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Greek Filmmaker Jacqueline Lentzou Wins Best Director Award at Venice Film Festival

Greek filmmaker Jacqueline Lentzou won the Orizzonti Award for Best Director at the 83rd Venice International Film Festival for her second feature film, A Day in the Life of Jo: Chapter Phaedra. Orizzonti is one of the Venice Film Festival’s...

Greek Director Yorgos Lanthimos Nominated Best Director at BAFTA 2026

Greek director Yorgos Lanthimos has been nominated Best Director at the 2026 BAFTA Film Awards for his latest work, Bugonia, a black comedy that continues his run of bold and unconventional films. Known globally for his distinct cinematic voice,...

Yorgos Lanthimos Announces Break From Directing

With anticipation building for the release of his new film, Bugonia, acclaimed Greek director Yorgos Lanthimos has announced his intention to take a short break from directing. The multi-award-winning filmmaker admitted in a recent interview that the back-to-back production of...

Greek Director Manousos Manousakis Dead at 74

Renowned Greek director Manousos Manousakis died at the age of 74 on November 20th, leaving the Greek artistic community in deep mourning. The director's work defined much of Greece’s TV landscape over the past few decades. He was widely recognized...

Yannis Smaragdis Becomes First Greek Director in European Academy

The European Academy of Sciences and Arts has elected renowned Greek director Yannis Smaragdis as a full member, representing contemporary Greek culture. He is the first Greek director to join the academy since its founding in 1990. The Academy is...

Greek Director’s Award-Winning Film ‘Medium’ Makes US Premiere

The award-winning film 'Medium' by Greek director Christina Ioakeimidi made its US Premiere earlier in the week at the 39th Santa Barbara International Film Festival. Medium is an Ekso Production and made its World Premiere at the 2023 Sarajevo Film...

Greek Director Yorgos Lanthimos Returns With New Movie

Following the ten Academy Awards nominations (and one win) for his movie “The Favourite”, Greek Director Yorgos Lanthimos is returning to cinemas with a short film called "Nimic". The new, twelve-minute-long film is a thriller, which Lanthimos co-wrote with Greek screenwriter...

‘3,000’ Reasons to Love the New Greek Short Film

The Greek short film “3000” was shown during a private screening for the media held at DDP & Deluxe International Studios production company. It is a special short film written and directed by acclaimed Greek-Australian director Antonis Tsonis, starring...

First Ever Greek Film Festival in Berlin, Sponsored by Marketing Greece

"Little England" will be the opening film at Hellas Filmbox Berlin, the first Greek film festival to take place in Berlin, Germany. The festival will welcome its cinephile audience at Babylon cinema from January 21 to 24, 2016, promising...