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843 articles available in total starting from 13/06/2002. Last article published on 07/11/2025.

Thessaloniki boosts Balkans connections

A lot of things can make or break an international festival. Sometimes it is not the quality of films in the line-up but the side events that focus on things to come. Such is the case with the...  

25/09/2006 | Festivals | Greece

Centre expects "miracles" for cinema as festival season begins

Only six months ago, officials of the Greek Film Centre were painting a bleak picture for the future of Greek cinema, claiming a lack of "adequate funds" to support it. However, circumstances, or...  

18/09/2006 | Festivals | Greece

Thessaloniki: Digital Wave, Balkans and Wenders the main themes

The advancing digital cinema, the Balkan connection and a few distinguished guests look like the main themes in this year’s Thessaloniki International Film Festival (TIFF, November 17-26). The 14...  

20/07/2006 | Festivals | Greece

Greece, Spain embark on ambitious El Greco

The life of master painter and sculptor El Greco will be brought to the screen by Greek director Yannis Smaragdis in what could be one of Europe’s most ambitious European period drama...  

17/07/2006 | Production | Greece

Kapakas films Greek/Italian co-production Uranya

Almost seven years after he successfully broke onto the Greek cinema landscape, Costas Kapakas is again busy directing. Filming began on his second feature, Uranya, on the island of Crete earlier...  

23/06/2006 | Production | Greece

Papalios up against huge task at Film Centre

A huge task is facing Yorgos Papalios, the man who is preparing to take over as the new head of the Greek Film Centre (GFC), the main arm of the country’s state film funding structure. Papalios,...  

28/04/2006 | Institutions | Greece

Industry brands new film law "not good"

Greek filmmakers, actors and most of the film industry unions have branded "inadequate" a new film law proposed by the Ministry of Culture that is to come to the country’s parliament for...  

15/12/2005 | Legislation | Greece

Thessaloniki may expand Crossroads networking section

Thessaloniki International Film Festival organizers are thinking of expanding the length of Crossroads, the main networking event from three to five days, to accommodate increasing interest from...  

01/12/2005 | Market | Greece

Chariton’s Choir chosen as country’s top film

For Thessaloniki Film Festival president George Corraface the party goes on. A day after he declared the event officially over, Chariton’s Choir (I horodia tou Charitona), the film in which the...  

29/11/2005 | Awards | Greece

Troch wins Golden Alexander for Someone Else’s Happiness

Can one be happy with someone else’s happiness? The answer is ‘yes’ if you ask director Fien Troch. The young Belgian woman triumphed in the 46th Thessaloniki International Film Festival which she...  

28/11/2005 | Festivals | Greece

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