Program of seven Greek-produced features, sponsored by the Greek Ministry of Culture and Sciences and the Greek Film Center. All films will be screened at the Copernicus Cultural and Civic Center, 5216 W. Lawrence, April 24 through April 30. Tickets are $5, or $30 for all seven; for more information, call 777-8898.
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MANIA An updating of Euripides’ Bacchae, with a modem career woman experiencing a Dionysian revelation while strolling through an Athens park; George Panoussopoulos directed. (PG) (Friday, April 24, 3:20, 5:00, 6:40, 8:20, and 10:00)
VARIETES Film director at the end of his Felliniesque tether finds it hard to separate life from art. Another bout of self-reflexive mirror staring apparently, though director Nikos Panayotopoulos has been touted as one of the quirkier talents of contemporary Greek cinema. (PG) (Monday, April 27, 4:20, 6:10, 8:00, and 9:50)
