All articles by Alexis Grivas – Page 10
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Thessaloniki reveals 230 film line-up
The Thessaloniki International Film Festival (Nov 16-25)programmeis to feature230 plus films representing 40 nations accompanied by a major push in Film Market and co-production activities. Among the 14 titles in competition - reserved to first and second films - is the world premiere ofGerman production Elli Makra by Athanasios Karanikolas.Two ...
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Ruins allowed in Acropolis as Greece entices foreign shoots
This weekend saw the first film production in history given a permit to shoot inside the famed Acropolis in Athens. My Life In Ruins, produced by Playtone, stars Nia Vardalos of My Big Fat Greek Wedding fame as a guide leading tourists through Greek archeological sites. The team shot in ...
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Athens gives Golden Athena for best film to Puenzo's XXY
The Argentinian production XXY directed by Lucia Puenzo was named best film of the international competition at the 13th Athens International Film Festival (Opening Nights Conn-X) receiving the Golden Athena and a prize of $14,170(Euros 10,000) in cash handed out by the European Youth Jury formed by 11 young European ...
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Persepolis opens Athens International Film Festival
The 13th Athens International Film Festival begins tomorrow night (Sept 19) with the gala presentation of Marjane Satrapi's and Vincent Paronnaud's French Oscar entry Persepolis. Todd Haynes' Venice Jury Prize winner I Am Not There, accompanied by its producer Christine Vachon, will be the closing film. The international jury for ...
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Thessaloniki lands European premiere of Sayles' Honeydripper
The Thessaloniki International Film Festival will host the European premiere of John Sayles' new film Honeydripper.The film is currently in the final stages of post production. Starring Danny Glover and Lisa Gay Hamilton, Honeydripper is about the origins of rockand roll in America's deep South. The director himself appears in ...
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Thessaloniki competitors to include Jonas Cuaron's Year Of The Nail
Thessaloniki Film Festival director Despina Mouzaki has announced the first films selected for the 14-film competition section of 46th edition of the event (Nov 16-25). The competition is reserved to first and second features and the films already earmarked have a strong Spanish-language flavour, coming from Mexico, Colombia and Spain. ...
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Palme d'Or Winner: Theo Angelopoulos
Theo Angelopoulos' long association with Cannes came to a climax in 1998 when Eternity And A Day won the Palme d'Or. The award marked a decisive point in the Greek auteur's career as he was embarking on an ambitious trilogy spanning the 20th century, starting with The Weeping Meadow in ...
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Guadalajara gives Ibero-American prize to Contrera's Blue Eyelids
Mexican and Brazilian productions, most from first-time directors, swept the floor at the the 22nd Guadalajara International Film Festival during the awards ceremony on March 30. The ten different juries handed out a record-setting $1m in awards. Ernesto Contrera's debut Blue Eyelids (Parpados Azules) from Mexico was named best film ...
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The 4th Regiment takes prize at Guadalajara co-production meetings
The third Iberoamerican Co-production Meetings organized by the 22th Guadalajara International Film Festival wrapped here Tuesday. The Mexican project The 4th Regiment (La 4a compania) produced by Tita Lombardo's Spanda Films to be directed by newcomer Amir Galvan Cervera was awarded the main prize offered by the Spanish public TV(RTVE). ...
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Del Toro's 'Tres Amigos' question Mexican production incentives
As Pan's Labyrinth took nine awards at last night's Ariel awards ceremony - the Mexican film industry's top awards - director Guillermo de Toro was already using his industry influence to petition the government with a proposal to amend the country's tax-shelter laws.Del Toro made the trip to Mexico City ...
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Guadalajara Film Festival to boast over $600,000 in cash awards
Guillermo del Toro, Costa Gavras, Antonio Banderas, Viggo Mortensen and Nelson Perreira dos Santos are some of the celebrities who will attend the Guadalajara Film Festival (March 22-30), which boasts a strong Iberoamerican selection of no less than 140 full length and 106 shorts in its various strands. Del Toro, ...
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Korean film picks up Golden Alexander at Thessaloniki
Korean Kim Tae-yong's second film Family Ties (Gajokeui Tansaeng) won the Golden Alexander for best film at the 47th Thessaloniki International Film Festival and the $48,000 (37,000 Euros) cash prize.The film was chosen from 14 first or second film titles by a seven-strong jury, led by US independent producer Christine ...
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Korean film picks up Golden Alexander at Thessaloniki
KoreanKim Tae-yong's second film Family Ties (Gajokeui Tansaeng) won the Golden Alexander for best film at the 47thThessaloniki International Film Festival and the $48,000 (37,000 Euros) cashprize.Thefilm was chosen from 14 first or second film titles by a seven-strong jury, ledby US independent producer Christine Vachon and featuring among its ...
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Balkan Fund development grants go to four features
Four film projects comingfrom three southeastern European countries received the grants handed out todayby the Balkan Fund, a script development initiative created in November 2002 bythe Thessaloniki International Film Festival (TIFF).Two of the four awardedprojects come from Romania, where cinema has become more vital in recent years.The two projects, receiving ...
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Thessaloniki announces record numbers of films
The Thessaloniki International Film Festival (TIFF- Nov 17-26) celebrates its 47th anniversary with a record 305 films from 44 countries, plus a major push into film market and co-production activities.Among the 14 titles in competition-reserved to first and second films-the festival boasts an unprecedented four international premieres: Marcus Herling's Riding ...
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Scandinavia sweeps Greece's Opening Night awards
Scandinavian productionstook top honours at Sunday's closing gala of the 12th Athens International FilmFestival-Opening Nights Conn-X, obtaining all three major awards.The Swedish/Danishco-production Farval Falkenberg(Falkenberg Farewell), directed by first timer Jesper Ganslandt was named BestFilm. The director was present to receive the Golden Athena Award of $9,560(7,500 Euros). The Best Direction ...
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Athens festival opens tonight with Volver
The 12th AthensInternational Film Festival, otherwise known as Opening Nights Conn-X, kicksoff tonight with the gala presentation of Pedro Almodovar's Volver.Volverwill be joined in the Premieres section with Brian De Palma's The BlackDahlia, Michael Mann's Miami Vice,Jason Reitman's Thank You For Smoking,Aki Kaurismaki's Lights In The Dusk, GelaBabluani's 13 (Tzameti), ...
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Greek Film Centre sparks controversy with Haifa withdrawal
In a move that has surprisedmany, the state-funded Greek Film Centre, which gives Greek film-makers fundsavailable for development, co-production and promotion, has decided to withdrawthe Greek films from the upcoming Haifa International Film Festival (Oct 7-14)in Israel.The films already invited byHaifa's artistic director Pnina Blayer were the Pandelis Voulgaris' The ...
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Hopes high for end to funding chaos
Greek film production has undergone a financingcrisis during the last couple of years - but amid the chaos several projects havemanaged to move forward.The underlying uncertainty has been causedby the same debate that has echoed across Europe; whether public funds should financefeature production.Under Petros Tatoulis, then Greece's deputy Culture Minister ...
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New head named for Greek Film Centre
Film producer George Papalios has been appointed tolead the state-subsidised Greek Film Centre (GFC), replacing novelist and screenwriter ThanassisValtinos.The GFCplays a key role in the Greek industry making funds available for development,co-production and promotion.Papalios isa businessman and producer who during the 70s and early 80s personally financeda number of important ...