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Vassilis Economou


1754 articles available in total starting from 29/11/2016. Last article published on 08/08/2025.

Thessaloniki unveils its Balkan Survey and Tributes sections

Thessaloniki unveils its Balkan Survey and Tributes sections

Greece’s most important festival has revealed part of the selections for its 58th edition, focusing on Balkan cinema and, this year, female directors and Ruben Östlund  

28/09/2017 | Thessaloniki 2017

Cargo: Plunging into a vast communicative chasm

Cargo: Plunging into a vast communicative chasm

SAN SEBASTIÁN 2017: Debutant Belgian filmmaker Gilles Coulier delivers a solid, subtle drama that explores the fringes of interfamilial alienation, set within a harsh landscape  

27/09/2017 | San Sebastián 2017 | New Directors

Gilles Coulier  • Director

Interview: Gilles Coulier • Director

“I’ve always been intrigued by family bonds”

SAN SEBASTIÁN 2017: We talked to Belgium’s Gilles Coulier to discuss the story and themes behind his feature debut, Cargo, screening in New Directors  

26/09/2017

Love Me Not: Demoralising a moribund society

Love Me Not: Demoralising a moribund society

SAN SEBASTIÁN 2017: Greek filmmaker Alexandros Avranas offers a glimpse of the death of morality in a decadent society thrown into financial and ethical crisis  

26/09/2017 | San Sebastián 2017 | Competition

The Hellenic Broadcasting Company supports 16 film projects

The Hellenic Broadcasting Company supports 16 film projects

The Greek public TV station is backing 16 Greek and international co-productions in its first round of financing for this year  

25/09/2017 | Funding | Greece

Jean Libon and Yves Hinant  • Directors

Interview: Jean Libon and Yves Hinant • Directors

"The horrifying is often horrendously funny"

SAN SEBASTIAN 2017: We met up with Belgian filmmakers Jean Libon and Yves Hinant, whose first feature film, So Help Me God, is competing in the Official Selection at the Basque festival  

25/09/2017

Alexandros Avranas  • Director

Interview: Alexandros Avranas • Director

“Sadism is a good way to talk about the end of morality”

SAN SEBASTIÁN 2017: We talked to Greek director Alexandros Avranas about the sheer extremity of Love Me Not, screening in San Sebastián’s Official Selection  

25/09/2017

So Help Me God: The rawness of reality

So Help Me God: The rawness of reality

SAN SEBASTIÁN 2017: Jean Libon and Yves Hinant, the Belgian duo behind the series Strip-Tease, deliver their first unconventionally realistic documentary feature, which is far from politically correct  

25/09/2017 | San Sebastián 2017 | Competition

Review: The Charmer

Review: The Charmer

SAN SEBASTIÁN 2017: Debutant Milad Alami delivers a subtle, chilling drama that presents a completely different take on the crisis surrounding the integration of immigrants into Western societies  

22/09/2017 | San Sebastián 2017 | New Directors

Milad Alami  • Director

Interview: Milad Alami • Director

“Sometimes acceptance comes with a price”

SAN SEBASTIÁN 2017: We chatted to Swedish-Iranian filmmaker Milad Alami, whose feature debut, The Charmer, is currently taking part in New Directors at San Sebastián  

22/09/2017 | San Sebastián 2017 | New Directors

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