Sponsored by Pabst Brewing Company and the Metropoulos Family

After overwhelming demand, LAGFF will launch a program that will enhance development and production possibilities for filmmakers of Greek and Balkan descent, as well as international filmmakers who wish to make a film in Greece or with a Greek theme. The LAGFF PROJECT DISCOVERY FORUM will be presented as an industry program within the time frame of LAGFF 2013, June 6-9, in Hollywood, California.


The Forum will consist of the presentation of 5 -10 select (by the LAGFF
programming team) feature film projects to invited industry professionals
such as producers, financiers, distributors, executives, development
professionals, as well as accomplished creative professionals. The
professional panelists will critically respond to each project's 10-minute,
in-person presentation by the filmmakers themselves, followed by an active Q&A session between panelists and filmmakers. At the end of the presentations, the panelists will deliberate privately to select the winning.

The program will conclude with a free-form feedback session among the
panelists and the participants.

The winning project will receive the following:

• $1,000 Aegean Award - sponsored by the Metropoulos Family.
• Official merit acknowledgement by LAGFF to be presented on the LAGFF media (website, newsletter, press release, social media).
• The submitting filmmaker's (one) guaranteed acceptance and free participation at the MEDITERRANEAN FILM INSTITUTE of either 2013 or 2014. (MFI is a script lab taking place every year in the Greek island of Nissyros).  

*Note: MFI participation includes entrance to the program, meals and accommodations. Travel expenses not included. Although not guaranteed, the Festival may help with free accommodation arrangements through its Help-A-Filmmaker program.

 

ROOTS is a new collection of poems by Erini Sappho Katopodis.

ROOTS opens readers to a different kind of poetry - one that attempts to explain aspects of human emotion as it embeds and weaves its way through the human psyche.

Its mysterious and often visceral undertones have different interpretations with each read, and open a wide array of thought on the intonation of words and their uses in the warped version of the English language utilized in this book.

ROOTS is available on Amazon. For further reading, click here.
 
About the author: Erini Sappho Katopodis was born in 1995 and raised in South Pasadena, California. A first-generation American, she speaks fluent Greek and often incorporates her culture and language into the cadence and diction of her poems. Her summers on the Greek islands of Ikaria and Lefkada were some of her first inspirations.

LAGFF salutes Erini on her new book and wishes her continued success!

VISIT OUR 2013 AUCTION SPONSORS FROM GREECE
Thank you to the following resorts in Greece that have joined the effort to support Greek cinema in Hollywood. Each of the popular destinations below are helping to make LAGFF 2013 possible by being Sponsors of this year's LAGFF Auction, beginning June 1, 2013 and continuing through June 10, 2013. You may bid on the donated getaway vacation packages and enjoy not only the promise of a stunning Greek holiday but also the benefit of having your winning bid qualifiy as a tax-deductible contribution. Visit each of our 2013 Auction Sponsors below to learn more about these stunning award-winning venues.

Vedema Resort