All articles by Alexis Grivas – Page 14

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    Allen, Frears titles to get airing at Athens

    2000-08-10T19:02:00Z

    Dir: Joel Coen. US. 2001. 117 mins.With their latest foray into film noir, Joel and Ethan Coen continue to explore a recurrent motif of their work: The destructive force of unbridled individualism, or more specifically, greed as the dark side of the American Dream. Arguably their most ambitious film since ...

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    Production report: Greek comedy wins local hearts

    2000-06-22T15:44:00Z

    Greek films have been performing strongly at the local box office this year, pulling in more than 2.5 million admissions - a five-fold increase over last year - and are poised to reach three million during the summer season, when open-air cinemas rerun recent films plus a few new releases. ...

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    Greek film gets exhibition boost from GFC

    2000-06-19T16:52:00Z

    Responding to the recent spectacular growth of local film, The Greek Film Centre (GFC) is launching a scheme - Film Centre 2000 - designed to secure more exhibition slots for domestic productions. Greek films racked up 2.3 million admissions this year (September 1999 - June 2000) - an almost five-fold ...

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    Balkan countries team up for promotional network

    2000-04-13T12:42:00Z

    Film institutes from 11 Balkan and Southeast European countries are banding together to launch a pan-regional promotional body, dubbed the Network of Southeastern European Cinema Institutions (NSECI).The network was created during a meeting organised by the Greek Film Centre last weekend on the Greek island of Hydra. The meeting aimed ...

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    Greece's OTE, ERT plan digital platform

    2000-03-29T11:36:00Z

    Greek telco OTE plans to launch a digital satellite platform in partnership with public broadcaster ERT and private broadcaster and media concern Alpha Digital. The venture, which calls for an investment of $286m (DR100bn), will be Greece's second digital satellite platform following the early January launch of Multichoice's Nova bouquet. ...