{"id":3390,"date":"2025-10-15T13:15:07","date_gmt":"2025-10-15T13:15:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/3390\/"},"modified":"2025-10-15T13:15:07","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T13:15:07","slug":"new-york-greek-film-expo-wraps-up-its-largest-festival-yet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/3390\/","title":{"rendered":"New York Greek Film Expo Wraps Up Its Largest Festival Yet"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Hellenic Film Society President Maria C. Miles moderates an audience Q&A with Director Dimitris Nakos following the screening of MEAT.<\/p>\n

IMAGE COURTESY ANASTASSIOS MENTIS\/MENTIS STUDIO<\/p>\n

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The New York Greek Film Expo<\/a> wrapped up its annual festival with record attendance in its 13 screenings across NYC and New Jersey, including a finale weekend at the Museum of the Moving Image in Astoria<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The yearly expo, led by the Hellenic Film Society, which highlights Greek films and filmmakers, wrapped up 11 days of 13 screenings from Oct. 2 to Oct. 12, including venues in Manhattan, Fort Lee in New Jersey and Astoria, along with an array of awards which were presented during the festival and a retrospective on the highly acclaimed Greek filmmaker, Pantelis Voulgaris.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are overwhelmed by the audience response to this year\u2019s expo, which saw its largest audience to date, and we\u2019re thrilled that, for many, it was their first time attending a Greek film,\u201d said Maria C. Miles, Hellenic Film Society\u2019s president. \u201d<\/p>\n

\"\"Hellenic Film Society President Maria C. Miles moderates an audience Q&A with Director Dimitris Nakos following the screening of MEAT.<\/p>\n

The New York Greek Film Expo was launched in 2018 to fill a need for a platform to showcase the work of Greek filmmakers and share their stories with American audiences. Since then, the film expo has grown each year, offering film lovers the opportunity to explore Greek films, in some cases for the first time, and discover many similarities in the stories and lives of people worldwide, regardless of their background or upbringing.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"\"During the final weekend of New York Greek Expo 2025, Hellenic Film Society presented a retrospective of the work of Master Filmmaker Pantelis Voulgaris. The director was awarded the HFS Lifetime Achievement Award. IMAGE COURTESY PANTELIS VOULGARIS<\/p>\n

The 2025 Greek Film Expo presented awards such as the Audience Award, which went to a film called \u201cMeat,\u201d a film about a young Albanian man who may take the fall for a murder committed by someone else, directed by Dimitris Nakos and starring Kostas Nikouli, who has won the Hellenic Film Academy\u2019s Best Actor Award at a prior expo for his performance. Actress Katia Goulioni earned Best Performance in a Feature Film for her role in a comedy film called \u201cMurphy\u2019s Law,\u201d directed by Angelos Frantzis. <\/p>\n

Filmmaker Michael Roubis\u2019 documentary film, \u201cTakis,\u201d received an honorable mention for Excellence in Social Impact, for his film on a man who devotes his life to rescuing stray animals in Crete, transforming local attitudes and inspiring global support. During the film\u2019s finale weekend, filmmaker Pantelis Voulgaris was honored with the Society\u2019s Lifetime Achievement Award.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"\"(L-to-R) Greek stars on the Red Carpet. Director Angelos Frantzis; Actors Katia Goulioni, Andreas Konstantinou (MURPHY\u2019S LAW); Angeliki Papoulia (ARCADIA); and Director Vladimir Subotic (UTOPOLIS) at New York Greek Film Expo 2025 Opening Night.<\/p>\n

The film festival also had the opportunity to host an array of Greek actors and filmmakers from Greece who attended the expo and took part in audience Q&As, including an Actors on Actors conversation on Oct. 6\u00a0 with Greek-American film and TV actor Dennis Boutsikaris and Andreas Konstantinou, who were in four of this year\u2019s expo films.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cThis year\u2019s slate of films was exceptionally strong, and we were delighted that so many of Greece\u2019s biggest film stars came to share their films and discuss them with our New York audience,\u201d said Miles.<\/p>\n

While the next New York Greek Film Expo 2026 isn\u2019t until next dall, fans of the film festival can still catch a monthly showing of Greek films at \u201cNever on Sundays,\u201d presented by the Hellenic Film Society at the Museum of the Moving Image in Astoria.<\/p>\n

To learn more about The Hellenic Film Society or the NY Greek Film Expo, visit their website<\/a> or follow them at @hellenicfilmsociety<\/a><\/p>\n

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