Greece

The top ten films of Greek cinema are hard to define because, although many may not know it, the Greek film industry is one of the oldest and best. It took root in the early 1900s. WWI, the wars...

The German reality show Deutschland sucht den Superstar, part of the "Idol" television franchise, was spotted filming an episode on the Greek island of Mykonos on Friday. Using the island's iconic "Little Venice" area as an outdoor studio, contestants were seen...

Two episodes of the popular Chinese celebrity travel television show called "Slow Life: Feel the World" was filmed on the Greek islands of Santorini and Kefalonia recently as part of its second season lineup. The invitation to film in Greece...

Greece's General Secretariat for Gender Equality (SGGA) released four short films based on true stories highlighting the issue of sexual harassment in Greece. The four videos were produced ahead of the occasion of the World Day for the Elimination of...

"Chevalier" and "Suntan" are two Greek films on the list of the 50 movies recommended this year by the European Film Academy for the European Film Awards 2016. According to the European academy, over 3,000 members are expected to vote...

There are some Greek films that are classics and should be viewed by everyone. They are the stories of a country that over the decades has seen political turmoil, a coup resulting in a military junta, survived wars and still...

Greek cinema has a long and rich history, even now with financial crisis that is plaguing the country, the film industry in Greece is dominating the domestic market, and has experienced international success on several occasions. In spite of...

The place of the stars is in the sky and they are there to inspire imagination and romance... But when the "stars" decide to come to Greece, they set off a frantic explosion among the cinephile public. From Sophia...

For yet another year, the International Short Film Festival in Drama presented some of Greece's newest and most interesting short films, as well as some significant foreign productions. The support residents of the Greek city of Drama have offered to the festival, has...

Finos Films, which created some of the great, classic movies in Greece. has been finally given its own channel on YouTube. Internet users are now given the chance to watch films that marked the Golden Age of Greek cinema, in...

The Greek crisis and its many facets are at the forefront of this year’s versatile local documentary production: politics, the Greek financial crash, unemployment, demonstrations, immigration, environmental consequences and the relationship of the citizen to the damaged urban landscape...

The Cervantes Institute of Athens, in cooperation with the Argentinian and Ecuadorian Embassies in Greece, will be presenting a new series of 5 film productions from the two Latin American countries. The screenings will take place on January 17, 24...

While the local community of Messinia is still trying to recover from the shock concerning the murder of a 2-year-old child and his father, police authorities arrested six men, 5 Greeks and one Albanian that are supposed to have...

Thessaloniki, Greece's second largest city, is both historic and avant-garde, and an ideal destination for a short city break.

Hypatia, one of the greatest philosophers of Alexandria, was admired for her groundbreaking ideas but was brutally murdered for them by Christian fanatics in the fourth century AD. Born around the year 360, Hypatia was a female Greek philosopher, astronomer...