10th Anniversary Fundraiser to Support Greek Education and the Arts

Film Screening & Discussion at:
Regis College – Fine Arts Center – 235 Wellesley Street – Weston, MA 02493
(Reception to Follow)

Date: October 25, 2015
Time: 3:00pm 
Ticket Price: $20.00

KISSES TO THE CHILDREN
A documentary film by Vassilis Loules

Five Jewish children saved by Christians in German-occupied Greece.
Childhood was their Garden of Eden.
Even though they spent it in hiding,
even though they lost it in the shadow of the Holocaust.

8 Awards at Greek and International Film Festivals

  • AUDIENCE AWARD (Greek Film Festival Chicago 2012, USA)
  • BEST FEATURE LENGTH DOCUMENTARY AWARD OF THE INTERNATIONAL JURY (Olympia International Film Festival for Children 2011, Greece)
  • BEST FEATURE LENGTH DOCUMENTARY AWARD OF THE CHILDREN’S JURY (Olympia International Film Festival for Children 2011, Greece)
  • BEST DIRECTION AWARD OF THE JURY & AWARD OF THE PUBLIC (“Agon”- International Meeting of Archaeological Film 2012, Athens, Greece)
  • BEST DIRECTION, 2ND BEST DOCUMENTARY & BEST MUSIC (Chalkida Greek Documentary Festival 2011, Greece)

Written and directed by:

  • Vassilis Loules

Research:

  • Vassilis Loules, Rea Apostolides with the collaboration of THE JEWISH MUSEUM OF GREECE

Music:

  • Nikos KypourgosCinematography Dimitris Kordelas

Editing:

  • Vassilis Loules, Chronis Theocharis, Yannis Katsamboulas

Producers:

  • Vangelis Fampas, Vassilis Loules

Produced by:

  • MASSIVE PRODUCTIONS, VASSILIS LOULES, GREEK FILM CENTRE, HELLENIC BROADCASTING CORPORATION – ERT WITH THE KIND SUPPORT OF THE J. F. COSTOPOULOS FOUNDATION
  • JEWISH COMMUNITY OF THESSALONIKI
  • CENTRAL BOARD OF JEWISH COMMUNITIES IN GREECE
  • TASK FORCE FOR INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION ON HOLOCAUST EDUCATION, REMEMBRANCE AND RESEARCH
  • THE AMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE JEWISH MUSEUM OF GREECE
  • AMERICAN SEPHARDI FEDERATION

Film Archive Footage and Photographs kindly provided by:

  • THE JEWISH MUSEUM OF GREECE
  • UNITED STATES HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL MUSEUM
  • GREEK FILM ARCHIVE
  • WAR MUSEUM OF ATHENS
  • JEWISH MUSEUM OF THESSALONIKI
  • FOTOS LABRINOS FILM ARCHIVE
  • PHOTOGRAPHIC ARCHIVE OF BENAKI MUSEUM

Developed in the workshops:

  • STORYDOC, The Educational Institute for Documentaries

 
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