LOS ANGELES GREEK FILM FESTIVAL 2011 - MOVIES, PARTIES, AUCTION - GREEK STYLE

"PELICAN'S WATCH" PREMIERE & XIV RECEPTION     Please click here to reserve you ticket.   INDUSTRY PANEL, SATURDAY, JUNE 11, 10:30AM   Crossing Borders: Foreign Films in Hollywood addresses questions about the future of foreign films in the broader international market. The panel is to be moderated by Peter Caranicas, Deputy Editor of Variety, and presented by ELMA(European Languages and Movies in America). For more information on this year's panel and panelists, please visit LAGFF's industry panel page.     LAGFF's 2011 industry panel, Crossing Boarders, will be held on Saturday, June 11 at 10:30 a.m. at Laemmle's Sunset 5.   To reserve industry panel tickets in advance, please click here.  CLOSING FILM, ORPHEUS AWARDS & RECEPTION  The 5th anniversary of Los Angeles Greek Film Festival will be commemorated on Sunday, June 12 at the Writers Guild Theater in Beverly Hills. The prestigious LAGFF Audience Award will be presented by actor Billy Zane. Jazz vocalist Alexia Vassiliou will present the Honorary Orpheus Award to Mikis Theodorakis.  Theo Alexander ("True Blood") will present a special jury award and the event will be emceed by Angelo Tsarouchas.  To reserve your tickets, please click here .   THE DIRECTORS ARE COMING   LAGFF will soon welcome the attending filmmakers, several of whom are currently on location filming, and will be arriving from Greece, Germany, Turkey, Denmark, UK, Cyprus, and Israel. In addition, LAGFF will feature the work of three local filmmakers. Attending directors include Petros Antoniades (ALTER), Lea Binzer (PELICAN'S WATCH), Jonathan Crow (COMMENTARY), Yannis Economides (KNIFER), Nikos Gaitatjis (WITHOUT BORDERS), Will Hess, Terry Dougas, Nikki Frakes (WITH GREAT POWER: THE STAN LEE STORY) Asteris Koutoulas (MIKIS THEODORAKIS, COMPOSER), Panagiotis Kravvas (THE DEATH I DREAMED OF), Roy Sher, (MY SWEET CANARY), George Siougas (BURNING HEADS). LAGFF is proud to announce special guests: Tassos Boulmetis, President, Hellenic Film Academy Joseph Alan Croisant, Producer, Faliro House Productions Panos Papahadzis, Producer, Argonauts Productions Dionysis Samiotis, Head of Production, Odeon George Andreas Zannos, ERT representative/Advisor to Minister of Culture We welcome film associates: John Capelos, Actor/Producer, COMMENTARY Martha Demetri-Lewis, Featured Singer, MY SWEET CANARY Laoura Gkini, Composer, PELICAN'S WATCH Mihalis Kapetanides, Exec. Producer, THE DEATH I DREAMED OF Sandra Staggs, Producer, WITHOUT BORDERS George Theofanous, Composer, WITHOUT BORDERS ... and more. To watch interviews with the filmmakers of LAGFF 2011, please   click here .  A special thank you to filmmaker and volunteer Taylor Gianotas who edited the series of LAGFF 2011 Filmmaker interviews!  LAGFF AUCTION NOW OPEN FOR BIDDING   LAGFF has begun its annual auction with beautiful getaways to Greece, including vacations to Santorini, Crete, Mykonos, and more. Visit the LAGFF auction page for more information - including new pricing travel details. RESERVE TICKETS & ALL-ACCESS PASS EARLY   Click on the day (below), then purchase tickets for the film you want to see.  Screenings are filling up and Opening Night has few tickets remaining.  The best way to gaurentee seats is to reserve a 2011 Elite Pass.  It was created for the purpose of offering LAGFF patrons a way to support the Festival and the filmmakers while enjoying priority seating and access to the industry panel, opening and closing night galas, and all screenings.        ALL-ACCESS ELITE PASS    CLOSING NIGHT STREET CLOSURES Due to the Gay Pride Parade, traffic will be closed on Santa Monica Boulevard between Fairfax Avenue and Doheny Drive starting at 6:00 a.m. on Sunday, June 12. Santa Monica Blvd. will re-open immediately at the end of the end of the Parade, which may be as late as 4:00 p.m. To attend either Laemmle's screenings or Closing Night at the Writers Guild Theater on Sunday, June 12, avoid Santa Monica Blvd between Fairfax and Doheny Drive. Please see driving directions and special instructions on our  website.   TUNE IN TO KPFK - FRIDAY, JUNE 3, 3:30 PM  LAGFF Media Sponsor KPFK will feature Will Hess (Director/Producer WITH GREAT POWER - THE STAN LEE STORY), Seymour Cassel (Actor WITHOUT BORDERS) and Sandra Staggs (Producer WITHOUT BORDERS) on Pacifica Radio, hosted by Donna Walker. Joining them will be LAGFF Executive Producer, Alex Kalognomos.  Tune in to 90.7 FM on Friday, June 3 at 2:30 PM to learn more about these films, filmmakers and LAGFF!

Orpheus Celebrates 5 Years of Los Angeles Greek Film Festival   2011 Sponsors Platinum Patron      Gold Patron      Silver Patrons           Bronze Patrons                  Supporters                            Media Sponsors                                Friends           The LAGFF organizers express their gratitude toward the Consul General of Greece Elisabeth Fotiadou   for her great support.  LAGFF also wishes to thank the   Consul General of Cyprus Andreas Kyprianides   for his continued support.