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1968
Directed byTassos Boulmetis
Story byTassos Boulmetis
Produced byMakis Angelopoulos
StarringIeroklis Michailidis
Antonis Kafetzopoulos
Giorgos Mitsikostas
Stelios Mainas
Manolis Mavromatakis
Vasiliki Troufakou
Giannis Vouros
Christos Dimas
Orfeas Avgoustidis
Themis Panou
Taxiarchis Chanos
Alexandros Zouridakis
Antonis Antoniou
Errikos Litsis
Thodoris Katsafados
Giorgos Souxes
Alexis Agrafiadis
Alexandros Amerikanos
Alexandros Moukanos
Maria Antoulinaki
Dimitris Mavropoulos
Maria Antoulinaki
Edited byLampis Charalambidis
Music byEvanthia Repoutsika
Distributed byFeelgood Entertainment
Release date
  • 25 January 2018 (2018-01-25) (Athens)
Running time
94 minutes[1]
CountryGreece
LanguageGreek
Box office$853,512[2]

1968 is a 2018 historical-sports docudrama film directed by Tassos Boulmetis.

Plot

April 4, 1968. The Panathenaic Stadium (then Olympic Stadium of Athens) is abuzz, with thousands of people gathered and millions listening through their radios. The FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup final between AEK B.C. – Slavia VŠ Praha has just begun and is attended by 80,000 spectators, the Guinness World Record attendance for a basketball event.

A girl in love is dreaming of her wedding day, while the future husband becomes more desperate with every Greek ball going through the hoop. An elderly husband and wife remember the home they left behind. A young communist prisoner cheers from his jail cell and a PROPO betting shop becomes the place where old and new wounds resurface.

Years before this night, three Constantinopolitans seeing Greek refugees from Constantinople arriving in Athens as part of the population exchange between Greece and Turkey following the Greco-Turkish War (1919–1922) decided to create an athletic union, eventually named AEK, that will tell their story. At the end of this night, Greek history will have changed forever.[3]

Cast

Release

The film was released in cinemas on January 25, 2018 by Feelgood Entertainment[4] and opened number one at the Greek box office.[5]

The film went to gross $853,512 at the Greek box office, making it the 24th highest grossing 2018 film in Greece.[6]

Awards

Awards and nominations received by The Godfather
Award Category Nominee Result Ref.
Hellenic Film Academy Awards Best Sound Dimitris Athanasopoulos
Christos Goussios
Kostas Varympopiotis 		Won
Best Director Tassos Boulmetis Nominated
Best Special Effects and Cinematic Innovation Giannis Georgariou
Alexis Paraschos 		Nominated
Best Costume Design Daphne Koliva
Evelyna Darzenta 		Nominated
Best Film Makis Angelopoulos
Tassos Boulmetis 		Nominated
Los Angeles Greek Film Festival (LAGFF)
Orpheus Award 		Audience Award Tassos Boulmetis Won [7]
Special Jury Award Tassos Boulmetis Won [8]
Best Documentary Film Tassos Boulmetis Nominated [9]

References

  1. ^ "1968". thegreekfilmfestivalinberlin.com. Retrieved 15 March 2021.
  2. ^ "1968 (2018) - IMDb". IMDb. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
  3. ^ "1968". boulmetis.gr. Retrieved 15 March 2021.
  4. ^ "AEK Basketball Triumph in "1968" Revived 50 Years Later (video)". greekreporter.com. 12 January 2018. Retrieved 24 February 2021.
  5. ^ "Tasos Boulmetis' New Basketball Docudrama Film '1968' Is Taking Greece by Storm". Gregory Pappas. 2 February 2018. Retrieved 15 March 2021.
  6. ^ "Greece Yearly Box Office (2018)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved April 9, 2021.
  7. ^ "LAGFF WINNERS 2018". lagff.org. 10 June 2018. Retrieved 13 February 2021.
  8. ^ "LAGFF WINNERS 2018". lagff.org. 10 June 2018. Retrieved 13 February 2021.
  9. ^ "LAGFF WINNERS 2018". lagff.org. 10 June 2018. Retrieved 13 February 2021.

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