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711 articles available in total starting from 13/06/2002. Last article published on 09/04/2024.

Filmmakers threaten to boycott State Awards

In an unexpected effort to stir the stagnant waters of the long overdue change in Greek film legislation, a group of 33 directors and nine producers, representing almost the entirety of this...  

06/05/2009 | Industry | Greece

Cryptic Dogtooth chosen for Un Certain Regard

Four years after Yiannis Economidis’ Soul Kicking, Yiorgos Lanthimos brings Greece back to Cannes (May 13-24) with his sophomore project Dogtooth, set to screen in Un Certain Regard. Dogtooth...  

27/04/2009 | Cannes 2009 | Greece

Thessaloniki doc fest turns 11

Boasting a line-up of over 170 titles, the annual Thessaloniki International Documentary Film Festival: Images of the 21st Century is raising its curtains on Friday the 13th. It is counting on its...  

12/03/2009 | Festivals | Greece

Berlinale-tapped Strella set to secure state funding

The second-chance opportunities of the Greek Film Center (GFC) are being presented as having failed to apply on Panos H. Koutras’ new film Strella, set to screen in the Berlinale’s Panorama...  

06/02/2009 | Funding | Greece

Costa Gavras returns with humanistic Odyssey

The kindness, tenderness and dignity of strangers amongst the people of Europe, as opposed to the formalistic relentlessness of its law enforcement officers, is what Costa Gavras seems to be...  

05/02/2009 | Releases | Greece

Market share rises amidst dropping admissions

Though 2008 ended with a substantial drop of 18% in general admissions, local films managed to stand their ground, thus achieving a slight rise in market share, from last year’s 16.2% to this...  

23/01/2009 | Box Office | Greece

Arthouse stir in local cinema

What has been dubbed the springtime of Greek cinema has strengthened private funding of local films and encouraged Greek distributors to take risks on local product that would have otherwise...  

21/01/2009 | Industry | Greece

TIFF and State Cinema Award winners announced

Abdolreza Kahani’s Iranian drama Over There won the Golden Alexander at the 49th Thessaloniki Film Festival (November 14-23), while Adrian Sitaru’s Franco/Romanian drama Hooked walked away with...  

26/11/2008 | Awards | Greece

Thessaloniki 49 opens with The Wrestler

Darren Aronofsky’s Golden Lion winner The Wrestler opened the 49th Thessaloniki International Film Festival (TIFF), which is headed by Despina Mouzaki and runs this year from November 14-23....  

15/11/2008 | Festivals | Greece

Interview: Costas Zapas • Director

“The circumvention of moral laws”

Costas Zapas gained international acclaim with Uncut Family (2004) and The Last Porn Movie (2006). With Minor Freedoms his trilogy on the family is complete  

07/11/2008

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