The 13th AAGFF honours the internationally acclaimed Greek-French director and president of the Cinémathèque Française Costa-Gavras, presenting the Greek premiere of his latest film Last Breath (2024), as well as the first three episodes of the documentary series The Century of Costa-Gavras (2024). The starting point for Last Breath, as for the rest of Gavras’s work, is personal and therefore political experiences: “At 91 years of age and with death looming on the horizon, it is normal that I often ask myself: how will all this end? When the time comes, will I be able to end my days with dignity?” The ten-episode documentary series The Costa-Gavras Century, is not just an account of the auteur’s oeuvre. It is a “history of the present” through the lens of his political films and with reference to historical circumstances and events. Costa-Gavras’s cinema narrates the last century, the century that separates us from the rise of Nazism in Europe, and which leads to the uncertainty of today's world: fragile democracies, environmental disasters, social injustice and popular impatience.
Film Selection: Maria Komninos
Coordination: Jacob Skenderidis
Introduction: Ioulia Mermigka
