Celebrate Christmas and New Year with ERTFLIX International
FESTIVE CONTENT ON ERTFLIX INTERNATIONAL
ERTFLIX International presents a special holiday lineup for the Christmas and New Year season, featuring a variety of content, including Greek short and feature films, concerts, and children’s shows. Specifically:
CONCERTS
A Christmas Carol – Concert with the ERT Contemporary Music Orchestra (25 Dec. – 07 Jan.)
A magical journey into the world of fairy tales, brought to life in Charles Dickens’s classic novel “A Christmas Carol”, starring the hard-hearted, stingy Scrooge.
ERT’s Contemporary Music Orchestra will bring the story to life through music, with well-known and beloved Christmas melodies that will move both children and adults.
With narration by Dimitris Piatas
Christmas Concert of the ERT Musical Ensembles – 2024 (25 Dec. – 07 Jan.)
A recorded concert of the ERT National Symphony Orchestra, held at the Athens Concert Hall on Sunday, December 15, 2024. The ERT National Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Michalis Economou, presents a festive program of Christmas melodies, popular works, hymns, and traditional carols in its annual holiday concert.
FOR KIDS
The Little Mouse Who Wanted to Touch a Star | Kid’s Movie
Every time he sees the stars in the sky, Troktikoulis the mouse longs to touch them. The more his grandfather tries to make him understand that such a thing is impossible, the more his longing grows stronger. Until one Christmas night, as he is coming out of his mouse hole, he sees a decorated Christmas tree in the middle of the living room, with a silver star on top.
However, the journey to the top of the tree turns out to be a difficult one and filled with tempting traps. The toy soldier, the doll, the sailor – all tree ornaments – try to put a stop to his plans.
But Troktikoulis, defying temptation, is determined to make his dream come true.
Directed by Panagiotis Rappas, Angelos Rouvas
Written by Eugene Trivizas
The Boy And The Tree | Kids’ Movie
Twenty-five years after the classic Froutopia and two years after The Little Mouse Who Wanted to Touch a Star, the beloved author of children’s tales, Eugene Trivizas, returns to Greek television with another Christmas story, aimed at both children and adults.
One Tree, Once is one of his most cherished books, promoting ecological awareness and conveying timely messages about the lives of marginalized individuals in modern cities. It is adapted into a high-quality 3D animated film.
The fairy tale unfolds on a Christmas night when a neglected tree, growing on a dreary sidewalk in a city, meets a poor boy. The tree, envious of the beautifully decorated Christmas trees it sees through the windows of houses, asks the boy to decorate it. However, the boy has no decorations or money. How can he decorate a sickly tree in the middle of a cold, dirty sidewalk? Yet… this night is different from all others, a night of dreams, a magical night…
In a co-production with Time Lapse Pictures, ERT brings to life this half-hour program of high standards. The film, a delightful family show full of emotion, subtle humor, rich imagination, and without any violence, is based on an original script by Eugene Trivizas himself. Directed by Panagiotis Rappas (a collaborator of Steven Spielberg and a lifelong member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences), the production is handled by Panagiotis Rappas and the Emmy-winning, Annie 2007 nominee, Nasos Vakalis.
KOOKOOLAND, The songs – Festive Episodes | Kid’s tv show
KooKooLand, the beloved companion of children, is an audiovisual experience that touches their hearts and minds, filling them with effortless knowledge, important messages, and a positive, supportive attitude toward life, thanks to its visuals, characters, and songs.
A fairy-tale miniature town nestled in a lush green forest, featuring five familiar characters, created by parents for preschool-aged children.
CLASSIC GREEK CINEMA
“The Tramp’s Christmas”, 1963 | Drama
A man from Thessaloniki comes down to Athens to punish the swindler who deceived his well-intentioned father. Along the way, however, he falls in love with a girl, and when she becomes pregnant, they decide to marry. When the swindler is murdered, the authorities arrest the young man. The confession of the real murderer will set the man free, seven years later. His beloved is missing, and he himself wanders as a tramp.
Directed by Stelios Tatassopoulos
SHORT FILMS
Santa Klau (2023)
A little Christmas story in a food truck.
What better way to spend your time than discussing conspiracies while enjoying a mouthwatering “Santa Klau” sandwich?
Starring: Akis Sakellariou, Thanasis Dovris, Kostas Berikopoulos, Stelios Petsos
Script & Direction: Michalis Mathioudakis
Merry Kitschmas (2000)
Christmas Eve. A young couple invites Santa Claus to dinner…
Starring: Titos Vandis, Anatoli Athanasiadou, Giorgos Makris
Script & Direction: Ilias Dimitriou
Awards:
Best Script Award – Ministry of Culture, Cyprus
Quality Distinction – State Awards, Ministry of Culture
Honorable Mention for Direction – Drama Film Festival
Traffic Flow: Normal (2006)
A simple, everyday story of two ordinary people in their shared, rather confined work environment—a school bus. The film features two contrasting characters: Eleni, the exuberant and dynamic driver, and Nikos, the introverted and solitary attendant. The festive atmosphere of Christmas at the school where they work gradually leads them to open up emotionally, resulting in a tender relationship built on acceptance and mutual support.
Directed by Konstantinos Fragkopoulos
White Christmas 1948 (2022)
During the Greek Civil War, a commander of the Communist army gives his comrades an emotional, humane moment before returning to the barbaric reality of war.
Starring:Vassilis Koutsogiannis, Anastassis Laoulakos, Nikos Gelia, Petra Mavridi, Dimitris Siganos
Directed by Antonios Vallindras
Written by Alexandra Dyrani – Maouni
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