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French philosopher and translator of the latest edition of Plato's Republic, Alain Badiou, wants to make a movie about Greek philosophers Plato and Socrates starring Brad Pitt and Sean Connery, with Meryl Streep in the role of "Mrs. Plato." In a recent...

Two Greek co-production films are among the 20 film projects that secured funding from Eurimages. This was settled in a meeting that is under way in Vilnius of Lithuania from October 14-18. Eurimages had to choose from 31 film...

In a press conference that the Greek  Tourism Development Minister, Olga Kefalogianni gave yesterday, while accompanied by the general secretary of Greek National Tourism Organization (GNTO) Panos Leivadas, it was made clear that the tourism promotion budget will be...

About 660 young athletes of Greek origin will participate in the Oceania PanHellenic Games, which will take place in Canberra and celebrates the 100th anniversary since its founding. The organization of the Oceania PanHellenic Games is an institution established by ...

Video: Greek Filmmaker Christopher Papakaliatis' reflects on Golden Globe consideration for his film  "What if..."  On Tuesday October 15th, Christopher Papakaliatis’ What If… was screened at “Clarity” theatre in Beverly Hills. The Greek film is considered for a Golden Globe nomination thus...

The artistic Director of the Festival, Christos Prosilis said that the Greek Film Festival in London is improving over the years. Especially this year, the publics response surpassed any expectation of both screenings on both days and through the...

During the Greek exhibition in the State Museum of the Holocaust of Auschwitz event,  co-organized by the Jewish organization B'nai Brith Canada and the Consulate General of Greece in Toronto, the Canadian ambassador of Greece, Mr. Eleftherios Angelopoulos, stressed...

Katerina Athanasopoulou, a Greek filmmaker and animation and digital artist, is this year’s winner of the prestigious Lumen Prize, worth 3,000 euros, for her Athens-based film “Apodemy,” ekathimerini reports. “Apodemy” is an experimental piece in emigration, which was created in...

“Pirates of the electricity” is the title of the German newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung, referring to activists that take it upon themselves to reconnect the electricity supply for socially weak Greek citizens, that find it hard to make ends meet. As the...

It is well known that the Turkish soap operas have millions of fanatic viewers in the Balkans, Middle East, North Africa and Asia. What remains unexplored is how these soap operas manage to penetrate the social and religious reality...

The staff of National and Kapodistrian University of Athens History Museum, released a letter to the media informing the public, that the museum will remain closed because of the employees strike against lay-offs. They also made it clear that...

At this past weekend's New York Comic Con, cast and crew of the upcoming Greek mythology film, "Hercules: The Legend Begins," unveiled a full-length trailer for the action adventure set to release March 2014. The film centers on Hercules fighting...

Want to know what’s next at Jamie Oliver’s “Recipease” store in Notting Hill, London? The lucky ones who will get to be there will learn how to make koulourakia (a traditional Greek butter-based pastry).  These koulourakia will be 100% Greek...

Government spokesman Simos Kedikoglou, denies press reports of relationship problems brewing between the Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras, and Finance Minister Yiannis Stournaras. Simos Kedigoglou stated that the publications about the Prime Minister and Mr. Stournaras have nothing to do...

After a journey on the streets and mountains of Attica, the reporters of Euronews found a shocking number of homeless people living in mountain caves due to the prolonged crisis in Greece over the last 5 years. The journalists spoke...