A FINE LINE & HEARTS FOR DINNER: Friday, June 8 | 5:30 PM | RIGLER
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DAY 4 | A FINE LINE & HEARTS FOR DINNER | Friday, June 8 | 5:30 PM | RIGLER
A FINE LINE
United States, 2018, 71 min, Los Angeles Premiere, Documentary
Director/Writer: Joanna James
Producers: Joanna James, Katy Jordan, Anastasia Ganias Gellin
Cinematographer: Robert Featherstone
Editor: Russell Greene and Joanna James
Music: Petros Kamplanis
Only 6% of head chefs and restaurant owners are women, a disappointing fact in a world where women have traditionally held a central role in the kitchen. Featuring the perspectives and experiences of professionals around the world, the film “A Fine Line” depicts the struggles surrounding today’s women in the culinary arts.
Joanna James is a Greek-American filmmaker making her directorial debut with the documentary A Fine Line. Joanna was a newspaper reporter interning for The Boston Globe. As a writer for a Greek-American weekly bulletin, she was chosen to cover the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens.
* 2018 Thessaloniki International Film Festival,
* 2018 Womens Film Festival
* 2018 Bettonville Film Festival
* 2017 Globe Docs Film Festival
* 2017 Napa Valley Film Festival
HEARTS FOR DINNER (Kardies gia fagoma)
Greece, 2017, 21 min, US Premiere
Director/Writer: Renee Koutoula
Producer: Maria Repousi
Cast: Ioanna Bakalakou, Despoina Papazoglou, Nikolas Lambrou
An Albanian immigrant lives in a Greek village with her husband. With her son away at college, she works as a domestic servant for her cousin. One day, she is assigned a task that proves to be more difficult than it would seem. The struggle forces her to redefine the values in her life.
* 2017 Athens International Film Festival
* 2017 Drama International Short Film Festival
Organizer Los Angeles Greek Film Festival - LAGFF
Organizer of A FINE LINE & HEARTS FOR DINNER: Friday, June 8 | 5:30 PM | RIGLER
The 14th Annual Los Angeles Greek Film Festival (LAGFF) will be held at UCLA and the landmark Egyptian Theatre located at 6712 Hollywood Blvd. in Los Angeles.
The 15-Day Festival celebrates the best of new films from Greek filmmakers worldwide and promotes Greek cinema and cultural exchange while bridging the gap between the filmmakers and Hollywood. This year a record number of film submissions were received ranging in subjects from immigration and economic collapse to documentaries about the beauty and history of Greece.
Special “Orpheus Awards” are given to the most outstanding new films in the dramatic, documentary and short film categories.
LAGFF is a 501 (c) (3) non-profit organization and open to all filmgoers and patrons of the arts. The full program schedule and tickets are available at www.lagff.org
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