Cirrus@Austlit

'Twenty years after making its mark on Australian cinema, Neos Kosmos looks back on 1998 cult film 'Head On'' 

'During the 50’s and 60’s Hydra’s turquoise-blue ocean water had a magnetic effect on bohemians, artists, writers and musicians such as Leonard Cohen.' (Introduction)

'Before directing his debut feature ‘Hotel Mumbai’, Greek Australian director Anthony Maras had made several short films which upon their release were met with numerous accolades and awards.' (Introduction)

'During the 90’s and Noughties Greeks were everywhere in Australia. The success of comedy productions ‘Wogs out of Work’ and ‘Acropolis Now’ not only broke audience records for both stage and screen but took the Greek Australian experience mainstream. The ‘Heartbreak Kid’, ‘Head On’ and TV show ‘The Slap’ further explored the second generation in adapting to an ever changing culture. But in recent times there has been a distinct lack of Greek Australian stories and characters on TV and film screens.' (Introduction)

'Screen Australia, the Federal Government’s key funding body for the Australian screen production industry found that Greek and Italians were significantly underrepresented on film.' (Introduction) 

'In creating Panos, the main protagonist for his latest novel The Pillars, author Peter Polites took inspiration from notorious gay right-wing troll Milo Yiannopoulos.' (Introduction)

'“The word ‘theatre’ comes from the Greeks; it means the seeing place. It is the place people come to see the truth about life and the social situation.”' (Introduction)

'Effie Carr’s debut novel Stamatia X uses Greek mythology, religion, and the study of grammar to tell the story of a strong minded intelligent girl whose family are “like birds flying backwards” to Greece.'  (Introduction)

'For over a decade Esther Anatolitis has been a passionate advocate for creativity, the arts and public space. She taught into the studio program at RMIT Architecture, University of NSW and the University of Sydney. She has also held several arts and media leadership roles including the Melbourne Fringe, SBS, and most recently with Regional Arts Victoria. Currently she is the Executive Director for the National Association of Visual Arts (NAVA).'  (Introduction)

'Greek Cypriot Australian director Kay Pavlou speaks to Neos Kosmos about how she's forged a career in the male dominated television and film industry.'  (Introduction)

'Writer Peter Papathanasiou has made the longlist for the 2018 Richell Prize for emerging writers, which could see the publication of his debut novel featuring a Greek Australian detective.'  (Introduction)

''Ana Kokkinos’s work in film has centred on the outsider, especially in terms of sexuality and what it is to be Greek Australian told in exhilarating and, at times, brutal truth.'  (Introduction)

'Christos Tsiolkas’ short story Tourists, published in his fifth book Merciless Gods, features an Australian couple Bill and Trina visiting an Art Gallery while on holiday in New York.' (Introduction)

'The Last of the Bonegilla Girls by Victoria Purman captures what life was like in Australia in the late 1950’s through the lives of four friends from different cultural backgrounds.' (Introduction)