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"SMYRNA"
The documentary film, "Smyrna: The Destruction of a Cosmopolitan City, 1900-1922" opened this past January in Athens at the Benaki Museum -- one of the most prominent institutions in Greece. "Smyrna" played every day for more than two months, with 3-4 screenings per day, to great acclaim from the critics and the general public. Long lines stretched in front of the Museum. The screenings were so successful that the Museum, for the first time in its history, remained open during evenings. The critics spoke about an exceptional and profoundly moving documentary.
Film Director Maria Iliou and historical consultant Alexander Kitroeff, bring to life the rich story of the city that was tragically lost in 1922.
Rare film footage and photographs of the historic Anatolian city (today's Izmir) sourced from European and US institutions and private collections are pieced together.
First, second and third generation 'Smyrniotes' of Greek, Armenian and Turkish ancestry recount family stories, while American and European historians present the big picture.
It is a documentary that brings a new perspective to Smyrna, namely the notion of a cultural-wealthy city that lives on in some ways in the large cosmopolitan cities of today.
"Smyrna" will start playing in the commercial cinemas in Greece the 13th of September 2012.
ATHENS:
-Cinema Elli
-Greek Film Archive Film Museum (Lais Cinema)
-Benaki Museum (Piraios Street)
THESSALONIKI
-Olympion Cinema
-Museum of Cinema
-Macedonian Musem of Contemporary Art
The film was produced by PROTEUS.
PROTEUS is an organization dedicated to the mission of preserving visual and audio archival materials related to Hellenic history around the world in cooperation with other cultural and educational institutions, producing films, exhibitions and publications that make these "lost memories" available to the public.
