The Delphi Bank 24th Greek Film Festival (GFF), hosted by the Greek Orthodox Community of SA, will open on October 12, to showcase the unique perspectives of modern Greek filmmakers from all over the world.

A total of 5 films will be presented at Nova Cinemas in Rundle Street, Adelaide, from Thursday 12 to Sunday 15 October www.palacenova.com.

The festival will kick off on 12 October at 6.00pm with Roza of Smyrna, dubbed the Greco-Turkish Romeo and Juliet, featuring celebrated theatre actress Lida Protopsalti’s first cinematic starring role in her 66 year career.

Other films include:

The Other Me (2016), winner of the Audience Award at Thessaloniki Film Festival, is a crime thriller following a professor who teams up with a math teacher to solve five unrelated murders, linked only by cryptic Pythagoras quotes. Screening on Friday 13 October 6.30pm.

The Bachelor (2016), is like The Hangover set in Thessaloniki, starring Greek comedian Yannis Zouganelis on a wild night out involving old flames, petty rivalries and hilarious misfortunes. Screening on Saturday 14 October at 6.30pm.

Xamou (2016) A love letter to the island of Crete, this gentle Mediterranean pick-me-up posits a back-to-the-land solution to Greece's economic crisis and boasts breathtaking cinematography, haunting, original music and mouthwatering food and wine. Directed by Clio Fanouraki. Starring Nikos Bousdoukos, Georges Corraface, Zoe Corraface. Screening on Saturday 14 October at 9.00pm.

On closing night, Ouzeri Tsitsanis, starring Andreas Konstantinou (Little England, GFF 2014); which is a period drama about the forbidden love between a Jewish girl and a Christian boy in Nazi-occupied Thessaloniki, who find refuge in a tavern run by seminal Greek songwriter Vassilis Tsitsanis, will be shown.