The New York Greek Film Expo 2022, a film festival for all New Yorkers, will be held September 29--October 9 in theaters in Manhattan, Astoria, Brooklyn, and Westchester. For more information, please visit https://hellenicfilmusa.org.<br /><br />Directed by Yorgos Gousis<br /><br />2022 | 78 minutes | New York Premiere<br />In Greek with English subtitles<br /><br />Cast: Elena Topalidou (Elena), Antonis Tsiotsiopoulos (Antonis), Nikos Spanidis (gravedigger)<br /><br />This love story centers on the magnetic attraction between two strangers who meet by chance on the island of Kefalonia. She is a former dancer running away from her life. He is a man with a mission: to bury a metallic box containing the ashes of his aunt. <br /><br />Winner of five 2022 Hellenic Film Academy Awards, including<br />Best Film, Best First-Time Director, and Best Actress (Topalidou)<br /><br />Official Greek submission for Best International Feature in the 2023 Oscars<br /><br />About us<br /><br />Hellenic Film Society USA is dedicated to promoting Greek cinema throughout the US by sharing the richness of Greek films with a wider American audience and to preserving the film heritage of Greece. We present feature films, documentaries, and film shorts made by Greek and Greek-American filmmakers, and also those that promote the cultures of Greece and Cyprus. We also host interviews with filmmakers and panel discussions about different aspects of Greek cinema.
