5th Annual New York City Greek Film Festival Debuts 10/16

The fifth annual New York City Greek Film Festival debuts with a screening of My Sweet Canary and a live concert at the Center for Jewish History on Sunday, October 16. Over a period of twelve evenings, nine films will be shown at venues around New York City, including the Rubin Museum, the Museum of Moving Image, Auditorium on Broadway, the SVA Theater in Chelsea, and the Frank Sinatra School of the Arts.

The Greek Film Festival offers New Yorkers the opportunity to discover some of Greece's best emerging filmmakers at a time when the Greek film industry is experiencing a renaissance. Last year's provocative family drama, Dogtooth earned an Academy Award nomination for Best Foreign Film.

This year's Film Festival includes, among others: Attenberg, which is the first Greek film to play at the Sundance Festival and Greece's entry for Academy Award consideration for Best Foreign Film this year; Knifer, a gritty film noir which won seven Hellenic Film Academy Awards, including Best Picture; My Sweet Canary, a film that explores the music of Rosa Eskenazy, a singer who rose to fame in the 1920s; The Promise of Tomorrow, a documentary narrated by Olympia Dukakis that examines the experiences of first and second generation Greek Americans and Strella, a favorite at festivals all over the world.

For full descriptions of all the films and show times, please visit nycgreekfilmfestival.com, where you can also purchase tickets.

This year, the Film Festival's principal benefactor continues to be the Stavros Niarchos Foundation, one of the world's leading international philanthropic organizations, making grants in the areas of arts and culture, education, health and medicine, and social welfare. For more information on the Stavros Niarchos Foundation, please visit www.SNF.org.