of the festival. After that it was considered an instant cult classic, compared by many critics to an earlier Greek sci-fi cult film, The Attack of the Giant Moussaka (1999). Critical reception Super Demetrios received broadly positive reviews in the mainstream press. Giannis Zoumboulakis from To Vima newspaper described it as "the most pleasant Greek production in the last Thessaloniki Film Festival". Ilias Fragoulis from Free Cinema called it "the most epic sci-fi b-movie of Greek cinema, after The Attack of the Giant Moussaka". Kostas Tsokos of FilmBoy gave it a 7/10 saying among others that "First of all, everythings shows love and affection for the genre, and for cinema in general" and that "acting is a bit flat and dry but in most cases fits the movie's style. But after all it's a superhero parody and all this makes it more cult and less pretentious." Georgia Myridaki from Fringe gave it 5/5 writing that "it has tons of caustic humor, mocks and plays very cleverly with stereotypes that are inextricably linked with this city, like nationalism, strong Christian faith, surrealism" while "leaving aside clichés." Stratos Kersanidis from AlterThess calls it "cult cinema in all its glory" and a "thoroughly poorly done film" that satirizes shamelessly and in a "blasphemous" and funny way the conservatism and other aspects of Thessaloniki. Giorgos Kalapotharakos of Cine Tweets gave it 2/5. He wrote that directing was good, especially if you consider the budget, but he found acting unacceptable. Accolades Legacy As a result of the film's success, Georgios Papaioannou, a successful PhD in civil engineering, decided to pursue a career in visual effects. After his visit to Los Angeles invited by the Los Angeles Greek Film Festival he studied in Gnomon School of Visual Effects in Hollywood, and now he is working as a VFX expert in the industry. His most notable work is for the film The Expendables 3 (2014). In May 2015, Super Demetrios became an academic subject. Invited by the Public Vocational Institute of Agios Dimitrios, Georgios Papaioannou gave a big master class on the VFX of Super Demetrios to students of 8 departments of computer graphics from several Public Vocational Institutes of Athens. See also The Attack of the Giant Moussaka References External links 2011 films 2010s Greek-language films 2011 independent films Creative Commons-licensed science fiction films Films set in Greece Films shot in Greece 2010s superhero comedy films