About the Festival

An initiative of the Greek Film
Festival Association of Canberra.

History / Background

The Greek Film Festival first started in Sydney and Melbourne in 1993 and has been run as an annual event in these two cities for the last 13 years. The Festival provides a forum for showcasing Greek Film and is one of the largest and most prestigious community film festivals in the country. The GFF has managed to attract a strong and loyal audience from within the Greek and wider community with an interest in contemporary Greek cinema. Over the last 5 years the Greek Film Festival has enjoyed an increase in audience numbers as a result of the partnership with the Palace Cinema group and the expansion of the Greek Film Festival to Canberra, Adelaide and Brisbane.

This has seen the Greek Film Festival enjoy national attendance figures of over 20 000 in 2004 and emerged as one of the major annual Film Festivals on the Australian film festival networks. The Festival aims to present audiences with the finest and most exciting productions reflecting Greek culture and exemplifies the continued development of young Greek filmmakers.

The Festival, traditionally a two to three week celebration, combines high profile premieres with independent and art house screenings as well as prestigious and much loved opening and closing events to create a truly eclectic program.