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Director Costa-Gavras Hits Back at Critics Over Greek Government Grant

Costa-Gavras (L) and former Greek Finance Minister Yianis Varoufakis

Award-winning director Costa-Gavras said on Friday that he is “deeply insulted” by allegations of favoritism in receiving state funds to produce a film based on a book written by Greeceā€™s controversial former Finance Minister Yianis Varoufakis.
The Greek director, who has been awarded at the Cannes and Berlin Festivals and has received Oscar, BAFTA and CĆ©sar awards, said:
ā€œI’ve been making films for fifty years. Some of my films have been judged as good, some others as bad. But, I have never been accused that I was funded by a government to promote its policy or its plans. It happened in Greece where I came to film for the first time.
ā€œA section of the press of my country insults me deeply,ā€ Costa-Gavras said in a statement to the Athens News Agency.
The director has been criticized for using tax-payers money amounting to ā‚¬630,000 to make a film out of Varoufakisā€™ book ā€œUndefeated Losers,ā€ which was released in 2017.
Critics say that he should have instead tried to find sponsors.

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