The London Greek Film Festival
You may remember that last year I submitted ‘Shocking The Donkeys’ to the annual London Greek Film Festival and it was shortlisted but didn’t win. Well, this year, the company behind ‘The 13th‘ (The Judas Inheritance story) have submitted the film to the same festival. We won’t know until a few months’ time if it has been accepted for anything or nominated, or if it will be shown, but in the meantime there is the trailer to view if you haven’t already seen it. This is the two-minute version, longer than the one in our right hand column over there >> It shows you the main cast, some of the extras (Neil included) and the locations as the film was shot entirely on Symi, even the scenes set in a British school. (Just shows you how versatile the island is.)
More news will follow in due course, the backers will be receiving an update officially, as soon as there is either good or not so good news about the festival entry to report and meanwhile, please check the trailer and pass on the link (or this post) to your friends. The more views it has the more popular it becomes. The London Greek Film Festival his here.
And the trailer is here:
By the way, if it does get shown at the festival that might well be considered the world premiere, and it will be in London. (Perhaps we will be able to show it simultaneously on Symi somehow.)
I’m afraid all I could manage yesterday by way of photos for today was a quick dash up onto the roof for a few snaps, and a couple taken from the kitchen window; the only window in the house that’s not shuttered up against the cold at the moment. I was dressed in my thermals, trainers, jumper, sweatshirt and another jumper, hat and fingerless gloves and could still only manage a couple of minutes out in the cold. Wimp, I know, but at least it was warmer outside, at five degrees (without the north-wind-chill) than it was in the house. Heater blasting, Cat has found it, still in gloves and hat inside and fingers almost working on the keys after two hours of typing.
Our landlord’s representative came to collect the rent for him yesterday and told me that he was fine, though where he is got lost in translation. We have saved his mail and put it over at his house opposite for whoever wants to collect it for him. No-one has asked us to but it seems the most sensible thing to do. The bills get delivered to us and we take ours and then leave his inside his bathroom window, between the grill and the glass. It’s quite safe there, dry and won’t get blown away. I did nip over yesterday and closed his kitchen door, which has no lock, and held it shut with some paint cans. It had blown open in the wind the night before and was banging about I also checked that there were no cats or birds inside before closing it.
So, that’s it for today. If/when I have any other news about ‘The 13th‘ and the Greek Film Festival I will let you know.
