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'Little England' Submitted for Oscars

Greek drama "Little England", known in Greek as "Mikra Anglia" has been submitted for the Best Foreign-Language Film category at the 87th Academy Awards. The Greece 's Culture Ministry's committee responsible for the selection of the film that will claim a place...

Alexandros Avranas Working on New Greek Thriller

Fresh off the buzz surrounding his award-winning drama “Miss Violence,” filmmaker Alexandros Avranas is back at work with the same team, writing a new Greek thriller.

Greek Cinema Travels to Brussels

A tribute to the Greek cinema will be held in Brussels in the next four months to honor the Greek Presidency. The event is an initiative of the Royal Belgian Film Archive (Cinémathèque Royale de Belgique - CINEMATEK) and the...

Famous Greek Movies You Need to Watch

Greek cinema has a longer history than people usually think when they associate the words Greece and cinema. Several Greek films have come a long way and are actually famous outside the country’s borders. Perhaps the first movie that comes...

Greek Open-Air Cinema in Melbourne

The open-air cinema, a much beloved form of entertainment in Greece, will be revived in the garden courtyard of the Hellenic Museum of Melbourne this summer. The Summer Cinema Program is organized in collaboration with the Greek Film Festival and...

From China to LA: How Sam Voutas’ Life Has Changed Since ‘Red Light Revolution’

Filmmaker and actor Sam Voutas, who had his big break in China, now splits his time between Asia and Hollywood. In an exclusive interview, he talks to Greek Reporter about his latest projects, making a movie in Greece, and the...

‘Miss Violence’ Director Talks Filmmaking Amongst Greek Crisis

Alexandros Avranas, the Greek director of award-winning film 'Miss Violence' talks Greek cinema and personal success in an exclusive interview. Born in Larissa, Greece, Alexandros Avranas made his way to Berlin, Germany to study Fine Arts at the Universität der...

When Bollywood Met Greece in Australia

As Australia prepares for a visit from one of Bollywood's biggest actors Shahrukh Khan, Greek-Australian Peter Yiannoudes is looking back at another era of Bollywood cinema in Australia when he imported films from Greece for Australia's Greek community and...

Finos Films Gets YouTube Channel

Finos Films, which created some of the great, classic movies in Greece. has been finally given its own channel on YouTube. Internet users are now given the chance to watch films that marked the Golden Age of Greek cinema, in...

Karalis Looks at Greek Movies for Sydney Festival

Vrasidas Karalis' A History of Greek Cinema, the first full-length book on the topic written in English by an Australian academic, combines historical analysis with discussion of cinematic form to construct a narrative history of Greek cinematic successes and...