LAGFF Day 5 - CLOSING NIGHT
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June 29, 2008
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SUNDAY, JUNE 29, 6:00 PM PACIFIC DESIGN CENTER (THE SILVERSCREEN THEATER)
 CLOSING NIGHT GALA
Featuring
LITTLE GREEK GODFATHER
(2007, 90 min, 35 mm, US Premiere)
Dir: Olga Malea
Writers: Nicholas Panandreou, Olga Malea
In the days leading to national elections, the 11-year-old son of a prominent Greek politician is sent to Crete to baptize the baby of an influential family. NOTE: The director and writer will be present at the screening.
The event will start with a reception, followed by the screening of the film LITTLE GREEK GODFATHER and the Orpheus Awards Ceremony.
LIMITED TICKETS AVAILABLE AT THE DOOR
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SUNDAY, JUNE 29, 10:00 AM - LINWOOD DUNN THEATER
 SPECIAL PROGRAM:
WILDFIRES: GREECE, SUMMER 2007
TICKETS AVAILABLE AT THE DOOR
AUGUST 27, 2007
(2008, 11 min, DVD, World Premiere)
Dir: Daphne Valentina
A Greek-American's view on the fires that burned the homeland and her heart.
THE ASH THAT REMAINS
(2008, 66 min, DIGIBETA, US Premiere)
Dir: Nikos Kavoukidis
A poetic lament on the devastation of the land and the people's livelihood in the wildfires, Greece, summer 2007.
WILDFIRE CRISIS
(2007, 27 min, DIGIBETA, US Premiere)
Dir: Stefanos Bertakis
Two stories about the tragic consequences of the wildfires, Greece, summer 2007.
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SUNDAY, JUNE 29, 12:30 PM - LINWOOD DUNN THEATER
 SALONICA (2008, 87 min, DIGIBETA, US Premiere)
Dir: Paolo Poloni
Remnants, memories and memoirs of the once vibrant Jewish community in multi-ethnic Thessaloniki, Greece's second largest city.
TICKETS AVAILABLE AT THE DOOR
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SUNDAY, JUNE 29, 3:00 PM - LINWOOD DUNN THEATER
 UP WITH ME (2008, 76 min, DIGIBETA, LA Premiere)
Dir: Greg Takudes
When a boy from Spanish Harlem is invited to attend an all-white prep high school on scholarship, he encounters what he has tried all his life to avoid.
Screening with:
ASTORIA PARK (2007, 33 min, DIGIBETA, LA Premiere)
Dir: Chrysovalantis Stamelos and Paras H. Chaudhari
In New York's Astoria, a friendly basketball game turns into a show of racial rivalry.
TICKETS AVAILABLE AT THE DOOR
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