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Top 10 scripts announced!
We are proud to annouce the top 10 semi-finalists in the 2008 Los Angeles Greek Film Festival Script Competition.
(In Alphabetical Order)
Apnea - Yiannis Tsiros
The Best Man - Stelana Kliris
The Goddess Within - Stelana Kliris
Human Memory - Nicholas Katis
Imagining Ithaka - Nicholas Dimitropulos
Mama's Boy - Olga Humphrey
Moving On - Susannah York + Freddy Vianellis
Possession - Chrysanthy Balis
Rites of Winter - Koula Sossiadis Kazista
Romeros, Julieta & The General - Nicholas T. Proferes
The next task for the jury will be narrowing these scripts down to three finalists and then selecting the winner.
We are also very excited to announce that Yanni Koutsomitis of Imperial Media (Emma Blue, Young Alexander The Great) will be reviewing the top 10 scripts for possible optioning. Good luck to you all!
We want to thank the 70 screenwriters who submitted this year! It was a difficult process making the selections because there were so many worthy scripts. We hope to see more of your work next year!
Keep checking www.lagreekfilmfestival.org for when we announce the three finalists!
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Welcome to our 2008 Script Competition Jury!
 This year's jury includes:
Stratton Leopold
Executive Producer of blockbusters "Mission Impossible III" starring Tom Cruise, "Paycheck" starring Ben Affleck and "The Sum Of All Fears" starring Morgan Freeman.
Kary Antholis
Senior Vice President of Miniseries at HBO and an Academy Award winning documentary filmmaker whose film "One Survivor Remembers" won both the Oscar for Documentary Short Subject and the Emmy for Outstanding Information Special.
Christina Lazaridi
Academy-Award nomitated writer for "One Day Crossing" and a Columbia University Professor.
Cooper Layne
Writer of "The Fog" (2005) and "The Core," starring Hillary Swank and Aaron Eckhart, as well as Executive Producer of "The Emperor's Club," starring Kevin Kline and Emile Hirsch.
Courtney Flavin
Emmy winning writer ("A Question About Sex,") Writing credits include "Boston Legal," and "The Cosby Show." She also received Emmy, Writers Guild and Humanitas nominations for "Educating Mom."
Deborah Gilels
A 20 year veteran executive and producer, Deborah has developed and produced film and television projects with major studios and companies, among them Wind Dancer, Disney/Hollywood Pictures, New Line Television, ESPN, Hearst Entertainment, Warner Brothers Television, PFG Entertainment, Alive Entertainment, Warp Films and Butcher's Run Films.
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Call for volunteers!
 Come join LAGFF and learn what it takes to organize a film festival! We are looking for volunteers to help with all aspects of preparation and on site organization leading up to and during this year's festival, which runs June 25-29 in Hollywood. Volunteers will have the opportunity to experience first hand how a film festival comes together and to interact with a dynamic group. If you are interested in volunteering for the festival, please contact our Volunteer Coordinator, Kayla Gogos at kayla@lagreekfilmfestival.org or at 508-414-1107.
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