Movies

The Documentary Melan*cholia, written and directed by Ariadne Koutsaftis, has been officially added to the Greek Film Archive Foundation and can be viewed for the first time publicly today, April 6. The film was made to raise awareness about...

"My Greek Odyssey," which will begin airing on Sunday, March 24, is a 13-part television series which will take viewers to some of the most spectacular and unique islands in Greece. "My Greek Odyssey" is centered around the charismatic, larger-than-life...

By Aspasia Zontanou, Düsseldorf Award-winning director Dimos Abdeliodis presented his film "The Four Seasons of The Law” (“I Earini Synaxis Ton Agrofylakon”) last Thursday at the at the Filmmuseum Düsseldorf's own movie theater "Black Box", Germany. The director followed that up...

Athens' city center was completely cordoned off on Sunday, March 10, to allow the cast and crew of the upcoming movie ''Born To Be Murdered'' film their scenes. Among the cast members of the film, which is directed by the...

The Greek police announced on Thursday morning that the main streets in central Athens will be shut off on Sunday due to a movie being filmed in the Greek capital. Residents and tourists will not be able to drive or...

It has been 25 years since Melina Mercouri died this day in 1994 but her picture in front of the Parthenon that adorns the Acropolis Metro Station is engraved in the minds of millions of Greeks. In her life Melina...

A touching film on the enduring love story between legendary Canadian folk singer Leonard Cohen and his Norwegian muse, Marianne Ihlen was screened at the Thessaloniki Documentary Festival on Friday. “Marianne & Leonard: Words of Love,” by Nick Broomfield begins...

Phaedon Georgitsis, one of the most famous actors of Greek cinema, died in Athens on Friday at the age of 80. He had been suffering from cancer for the last several years. Georgitsis starred in dozens of films in the 1960s...

As Yorgos Lanthimos prepares for the big night to see if his latest film will win some of the ten Academy Awards for which it is nominated, one wonders if he had any idea he would ever get this...

Yorgos Lanthimos' film ''The Favourite'' won seven awards in this year's 72nd British Academy Film Awards, (BAFTAs) in a ceremony held in London's Royal Albert Hall. ''The Favourite'' was the first film to be awarded, with the outstanding British film award...

The 2019 BAFTA nominations were announced on Wednesday. Greek director, producer and screenwriter Yorgos Lanthimos' period film "The Favourite" is contending for awards in 12 categories, including those for Best Film, Director, Outstanding British Film, Leading Actress, and Supporting...

In an exclusive interview with the Greek Reporter from the red carpet at the 76th Golden Globes in Beverly Hills on January 6, the Chief Content Officer of Netflix, Ted Sarandos, talked about the company’s global strategy and future...

Acclaimed actress and singer Marianna Toli, who represented Greece at the 1977 Eurovision song contest passed away on Saturday, after a long battle with cancer. Toli studied Art History at the University of Kentucky, classic and modern dance in London...

Greek director Costa-Gavras received the Lifetime Achievement award at this year’s European Film Awards on Saturday. The legendary filmmaker, who directed classics such as “Missing”, “Z”, “Music Box” and “Betrayed”, was honored by the European Film Academy at the 31st European Film...

The Greek island of Corfu has been named the top European film location amongst a field of twelve by the European Film Commissions Network (EUFCN). The spectacularly-beautiful island was nominated by the Hellenic Film Commission for the shooting of the...