Lanthimos
Culture
Yorgos Lanthimos, Costa-Gavras Join Campaign to Save Historic Cinemas in Athens
Yorgos Lanthimos and Costa-Gavras are among Greek and international filmmakers that have joined a campaign to save three historic cinemas in Athens that are under threat of closure.
The "Ideal" in Panepistimiou Street, "Astor" in the Korai arcade, and "Aello"...
Greek News
Lanthimos Scores Five Golden Globe Nominations for New Film
Greek director Yorgos Lanthimos' film The Favourite has been nominated for five awards at this year's Golden Globe competition.
The Favourite was nominated on Wednesday in the category of Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy, with Olivia Colman getting a...
Culture
BFI Lists the 10 Best Greek Movies [see trailers]
Christina Newland submitted her listing of 10 great Greek films on the British Film Institute's (BFI) site. She points to the Greek movie industry's struggle after its golden age in the Fifties and Sixties despite wartime chaos and dictatorial...
entertainment
European, American Critics Like Attenberg, Alps
New Greek filmmakers are getting better reviews abroad than in Greece.Greek films are included in the best international film festivals (for instance, Boy Eating the Bird's Food by Ektoras Lygizos in Karlovy Vary International Film Festival and Out of...
Australia
Greek Films Shine in Australian Festival
Despite the financial crisis, Greek film industry has produced great films, with Alps, by Giorgos Lanthimos, an inventive, deadpan story about loss and grief, winning the top award at this year's Greek Film Festival in Syndey over strong competition.
The...
Australia
Greek Film Festival Features Tsiolkas’ Dead Europe
This year's Greek Film Festival in Australia will showcase more than 30 innovative productions from Greek or Greek-born directors from around the world. It will be held in Melbourne from Oct. 17-Nov. 4, in Sydney from Oct. 16-Nov. 4...