Award-winning Aussie short film The Palace gets theatrical distribution
An award-winning Australian short film is to see a theatrical release by screening ahead of a local feature film.
The Palace, written and directed by Anthony Maras, is about the 1974 Turkish invasion of Cyprus. The 15-minute short will screen before feature film Wish You Were Here in Palace Cinemas from Wednesday 25 April.
The deal was struck between the boutique theatre chain and the film’s distributor, Hopscotch Films.
Brilliant.
If I recall, Joel Edgerton’s short The List was included on a DVD for another film so this looks like a bigger version of that deal.
A Greek Cypriot writer and director? Then I’m sure this movie provides a balanced view of the events that took place and looks at the reasons behind the “invasion”.
I’m giving away my age here, but there always used to be a short before the main film when I was a wee lad
In 1973, I worked at a glass factory in Sydney. I was the only Australian on one of the four shifts. I taught unofficial English classes for the Turkish kids who worked there, and was paid off in hash by the Turkish Godfather in the joint.
I was the only person who could go anywhere in the lunch room, what with the war in Lebanon and the war in Cyprus. The Greeks/Cypriots/Turks/Lebanese/Egyptians who worked there had their own corners, but Australians were unrepresented, and not part of the problem. The rest read newspapers in their own languages and mourned the dead from their villages.
I was too young to fully appreciate the opportunity presented by this situation, but nonetheless, when I saw ‘The Palace’ many years later, I recognised that it spoke the truth.
See this film, if at all possible.