‘Smyrna’ to Hit 700 U.S. Screens for One-Night time Occasion on December 8

Distributor Fathom Occasions will showcase critically acclaimed Greek struggle drama “Smyrna” on 700 screens within the U.S. as a one-night-only occasion on December 8. The restricted extensive launch will increase the profile of the highest-budgeted manufacturing within the historical past of Greek cinema.

The movie depicts the 1922 disaster on the finish of the Greco-Turkish struggle that destroyed a lot of the town of Smyrna on Turkey’s Aegean coast, leading to a monumental refugee disaster. The catastrophe and the occasions main as much as it are filtered by the eyes and experiences of a household dwelling in Smyrna.

In anticipation of the one-time extensive launch, a particular screening of the movie will happen on November 29^th on the Metropolitan Museum of Artwork in New York Metropolis below the auspices of the Greek Everlasting Mission to the U.S. It’s going to even be screened on the European Parliament in Brussels on January 11, 2023, in addition to at different festivals and occasions world wide.

“Smyrna” was directed by Grigoris Karantinakis. The worldwide forged consists of Daphne Alexander, Mimi Denissi, Rupert Graves, Katerina Geronikolou, Burak Hakki, Susan Hampshire, Leonidas Kakouris, Jane Lapotaire, and Christos Stergioglou. It was produced by Dionyssis Samiotis, alongside govt producers Joseph Samaan and Mimi Denissi.

Written by Denissi in collaboration with two-time Tony Award nominee Martin Sherman, “Smyrna” has received six Hellenic Academy Awards, together with for finest cinematography.

The so-called Nice Fireplace of Smyrna, which destroyed the Greek and Armenian quarters of the town in September 1922, was famously fictionalized by Jeffrey Eugenides in his 2002 Pulitzer-Prize successful bestseller “Middlesex.”

The Fathom Occasions particular presentation of the movie consists of bonus behind-the-scenes footage of the making-of “Smyrna” together with expertise interviews and a live-recorded efficiency of choose songs from the unique soundtrack.

Theatrical distributor Fathom is owned by AMC Leisure, Cinemark Holdings and Cineworld Group subsidiary Regal. “Smyrna” is a movie of Tanweer Productions, a number one producer of native Greek content material. Within the U.S., promotional companions embrace AHEPA, Antenna 1 Satellite tv for pc (ANT1) and Papadopoulou. Movie Bridge Worldwide is dealing with worldwide gross sales.