›Happy Day‹, GR 1976, Direction: Pantelis Voulgaris
Copyright: Greek Film Centre
Happy Day
Si̇nema Transtopia
On a sun-scorched, windswept island, a camp of political prisoners awaits the visit of the “great mother”, the Queen, in honor of whom they have prepared a celebration. One of the prisoners, who steadfastly refuses to renounce his beliefs, disappears and is proclaimed dead. However, on the day of the celebration, the “dead man” reappears. A film about the absurdity of authoritarian regimes that portrays the daily rituals of physical and psychological violence in the camp, which are contrasted by festive moments for appearances’ sake.
GR 1976, Pantelis Voulgaris, 100 min, OV with ENG subtitles
Introduction: Maria Komninos (Greek Film Archive)
In English
| Tickets | €9 |
| When | Thu 23.10.25, 15:00 |
| Where |
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Film details
Film data
D & SP: Pantelis Voulgaris
DoP: Yorgos Panousopoulos
E: Aristidis Karydis-Fuchs
M: Dionysis Savvopoulos
C: Georges Sarri, Yorgos Moschidis, Stavros Kalaroglou, Nikos Bousdoukos, Konstantinos Tzoumas
P: Greek Film Centre
Original format: 35 mm, 1:1.66, color
Screening print: DCP, 105 min
Restoration info
The restoration was carried out in 2024 from the original camera and sound negatives that are stored in the Greek Film Archive. The restoration was realized in collaboration with the director as part of the National Recovery and Resilience plan “Greece 2.0” and with the support of “A Season of Classic Films” as part of the Creative Europe MEDIA program.
Maria Komninos
is Emeritus Professor of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and President of the Board of Directors of the Greek Film Archive. She has researched and taught in both Athens and London as an honorary research fellow at the Department of History of Art (Film) at Birkbeck College. She currently teaches on the Film and Cultural Studies postgraduate program, offered by the Media and Communication department of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. She is the artistic Director of Athens Avant Garde Film Festival, which is preparing its fourteenth edition in December 2025. She is also responsible for the new laboratory of Digitization and Restoration of the Greek Film Archive, which has now started its operations.