COMING TO YOUR SCREEN: 15th LAGFF, MAY 10-30, 2021

 

NEW GREEK CINEMA ON YOUR SCREENS COMING SOON

LAGFF’s 15th celebratory edition is coming up! The newest crop  of features, documentaries and shorts, curated by the programming  team will be available on our secure platform May 10-30, 2021,  accompanied by a host of webinars and live or pre-recorded Q&As.  Stay tuned for HONORING EXITING BOARD MEMBERS We are indebted to exiting longtime LAGFF Board Members,  Dinos Andrianos, Los Angeles-based entrepreneur and  supporter of the arts, and Thouly Dosios, award-winning filmmaker/photographer. Through their service and selfless  dedication, LAGFF was able to maintain organizational integrity  and develop its artistic scope and vision. As they are moving  on to other endeavors, we wish to extend our sincere and  heartfelt gratitude and wishes to them. LAGFF would have  not been the same without their influence! INTRODUCING NEW BOARD MEMBER LIA BOZONELIS We are proud and delighted to welcome Lia Bozonelis as our  new Board Member! Lia is a screenwriter, writer and producer  based in Los Angeles. Her pandemic thriller feature SAFER AT  HOME, which she co-wrote and co-produced for Voltage Pictures  during Covid lockdown, is currently being distributed  internationally by Vertical Entertainment. Next up is her  psychological thriller feature GHOSTED, which she co-wrote  and will produce with Meridian Entertainment, as well as her  dramedy feature DEEP SEA BABY, which is being packaged  to shoot in Greece. Lia’s romantic comedy feature EAT,  DRINK & BE MARRIED premiered worldwide in summer of ’19.  She also recently sold the romantic comedy feature  A TASTE OF LOVE to Reel One Entertainment and completed  a page-one feature rewrite of Gen Z comedy SUMMER JOB  for Gunpowder & Sky. Lia previously served as Head Writer and Consulting Producer  of the feminist sketch comedy series SORRY NOT SORRY for  Go90,  Sony-backed Astronauts Wanted, Complex Networks  and DiGa Studios. She also created a four-part web-series  LIVING YOUR BEST HALF LIFE, produced by Cafe.com.  Additionally, Lia has developed film and television projects with Momentum TV, Atlas Entertainment and Haven Entertainment,  among others, and wrote the female-driven action feature  GIRL RACE under a grant from the Australian government. At the center of Lia’s career is her mission to help women rise  within the entertainment industry. Lia finds fulfillment as a  pro bono mentor and advisor to women, as well as within her  cultural community of Greeks and Greek Americans. She is now  ready to serve on the Board of Directors for the  Los Angeles Greek Film Festival, where she previously volunteered  for over ten years. In addition, and as a member of several  women-in-film groups, Lia utilizes her strengths within these organizations to advocate for young, diverse voices to be heard  through storytelling. She was recently a recipient of the  prestigious 40 Under 40 Award from the Greek America Foundation  for her professional and philanthropic contributions. GREEK OSCAR NOMINATIONS Yorgos Lamprinos edited the masterpiece THE FATHER,  a new film with Anthony Hopkins and Olivia Coleman, and  is nominated for an Oscar. The film is an interior portrait  of a man who suffers from deterioration of his cognitive  abilities. Lamprinos’ editing creates a world ruled by a  wholly other sense of time and space while plunging into  the mind of the protagonist (Hopkins). He is also known  for editing XENIA and OBSCURO BARROCO, both of  which have screened at LAGFF. Phedon Papamichael shot THE TRIAL OF THE CHICAGO 7, an Aaron Sorkin political drama centering around the actions of seven anti-war protesters including Abbie Hoffman (Sacha Baron Cohen), Jerry Rubin (Jeremy Strong), and Tom Hayden (Eddie Redmayne). We expected no less for our friend and LAGFF Advisor Phedon than his receipt of yet another Oscar nomination! Come April 25, we will be watching and rooting for our fellows... Visit our website! Special thanks go to European Languages & Movies in America (ELMA), an organization dedicated to the promotion of European Cinema in America.  Are you interested in supporting LAGFF?  Learn more about our sponsorship and other opportunities to support the Los Angeles Greek Film Festival, by getting in touch with our Development Director Katerina Hoyo Frederickson or Shelly Papadopoulos. Learn More