25th AFI European Union Film Showcase (Nov. 9-20,2012)

The 25th AFI European Union Film Showcase in association with the Embassy of Greece presents:

“Unfair World” (Adikos Kosmos)

“Unfair World” is one of eight movies in the showcase nominated for the 2012 Foreign Language Film Oscar!

Friday, Nov. 16 at 7:10 and Monday, Nov. 19 at 7:15
at the AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center
(8633 Colesville Road, Silver Spring, MD 20910)

Voted Best Director & Actor, 2011 San Sebastian Film Festival
Official Selection, 2012 Rotterdam Film Festival

Filippos Tsitos (PLATO'S ACADEMY) returns with this absurdly comic crime story, featuring a bravura performance by Antonis Kafetzopoulos. "I don't want to be unfair," says hangdog police interrogation specialist Kafetzopoulos. But in his line of work, and debt-crisis-gripped Greece, there is little incentive to the contrary. After a payment to an informant backfires into a blackmail threat, Kafetzopoulos experiences a "disobedient" trigger finger, settling that score... but the money goes missing. Surely cleaning lady Theodora Tzimou must have seen it?

In Greek with English subtitles. Digital presentation. DIR/SCR Filippos Tsitos; SCR Dora Masklavanou; PROD Alexandra Boussiou. Greece/Germany, 2011, color, 118 min.

Watch the trailer here


“L”
Saturday, Nov. 17 at 1:10 and Monday, Nov. 19 at 9:45    at the AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center
Official Selection for the 2012 Sundance, Rotterdam, and Karlovy Vary Film Festivals

The Man (Aris Servetalis) takes great pride in his driving. He's employed to deliver artisanal honey to a narcoleptic eccentric millionaire. The Man never leaves his car, and when he makes a rendezvous with his ex-wife and children, they don't get out of their car, either. Late delivering the honey, the Man loses his job and has his driving skills called into question. Distraught, he crashes his car, and is rescued by a motorcycle gang that takes him in. Playfully symbolic, this crackpot "Metamorphosis" explores the dual absurdities of masculine identity and contemporary Greece. DIR/SCR/PROD Babis Makridis; SCR Efthymis Filippou, George Giokas; PROD Amanda Livanou. Greece, 2012, color, 87 min. In Greek with English subtitles.

Watch the trailer here

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About the AFI European Union Film Showcase 2012
November 9-20, 2012

Recently awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, the European Union continues to be a leader on the world stage. The AFI European Union Film Showcase, now in its 25th year, continues in its well-established tradition of bringing the best in European cinema to Washington audiences – over the past 25 editions of the Showcase, more than 800 films have had their Washington, DC-area premieres, including many now considered classics.
This year's selection of more than 40 films includes multiple award-winners, international festival favorites, local box-office hits and debut works by promising new talents, plus many countries' official Oscar submissions for Best Foreign Language Film.

WE HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE!