An Evening with Tassos Boulmetis

Co-presented with Gefyra, a collaborative program between the SNF Centre for Hellenic Studies at Simon Fraser University and the UCLA SNF Center for the Study of Hellenic Culture

in-person: filmmaker Tassos Boulmetis; John K. Papadopoulos, UCLA Distinguished Professor of Archaeology & Classics and Director of Athenian Agora Excavations.

Across four feature films, celebrated Greek writer-director and UCLA alumnus Tassos Boulmetis (The Dream Factory, A Touch of Spice, Mythopathy and 1968) has explored the relationship between our inner worlds and the larger myths that shape us within a specifically Greek historical, cultural and political context. In his most recent film, 1968, an historic sporting event becomes the leaping-off point for a multifaceted vision of Greek national identity. The UCLA Film & Television Archive and its presenting partners are honored to host Boulmetis in person at the Billy Wilder Theater for a screening and conversation while he’s visiting professor this fall. 

• Oct. 28, 7:30pm

1968 Greece (2018)

When the Greek and Czech national basketball teams squared off in Athens’ Panathenaic Stadium in 1968 for the European Cup, every Greek had something riding on the game. In this riveting docudrama, writer-director Tassos Boulmetis seamlessly blends reenactments with archival footage and contemporary interviews to transcend traditional sports film cliches and  illuminate the fascinating network of personal and political histories that intersected on the court that fateful night.

For more information please visit https://www.cinema.ucla.edu/events/2023/10/28/evening-with-tassos-boulmetis