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 Kypourgos Dimitris Kordelas
Cinematography:
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