," directed by Constantine Krystallis.
   Athens born Kardaras studied at the NYU Film School, and he has made a Greek movie with American know how. Inspired by Hollywood gangster films of the 1940s, "Guinness" tells the story of an unlucky gambler who has hit rock bottom. He goes searching for buried gold in a remote Greek mountain village, but the closer he gets to his treasure, the more unlucky he becomes. Will the love of the right woman turn his life around? Will love triumph over gold?
  "Metaphorically speaking, the gambler represents everyone who goes digging for happiness instead of looking for it where it really is," says Kardaras who is expected to be among the celebrities attending the gala.
  Regular festival performances run  November 6  through 12 at the Cinema Village, 22 East 12 St.,in Manhattan. The festival moves to the CineMart Cinemas, 106-03 Metropolitan Avenue in Forest Hills, November 13-19. All films have English subtitles.
  Full information will be posted on the festival website in mid-September:  www.hellenicamerican.cc  (click on festival flag).

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The Hellenic American Chamber of Commerce is a not for profit association devoted to strengthening business and cultural ties between Greece and USA. Major Chamber events include the annual New York City Greek Film Festival which presents works by Greek directors worldwide. The festival's mission is to establish a presence for Greek cinema in New York. Films are carefully selected to show the broad range of work and talent in the Greek film industry. Films are shown with English subtitles and include feature films, documentaries and short subjects,