On Tuesday 21 January at 19:00 and on Wednesday 22 January at 21:00 the film 1968 (Greece, 2018, 94 min, colour) by Tassos Boulmetis will be screened in cinema Utopia, in the Greek original version with English subtitles.
The film is suitable for all ages.
Synopsis
"1968" is a docufiction about the legendary basketball final game between AEK and Slavia Prague that took place on April 4th 1968, the day Martin Luther King was assassinated. A film about an athletic triumph that made history: it united a whole country in one night and demonstrated the power of the Greek spirit. The epic basketball game gave Greece its first European Cup, a Guinness world record for the largest gathering in a basketball game and a victory that inspired generations.
Cast
Ieroklis Michaelidis, Antonis Kafetzopoulos, George Mitsikostas, Stelios Mainas, Orfeas Avgoustidis, Yiannis Vouros
Music
Evanthia Reboutsika
Trailer
Born in Constantinople (Istanbul) in 1957. He came to Greece in 1964. He studied Physics in the University of Athens and Film Production and Direction in the University of California (UCLA), with scholarship from the Onassis Foundation, where he also worked for a while as an assistant.
In Greece he started his career as a director/producer of TV shows in the national television channels. He then co-produced, directed and wrote the film "Dream Factory". The film gained 8 awards in Greece and the Golden Award of Fantasy Movies in the Houston Film Festival. Since 1988 he's been directing TV spots, internationally, and has specialized in Special Effects and Processing of Electronic Images.
In Greece he started his career as a director/producer of TV shows in the national television channels. He then co-produced, directed and wrote the film "Dream Factory". The film gained 8 awards in Greece and the Golden Award of Fantasy Movies in the Houston Film Festival. Since 1988 he's been directing TV spots, internationally, and has specialized in Special Effects and Processing of Electronic Images.
His second feature, the semi-autobiographical “A Touch of Spice”, became the biggest hit ever in Greece with over 1.600.000 admissions, was distributed in 45 countries and was Greece’s official entry for the Academy Awards of 2005. His recent academic activities include teaching classes on Advanced Film Directing in private institutions in Greece. He is the first unanimously elected president of the Hellenic Film Academy and a member of European Film Academy.
More information
http://www.boulmetis.gr/en/films/1968
https://cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/346042/
Click 'Read More' for Greek version.
https://cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/346042/
Click 'Read More' for Greek version.
