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”When Tomatoes Met Wagner”: Greece’s Entry in 2020 Academy Awards

Marianna Economou's inspiring film ''When Tomatoes Met Wagner” has been chosen to represent Greece at the 92nd Academy Awards, it was announced on Wednesday by the country's Ministry of Culture. The Greek film's story takes place in Thessaly, in central...

2019 Oscars: Full Winners List and Live Blog

The 2019 Oscars took place in the Dolby Theatre on February 24, for the first time in years without a host. Yorgos Lanthimos' "The Favourite" and Alfonso Cuaron's "Roma" were tied for the most nominations. They had ten nominations including...

Tina Fey Will Present at the 2019 Oscars

A slew of Oscar presenters were announced today by the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences, and Tina Fey was officially named one of the 2019 presenters. Other names on the list included Awkwafina, Jennifer Lopez, and Daniel Craig,...

Full List of 2019 Oscar Nominations

The full list of 2019 Oscar nominations was announced early this morning, on January 22, by Kumail Nanjiani and Tracee Ellis Ross. The announcement took place at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences headquarters in Beverly Hills. This...

Greece Entry for 2019 Oscars Revealed

Polixeni, a movie by Dora Basclavanou with Katia Gouloni and Ozgur Emre Yildirim, is the official proposal of the responsible authority to represent Greece in the upcoming 91st Academy Awards, also known as the Oscars. The committee, presided by the...

Oscars 2018: Academy Awards Full Winners List

Here's the full list of winners and nominees of the 90th annual Academy Awards ceremony, aka the Oscars, held in Hollywood on March 4.

Betting Shop with an Academy Awards Shine in Athens (video)

A red carpet, gold Oscar statuettes, movie reels, popcorn and much talk about who is going to win in the 2018 Academy Awards, do not make an average betting shop. Yet the betting shop of Maria Koukou in the Pangrati...

The 90th Oscar Nominations Will Be Announced on January 23

Awards season is officially in full swing since the Golden Globes, and that means that the Oscar nominees for the 90th Academy Awards are about to be announced on January 23! Though the SAG Awards and Golden Globes usually give...

‘Amerika Square’ to Represent Greece for Foreign Film Nominee Competition: Interview With Director Yannis Sakaridis

We sat down and spoke with director and editor Yannis Sakaridis, the man responsible for the critically-acclaimed movie "Amerika Square". After making a splash at film festivals around the world, including the LAGFF (Los Angeles Greek Film Festival), "Amerika...

‘Amerika Square’ Selected to Represent Greece at the Oscars

"Amerika Square", the festival hit from director Yannis Sakaridis, has been selected to represent Greece in the Foreign Language Film category at the 2018 Academy Awards. The film focuses on three parallel and intertwined stories in the Amerika Square neighborhood...