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In the framework of the 19th Sarajevo Film Festival, the film The Cleaners by Konstantinos Georgousis, which is a disquieting look at the racist extremism of the Greek neo-Nazi party Golden Dawn, was awarded with a special jury prize...

If you have ever been in the Greek island of Symi in your life, then certainly this memory would bring you back anything but horror. But now it's been chosen as the site for the filming of a new...

The famous Cirque du Soleil has begun a world tour presenting a performance-tribute to Michael Jackson. In September and October, the event will be staged in Australia’s biggest cities after it completes a tour of China, South Korea and...

The traditional Ifestia festival brought thousands of visitors to the caldera to attend a spectacular ceremony. The Ifestia Festival, the representation of the volcanic eruptions, which is held every August in Santorini, constituted for another year a unique spectacle for...

Two Greek films, "The enemy within" (O ehthros mou) by Yorgos Tsemberopoulos and "The tree and the swing" (To dentro kai i kounia) by Maria Douza, will have their world premiere at the 37th Montreal World Film Festival and...

The guests of the 78th Thessaloniki International Fair (TIF) will have the chance to taste the Greek production of food and wines in the framework of the thematic exhibition of Greek gastronomy, which will be hosted at stand 14. The...

A number of more than 200 short films, Greek and foreign, a contest, tributes to Greek directors, parallel programs and art exhibitions about digital image, will be included in the 3rd Athens International Digital Film Festival (AIDFF), which will...

Representatives of Greek and Cypriot organizations abroad gathered for their annual conference on August 21 in Nicosia, Cyprus. According to the Cyprus News Agency (CNA), they began their deliberations focusing on two main topics, the state of the economy and...

Greek-American director Nick Cassavetes is at work on his latest project, "The Other Woman," which filmed on-location over the summer in the Hamptons, New York. The comedy (not to be confused with the 2009 drama starring Natalie Portman) centers on...

Mega Channel, a major television network in Greece, seems to have entered a decisive turning point after the resignation of George Vardinogiannis, which may be the precursor of the final departure of the family from the TV channel. Teletypos Television...

The 38th annual Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), scheduled to be held from September 5 to 15, is hosting a special program named City to City, dedicated this year to Greece’s capital, Athens. A total of 366 films from...

This year’s program of the Aeschylean Festival includes 26 performances, eight of which are theatrical and six musical. The theatrical part of the festival will feature performances such as: Bacchae (directed by Martha Frintzila), Cyclops (directed by Vassilis Papavassiliou), Ploutos...

Police forces on the morning of Aug. 21 poured into the National Technical University of Athens, closing off streets during the 6:25 a.m. raid. The police entered the university grounds without provocation and it is not yet known if the...

The French public radio channel France Culture will broadcast two one-hour radio documentaries by George Archimandritis (of the series Cities-Worlds), devoted to the Greek capital on August 24, Saturday, at 4 p.m. The Spirit of Athens (To pnevma tis Athinas)...

According to an announcement made by the Ministry of Culture and Sports, on the occasion of the last full moon of the summer, more than 100 archeological sites, monuments and museums throughout Greece will open their doors on August...