Promotional poster for the Marianna Economou documentary, Food For Love
The IFFP was established in 2010 and staged its inaugural festival in July of that year. A second festival was held in 2012. The IFFP’s mission, according to a statement on the IFFP Facebook page, is “to create an exceptional context where filmmakers and filmlovers gather in this uniquely spiritual Greek island to share their common love for quality cinema, present and discuss their ideas and experiences, benefit from master classes and workshops, or simply relish the visual and intellectual inspiration offered by carefully selected feature films, short films & documentaries.”
Besides film screenings, the festival features a series of seminars and workshops on film and filmmaking.
More than 20 films to be screened
Some of the films on this year’s program include:
• the 2013 Greek documentary Food For Love, written and directed by Marianna Economou;
• Little Land, a 2013 Greek/French production written and directed by Nikos Dayandas;
• Ntikos Byzantios – To Hroniko Ton Morfon, 2012 Greek documentary by Nicos Pettis;
• the 2012 fantasy film Waiting for the Sea, a Russian-language film directed by Bakhtyar Khudojnazarov;
• Arcadia, a 2012 American coming-of-age film written and directed by Olivia Silver;
• Stone Story, a 2012 Greek short film written and directed by Spyros Papanastasiou;
• Properties of 2, a 2012 Greek short written and directed by Achilleas Kiriakidis;
• More than Honey, a 2012 documentary by director Markus Imhoof;
• To the Wolf, a Greek-French documentary directed by Aran Hughes and Christina Koutsospyrou;
• Among Giants, a 2011 U.S. documentary directed by Chris Cresci, Ben Mullinkosson and Sam Price-Waldman;
• Quartet, the 2012 U.K. comedy/drama directed by Dustin Hoffman;
• Before Midnight, the 2013 American drama directed by Richard Linklater and starring Ethan Hawke and July Delpy; and
• Trashed, the 2012 American documentary by Candida Brady.
The festival program and full details about all the films and the event itself are available on the IFFP website as well as the IFFP Facebook page.
The trailer for the documentary film Trashed, featuring Jeremy Irons and an original score by Oscar-winning composer Vangelis
The official trailer for Before Midnight, the the Hollywood feature film starring Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy. It was filmed at numerous locations in the southern Pelopponese of Greece.
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