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Gaultier, Reno, Birkin topline the 11th Athens Francophone Film Festival
The French haute couture icon Jean-Paul Gaultier is the patron of the 11th Francophone Film Festival, which kicks off in Athens today [15].
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NewsAjami and Medal Of Honor win at Thessaloniki as festival faces big changes in 2010
Yaron Shani and Scandar Copti’s dynamic debut feature Ajami and Calin Netzer’s Romanian drama Medal Of Honour took the top prizes at the 50th Thessaloniki International Film Festival in Greece on November 22.
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Crossroads Co-Production Forum awards project prize to Marinovic's Pasqua
Thessaloniki’s Crossroads Co-production Forum, headed by former Directors’ Fortnight chief Marie-Pierre Macia, presented the €10,000 Crossroads award to Ivan Marinovic’s project Pasqua.
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NewsSoul Kitchen and Wild Grass to bookend 50th Thessaloniki film festival
Fatih Akin’s Soul Kitchen and Alain Resnais’ Wild Grass (Les Herbes Folles) will bookend the 50th International Thessaloniki Film Festival, which opens on November 13.
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NewsBreillat’s Blue Beard takes best film at Greece’s European Cinema festival
Pyramide Films’ Blue Beard (Barbe Bleu) by veteran French film-maker Catherine Breillat won the best film award at the 22nd Panorama of European Cinema Festival, which closed on November 1.
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NewsVillage Roadshow sells Greek division for $74.9m
Dimitris Kontominas, the media tycoon that acquired Village Roadshow’s Greek business earlier this month, has revealed plans to invest $30m (€20m) in the company over the next two years.
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NewsSlaves In Their Bonds gets Greek Oscar nod
Slaves In Their Bonds, the comeback film of veteran director Tonis Lykouresis, has been selected as Greece’s official submission for the foreign language Academy Award.
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NewsMoon scoops Golden Athena as 15th Athens Film Festival wraps
Moon, by UK director Duncan Jones, won the Golden Athena for best film at the 15th Athens International Film Festival on Sunday (September 27).
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NewsBalkan Script Development Fund selects 11 projects for 6th edition
Eleven projects from have been selected for the upcoming 6th Balkan Script Development Fund, which runs November 14 – 16.
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NewsAn Education, Broken Embraces bookend 15th Athens Film Festival
Lone Scherfig’s An Education and Pedro Almodovar’s Broken Embraces will bookend the 15th Athens International Film Festival, which kicks off on Wednesday (September 16).
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NewsGreek film-makers moot film week launch to rival Thessaloniki
Greek film-makers are considering the launch of a new film week after voting to boycott the country’s state film awards and the Thessaloniki International Film Festival.
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NewsArthus-Bertrand claims biggest day and date release for Home
Home, the environmental film from French film-maker Yann Arthus-Bertrand, will be launched across multi-platforms in 127 countries on June 5, in what it is claimed will be the biggest day and date film release.
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NewsAngelopoulos demands overhaul of Greek national film awards
Filmmaker Theo Angelopoulos is threatening to boycott the Greek national film awards claiming that the current jury system is corrupt and biased.
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NewsWerner Herzog honoured by 50th Thessaloniki festival
A tribute to the legendary German director Werner Herzog will be the centerpiece of this year’s Thessaloniki International Film Festival.
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NewsMy Life in Ruins holds world premiere in Athens
My Life in Ruins, produced by Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson’s Playtone, is holding its world premiere in Athens two months before it launches in the US. It is thought to be the firsttime a Hollywood production backed by industry heavyweights has opened in Greece.
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Aan Ja (Over There) receives the Golden Alexander at Thessaloniki
Aan Ja (Over There) by Iranian director Abdolreza Kahani received the Golden Alexander and $47,000 (Euros 37,000) at the 49th Thessaloniki International Film Festival.Romanian production Pescuit Sportiv (Hooked) by Adrian Sitaru was awarded the Special Jury Prize, the Silver Alexander and $28,000 (Euros 22,000).Argentinian Celina Murga was named best director ...
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Thessaloniki opens with The Wrestler
The 49th Thessaloniki International Film Festival opens today with Daren Aronofsky's The Wrestler as the opening gala film, which will be introduced by its star Evan Rachel Wood.The festival features two world premieres as well as six international and three European premieres.The festival's international jury is headed by: Canadian ...
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Greek distribution sector sees shakeups at Audiovisual, Odeon
The Greek distribution scene has undergone a shakeup going into AFMincluding the recent appointment of Vassilis Alexiou as general managerof theatrical distribution and acquisitions at Audiovisual, the topname in the business which handles Disney and Sony product as well asnumerous independent pickups.Alexiou, who formerly ran theatrical distribution, comes in the ...
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Expansion for Agora market at Thessaloniki
The Agora film market at the Thessaloniki International Film Festival-TIFF (November 14-23) is expanding.The growth of the four-year-old market, run by Margarita Eliopoulou, follows a successful 2007 in which 36 films from South Eastern Europe obtained distribution in 18 different world territories.According to TIFF's director Despina Mouzaki '2007 saw an ...
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Darren Aronofsky's The Wrestler to open 49th edition of Thessaloniki
The Wrestler , winner of this year's Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival, will open the 49th Thessaloniki International Film Festival on Friday, November 14th. It will be presented by Evan Rachel Wood who plays the role of Rourke's daughter in the film. Director Aronofsky has been a Thessaloniki ...