Movies

The Australian premiere of The Last Note, a drama by award-winning Greek filmmaker Pantelis Voulgaris, will kick off the Delphi Bank 25th Greek Film Festival in Sydney on October 9. The story of the new film by Voulgaris takes place in...

Academy Award nominee Yorgos Lanthimos returns to the 75th Venice International Film Festival after winning the prize for Best Script together with Efthymis Filippou in 2011 for the film "Alps". The acclaimed Greek director was nominated for Best Original Screenplay in the...

Two Greek museums are in the running for a European award which recognizes short videos produced to showcase their exhibits, storytelling and research. The Diachronic Museum in Larissa's video 'Tracing the footsteps of human society' and 'I am the Lion...

Aliki Vougiouklaki, who passed away on July 23, 1996, was the most loved actress of post-war Greece, and the press and general public had given her the title "The National Star of Greece". She was born on July 20, 1934,...

The fictional Greek island of 'Kalokairi' returns to the big screen on Friday as the singing spectacular Mamma Mia! opens worldwide. The film is a sequel to the 2008 original shot on the Greek island of Skopelos that grossed more...

The Greek islands of Patmos and Paros are getting ready for a 12-day feast of summer cinema as the Aegean Film Festival returns on Tuesday. Running from July 17 to 29, the two islands will show dozens of films from...

Greek director Yorgos Lanthimos is back with an unsettlingly dark comic drama called The Favourite. Starring Hollywood A-listers Rachel Weisz and Emma Stone, the film centers of the character of the Queen played by British actor Olivia Colman. Described by British film magazine...

The Little Drummer Girl, a television series based on John le Carre's acclaimed novel, has completed filming after 24 days of shooting in some of Greece's historical landmarks. The project had been dogged by controversy, with Greece's Central Archaeological Council initially...

A gripping sports documentary which follows four runners competing in a punishing 246-kilometre (152 mile) Greek road race will be screened next month in Melbourne. The Road to Sparta features the stories of those preparing for the race, which begins in...

A special film festival is being held for the third year running on one of Greece's most far-flung islands, Kastellorizo. The Beyond the Borders festival will run from Aug. 26 to Sept. 2 and organizers say they want to make...

The 12th LA Greek Film Festival has revealed a list of movies sure to whet the appetite of all cinema lovers and friends of Greece. Starting next Monday, June 4, the LAGFF -- after reviewing 175 submissions -- has chosen...

This day 20 years ago marked one of the greatest triumphs of Greek cinema when acclaimed director Theo Angelopoulos won the coveted Palme D'Or at the Cannes Film Festival for Eternity and A Day. The haunting film about a man at the...

  An award-winning documentary covering the shocking 1918 anti-Greek riots in Toronto is to be screened free of charge to the public later this month. The Hellenic Heritage Foundation in the Canadian city will show Violent August at Canada Square Cinemas at...

Cine ThisioGoing to a summer movie is one of the unique Greek pastimes; watching a film under the stars with a cool breeze and (often) the smell of flowers is one of the many things that make Greece special. Open-air...

A highly acclaimed documentary about the Greek island of Patmos and the world-famous monastery of St. John the Theologian will premiere in Greek cinemas later in May after successful screenings in Europe and the U.S. Acceptance of Inheritance: Apocalypse Again...