The 4-day second AZA festival of short-films was just completed at the Olympion Cinema, with sincere thanks to the Thessaloniki Intern.Film Festival,  with indeed a great sucess!

And not only because over 2,000 people attended it, but much more important with their congratulations and very positive comments about how enchanted they were with the quality of the films shown.

From 6:30pm to well after midnight the cinema hall was packed with cinephiles of all ages, and many were even attending standing. Almost all the films received long applauses AND the plea to play them again for them and their friends to also see was heard all the time.

All the cinephiles attending were strongly recommending that the festival become a 7-day event next year, which would also permit time for a repeat of some films.

Our only problem was time, as we really had enough pre-selected films to even have a second festival. And inspite of the very late printing of posters,flyers and the program, inspite of not using concerts and celebrity names to attract people, we had a "full house" every day of the festival.

Μόλις συμπληρώθηκε το 4ημερο τού 2ου ΑΖΑ Φεστιβάλ Μικρού Μήκους Ταινιών
στον κινηματογράφο ΟΛΥΜΠΙΟΝ, με μία άνευ προηγουμένου επιτυχία.
Και όχι μόνον γιατί πάνω από 2,000 σινεφίλ το παρακολούθησαν, αλλά
πολύ πιό σημαντικό είναι το πόσο γοητευμένοι έμειναν από την κινηματογραφική
ποιότητα των έργων πού επιλέκτηκαν να παιχτούν.

Από τις 6:30 μέχρι τις 12:30 η αίθουσα ήταν κάθε μέρα γεμάτη και πολλοί όρθιοι.
Τα χειροκροτήματα τού κοινού στο τέλος της κάθε ταινίας ήταν σχεδόν αστάματητα,
όπως και οι συνεχείς απαιτήσεις να ξαναπαιχτούν πολλά έργα ιδίως τα έργα των Βάσκων,
Ρουμανίας, Γαλλίας και Αυστραλίας.