PAPADOPOULOS & SONS

Success is the joy you feel! Award-winning British Independent comedy PAPADOPOULOS & SONS comes to DVD

After a hugely successful self-distributed run in UK cinemas, Writer/Director Marcus Markou's debut feature PAPADOPOULOS & SONS is available on DVD through HMV andAmazon.co.uk from Monday 5th of August.

A “fresh, funny and poignant snapshot of ethnic life in London” (Stella Papamichael, Radio Times), writer/director Marcus Markou’s debut feature PAPADOPOULOS & SONSdances its way onto DVD through HMV and Amazon.co.uk from Monday, 5th of August.

After uptight, self-made millionaire Harry Papadopoulos (Stephen Dilane – Game of Thrones, The Hours) loses everything in the banking crisis, he is forced to team up with his estranged, free spirited brother Spiros (Georges Corraface) to rebuild his empire from the only part that remains – an abandoned Fish & Chip shop in a run-down part of London.

Also starring Georgia Groome (Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging), Frank Dillane (Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince) and Ed Stoppard (Upstairs, Downstairs),PAPADOPOULOS & SONS comes to home video via distributor 101 Films, following a highly unusual – and hugely successful – self-distribution release across British cinemas.

British-born Greek Cypriot writer/director Markou decided to self-distribute the film in April, after traditional distributors rejected the film, claiming it could not find an audience. Markou disagreed, and decided to self-finance the release. It was a gamble, but it paid off – the film was a UK box office success and has since been sold to distributors in various territories around the world, including a highly successful run in Germany. PAPADOPOULOS & SONS will be released in the USA this October.

"This is a film about the spirit of family unity and survival," says Markou. "When I look back, its right that it got rejected and then went on to become a success. This is, after all, the story of Cyprus itself and of most Cypriots. We are plucky underdogs and we love to bounce back!"

Winner of the Michael Cacoyannis Audience Award from the 2012 Thessaloniki Film Festival, PAPADOPOULOS & SONS is “an ambitious attempt to rewrite Lear for laughter rather than tears. It's a throwback, but relaxed, sweet and funny with it: a first feature that makes an impression by not pushing too hard to make an impression” (MikeMcCahill, The Guardian)

PAPADOPOULOS & SONS is available on DVD through HMV and Amazon.co.uk from Monday, 5th of August 2013.

Papadopoulos & Sons (2012)                    

IMDb:  http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2006810/

Trailer:                                                                                                  Website:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=83J2uhKjOxE           http://www.papadopoulosandsons.com/

Cast

Stephen Dillane:               Harry Papadopoulos

Georgia Groome:             Katie Papadopoulos

Ed Stoppard:                      Rob

Georges Corraface:         Spiros Papadopoulos

Frank Dillane:                     James Papadopoulos

Thomas Underhill:           Theo Papadopoulos

Selina Cadell:                     Mrs. Parrington

George Savvides:             Hassan Ali

Jimmy Roussounis:          Fat Laki

Richard Durden:               Father Jimmy

                               

Creative

Written & Directed:        Marcus Markou

Cinematography:             James Friend                   

Film Editing:                        Sebastian Morrison                       

Casting:                                Anji Carroll

Production Design:          Julian Fullalove                

Art Direction:                     Martin Christopher                        

Costume Design:              Robert Lever

Hair and Makeup:            Donnald McInnes

Original Music:                  Stephen Warbeck

Production Team

Sara Butler:                         Producer

Tom Hillier:                         Co-Producer

Milica Kastner:                  Co-Producer

Henry Wilks:                       Co-Producer

Andrew Markou:             Executive Producer

Marcus Markou:               Executive Producer

International Images for Science Exhibition 2013

An exhibition of the world's best scientific photography

The Royal Photographic Society, in partnership with the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC), launches  an exhibition of the world’s best scientific photography at the Great North Museum: Hancock, Newcastle, on Saturday 31 August. The exhibition also forms part of the British Science Festival taking place in Newcastle from 7-12 September, before touring the UK from 1 October.

Submissions were open internationally with the images chosen by an expert panel of scientific photographers and scientists. The selected images were produced by scientists for their research, recording science in action and highlighting the importance of photography within modern-day science. The visually stunning images range from far-away galaxies to subatomic particles, using specialist imaging techniques such as ultraviolet (UV) and infrared (IR), time lapse and high speed, electron microscopy, thermography, macro and photomicrography, phase contrast microscopy and schlieren photography.

Commenting on the exhibition, Afzal Ansary, the exhibition coordinator, said: “The exhibition is a stunning, colourful, visual feast. What is particularly exciting is that the images highlight the crucial role that photography continues to play in modern science, illustrating the work of scientists and as an essential research tool. This year’s exhibition is outstanding in the breadth of subjects and the quality of work shown”.

Photography has been used in science since it was announced in 1839 and it continues to play a key role across many diverse areas. In astronomy it is used to study the composition of the nebulae and to give us a better understanding of outer space, stars and galaxies, in oceanography it helps to study seafloor geological formations as well as recording the migration and behaviour of marine life, and in medicine it acts as a diagnostic tool. The one hundred selected images are not only outstanding records of their subject but they also provide a wealth of scientific information.

A fully illustrated catalogue with explanatory texts is available from the exhibition venue, priced £10, or online from The Royal Photographic Society at:www.rps.org/IISE2013cat

The exhibition runs from Saturday 31 August until Sunday 30 Septmber at the Great North Museum: Hancock, Newcastle. Admission is free. It will then tour the United Kingdom and Europe.  Further information and a current list of venues can be found at: www.rps.org/IISE2013

It has been supported by: British Institute of Professional Photography; Creativity Backgrounds; Loxley Colour; Paul Graham Processing Lab; Science and Technology Facilities Council; Science Photo Library; Towergate Camerasure and Wellcome Images.