All articles by Alexis Grivas – Page 9

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    Thessaloniki International Film Festival to honour Youssef Chahine

    2008-08-29T08:01:00Z

    An homage to a legendary figure of Arab cinema, Youssef Chahine, will be the centerpiece of a tribute to the cinema of Middle East organised by the Thessaloniki International Film Festival in November.The festival will screen the Egyptian master's classic film Alexandria Why' (Iskanderija ... lih') along with other ...

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    Theo Angelopoulos pulls Dust of Time from Venice

    2008-07-28T06:00:00Z

    Just one day before theVenice Film Festival announces its line-up (Tuesday), one of the most eagerly-awaited world premieres, Theo Angelopoulos' Dust of Time has been pulled from the selection.The decision by the Greek auteur and his producers came after screenings slots could not be found that would have allowed leading ...

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    Dardennes, Salles plan trips to November Thessaloniki festival

    2008-07-08T15:50:00Z

    Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne, Terence Davies, Walter Salles, Gustavo Santaolalla, Lita Stantic are among the top names set to be present at the upcoming Thessaloniki International Film Festival (Nov 14-23).The principal tribute of the 49th edition of the Greekfestival, headed by Despina Mouzaki, will be dedicated to two-time Cannes Golden ...

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    Greece - In search of Eden

    2008-07-04T00:00:00Z

    It was the subject matter of Eden Is West that lured Costa Gavras back to Greece. A drama about the impact of illegal immigration on Western Europe, the film is a road movie of sorts, starring Italian actor Riccardo Scamarcio."Shooting in Greece seemed appropriate," says Gavras from his set in ...

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    Trust takes on Zapas' Minor Freedoms from Greece

    2008-07-02T14:24:00Z

    Trust Film Sales has taken on world sales for Minor Freedoms, by up-and-coming Greek director and writer Costas Zapas.Minor Freedoms is an unorthodox, cutting edge tale on family relations dominated by violence and sexual exploitation where, according to the director, 'the abolishment of any moral law leads to tragedy'.Produced by ...

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    Greek box-office admissions down 1m in pivotal winter season

    2008-06-27T06:00:00Z

    As the European football championships are drawing to a close and the Olympic Games (August 8-24) are around the corner, Greek distributors and exhibitors fear that sporting events could further dampen this year's box office performance. So far this year, Makis Diamantopoulos, generalmanager of the Odeon Cineplex exhibition chain describes ...

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    Greece's Odeon sues newspaper over 'defamation' in film review

    2008-06-03T16:32:00Z

    The divide between critics and the film industry took an unprecedented turn in Greece this week as Manos Krezias, the head of the local production/distribution/exhibition powerhouse Odeon, filed a lawsuit against Giannis Zoumboulakis, film critic of the Athens daily newspaper To Vima as well as against Christos Memis, editorial director ...

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    Greek box office up 5% thanks to local hits including El Greco

    2008-01-15T14:02:00Z

    The Greek box office registered a 5% rise during 2007 - up to 13.3m admissions from 12.9m in 2006, according to local experts. US blockbusters continued to perform well, as expected, but the boost was helped by strong performance by local productions.Zack Snyder's 300, although a US production, was a ...

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    Local box-office hit El Greco sweeps Greek State Cinema Awards

    2007-11-27T14:48:00Z

    Just a day after the wrap of the 48th Thessaloniki Film Festival - where, for the first time, Greek talent garnered the bulk of awards - more Greek films were honored during the Greek State Cinema Awards organized by the Culture Ministry in Thessaloniki. This year's local box office hit, ...

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    Israel's The Policeman wins $15,000 co-production award

    2007-11-25T21:30:00Z

    Israelifilm The Policeman was the winner of the Crossroads co-production forum prizeat the Thessaloniki International Film Festival. The award worth $15,000 (Euros 10,000) was offered by the Festival sponsor Nokia N series. The project, selected from a shortlist of 14, was presented to scriptwriter/director Nadav Lapid. The film is produced ...

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    Balkan Fund selects four projects for $59,000 funding

    2007-11-20T15:03:00Z

    The Balkan Fund, a script development initiative created in November 2002 by the Thessaloniki International Film Festival, has handed out its latest grants to four new projects. The projects that received $14,789 (Euros 10,000) each are: Mother from writer/director Juraj Lertic and producer Dana Budisavljevic (Croatia) Rio from writers Nicolas ...

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    Angelopoulos dusts off first English film with Willem Dafoe

    2007-11-20T12:58:00Z

    Theo Angelopoulos starts shooting today in the northern Russian city of Nizni Novgorod his new film, The Dust of Time, the second part of the trilogy undertaken three years ago with The Weeping Meadow. The impressive international cast includes Irene Jacob taking the role as Eleni, played in The Weeping ...

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    Costa Gavras returns to Greece for 2008 shoot of Eden Is West

    2007-11-19T10:56:00Z

    Forty years after the Oscar-winning Z, the poignant account of the political turmoil in Greece during the 1960s, Costa Gavras is set to return to his native country to direct his next film structured as a French-Greek co-production. The project was announced today at the Thessaloniki International Film Festival where ...

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    Greece - History in the making

    2007-11-16T00:00:00Z

    Two unprecedented things recently took place at the ancient Acropolis of Athens. One was the transfer of the marble friezes of the Parthenon to the new museum at the foot of the Acropolis hill. The other was the shooting of the US production My Life In Ruins inside the historic ...

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    Thessaloniki reveals 230 film line-up

    2007-11-05T22:37:00Z

    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

    2007-10-15T11:59:00Z

    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

    2007-10-02T11:56:00Z

    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

    2007-09-17T21:58:00Z

    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

    2007-07-16T11:30:00Z

    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

    2007-06-28T11:54:00Z

    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. ...