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792 articles available in total starting from 13/06/2002. Last article published on 12/06/2025.

Juris Kursietis • Director of The Exalted

Interview: Juris Kursietis • Director of The Exalted

"I wanted the story to be a clash between art and money"

The filmmaker discusses his follow-up to his Cannes Directors' Fortnight entry Oleg, about a German organist who discovers her Latvian husband's involvement in a corruption scandal  

22/11/2024 | Black Nights 2024 | Competition

Review: Wishbone

Review: Wishbone

In her latest film, Greek director Penny Panayotopoulou uses realism and poetry to convey the condition of a family holding strong in a fragmented society, set against a backdrop of malpractice  

20/11/2024 | Lecce 2024

Review: The House with No Address

Review: The House with No Address

Тhe exaggerated reality of Hatice Aşkın's highly stylised debut, a dystopian thriller, makes one wonder about the levels that public surveillance and cancel culture can reach  

19/11/2024 | Black Nights 2024 | First Feature Competition

Review: The Exalted

Review: The Exalted

Juris Kursietis' sophomore feature boasts a solid premise but ultimately struggles to be more than a finely crafted character study  

15/11/2024 | Black Nights 2024 | Competition

Review: Riviera

Review: Riviera

In Orfeas Peretzis's fiction feature debut, a teenage girl spends her final weeks on the eponymous Greek coastline as it changes with the times  

13/11/2024 | Thessaloniki 2024

Scandar Copti’s Happy Holidays wins at Thessaloniki

Scandar Copti’s Happy Holidays wins at Thessaloniki

Leonardo Van Dijl's Julie Keeps Quiet, and Alessandro Cassigoli and Casey Kauffman's Vittoria were also among the examples of compelling storytelling taking centre stage at the awards ceremony  

12/11/2024 | Thessaloniki 2024 | Awards

Christos Pitharas • Director of Hunt

Interview: Christos Pitharas • Director of Hunt

“Through the visual and sound design of the first scene, the intention was for the audience to dive into the psychology of the character”

The Greek director shares his approach to the visuals, music and subject of his pensive character study, which tells the story of a man driven to the edge  

12/11/2024 | Thessaloniki 2024

Review: Killerwood

Review: Killerwood

A real murderer might be on the prowl in Christos Massalas’s ambitious but ultimately flat mockumentary in which a film crew are shooting a serial-killer thriller  

08/11/2024 | Thessaloniki 2024

Thessaloniki's Agora hands out its awards

Thessaloniki's Agora hands out its awards

A handful of prizes have been bestowed upon the projects participating in the Crossroads and Works in Progress sections, including Turkey’s The Hunchback and Greece’s Bearcave  

08/11/2024 | Thessaloniki 2024 | Agora/Awards

Dimitris Nakos • Director of Meat

Interview: Dimitris Nakos • Director of Meat

“We have a foreigner who becomes a part of the family, and when times are tough, he becomes a foreigner again”

The writer-director breaks down his Greek tragedy-inspired story of countryside life, elaborating on his stylistic choices and compelling characters  

07/11/2024 | Thessaloniki 2024

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