• About LAGFF
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  • Advisory Board

ABOUT LAGFF

The third annual Los Angeles Greek Film Festival (June 25-28, 2009) showcases new films from Greek filmmakers worldwide. Our foremost goal is to promote Greek Cinema and cultural exchange while bridging the gap between Greek filmmakers and Hollywood. This year LAGFF offers a diverse program of films, a panel discussion and a tribute to a prominent Greek-American director. Orpheus Awards are given to the most outstanding new films in the dramatic, documentary and short film categories.

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ADVISORY BOARD

Kary Antholis

President of HBO Miniseries and an Academy Award-winning documentary filmmaker whose film "One Survivor Remembers" won both the Oscar for Documentary Short Subject and the Emmy for Outstanding Information Special.

Mimi Denisi

Prominent Greek performer, theater director, and author. Most notably known for her play about Byzantine Empress "Theodora."

Olympia Dukakis


Academy Award-winning actress, known for her roles in "Moonstruck," "Mr. Holland's Opus," "Mighty Aphrodite," and "Steel Magnolias" and many more.

Sid Ganis

President of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences since 2005. Producing credits include "Akeelah and the Bee," "Mr. Deeds," "Big Daddy," and "Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo."

Jim Gianopulos

CEO and Chairman of 20th Century Fox Filmed Entertainment and a member of the Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences since 2004.

Theane Evangelis Kapur

Attorney with the Los Angeles office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. Kapur practices in the Firm’s Litigation Department and is a member of its Media and Entertainment Practice Group.

Stratton Leopold

Executive Producer of blockbusters "Mission Impossible III," "Paycheck," "The Sum Of All Fears," and more.

Alexia Melocchi

President of Little Studio Films, a production and literary management company, where she is in charge of the company's entire roster of literary clients comprised of produced writers and directors from the US and abroad.

Mira Panajotovic

Hollywood Correspondent for Serbia and Montenegro. Panajotovic is a member of the Board of Directors, Hollywood Foreign Press Association.

Phedon Papamichael

Director and cinematographer whose credits include "3:10 to Yuma", "Pursuit of Happyness", "Sideways", "Walk The Line," "The Weather Man," "Identity” and many more. Directing credits include "Arcadia Lost," filmed in Greece.

Alexander Payne

Academy Award-winning filmmaker whose credits include, "Citizen Ruth," "Election," "About Schmidt," starring Jack Nicholson and Kathy Bates, and "Sideways," which earned Payne an Oscar based on Best Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published Oscar, shared with writing partner Jim Taylor.

Mohammed Rouda

Film critic and member of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. Rouda recently served as the Director of the Dubai Film Festival features competition.

Peter Poulos

Owner of Poulos Brothers, a fundraising and event planning firm.

Daniele J. Suissa

International award-winning filmmaker who has directed 30 plays, 18 films, over 200 commercials and co-produced 27 movies of the week with major European partners. Suissa teaches Directing at UCLA, USC and the Directors Studio at CBS.

Nia Vardalos

Academy Award-nominated writer and actress whose credits include the Independent Spirit Award-winning film "My Big Fat Greek Wedding," "Connie And Carla," “My Life in Ruins,” and the CBS television show, "My Big Fat Greek Life."


Advisory Board Emeritus

Yani Begakis

Chairman of the Board of Directors, Hollywood Foreign Press Association. Begakis was a longtime Hollywood Correspondent for Greece, Germany, and Japan. He passed away in 2008.