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Director Costa Gavras Honorary Guest of the Greek Film Festival in Berlin

The Greek Film Festival in Berlin opened with the film “Amen” by Costa Gavras. The presence of the acclaimed director at Hellas Filmbox Berlin as an honorary guest conveyed multiple messages. Addressing the audience the great Greek cinematographer referred to his...

Film Festival in Bucharest Features Costa Gavras

The 1st International Political Film Festival "Cinepolitica" will take place June 15-21 at the Romanian Peasant Museum in Bucharest. The Festival consists of four special programs, focused on subjects of general interest (The Secret Police) or political figures (The Politician)...

Costa-Gavras’ “Adults in the Room” Receives Mixed Reviews After Venice Premiere

Former Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis and his wife Danae Stratou walked on the red carpet of the Venice Film Festival on Saturday for the premiere of the film "Adults in the Room" together with director Costa-Gavras and the...

Venice Film Festival to Honor Costa-Gavras

It was announced recently that the 76th International Film Festival of Venice will honor the Greek-French director Costa-Gavras with its ''Glory to the Filmmaker Prize'' on August 31. Costa-Gavras will receive this prestigious award for his latest film, titled ''Adults...

Costa-Gavras Honored by European Film Academy (video)

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...

Costa-Gavras to Receive Lifetime Honor at European Film Awards

Greek director Costa-Gavras will receive an award for lifetime achievement at this year's European Film Awards. The legendary filmmaker who directed classics such as "Missing", "Z", "Music Box" and "Betrayed", will be honored by the European Film Academy at the...

Greek Director Costas Gavras Honored at Cannes Film Festival

The film festival in Cannes organized the screening of Costas Gavras' classic film “Z” on Monday, in a restored version in honor of the award-winning Greek-French film director and producer. Cannes Film Festival artistic director Thierry Frémaux praised Gavras' work for its ability to cross...

Costas Gavras Movie Used Against Turkey Twitter Ban

The ban on Twitter imposed in Turkey by Prime Minister Erdogan's government has caused intense reactions among the Turkish people, with some protesters using the work of famous Greek-French filmmaker Costas Gavras to criticize the policy. Protesters posted on the internet a...

Costas Gavras: “Stop Humiliating the Greek People”

Franco-Greek filmmaker Costas Gavras met yesterday with the French socialists MPs and asked the French politicians to hear out “a prayer to stop humiliating the Greek people, who are suffering a lot.” “France can do much better than this” Mr....

Gavras “Directs” Emek Theater Protest

Following a warning that the peaceful Emek Theater protests on April 7 were unauthorized, Turkish police started spraying water at the group along with tear gas, according to witnesses, the newspaper Hurriyet reported. Among the group of thousands of protesters...

Gavras Honoree For Sofia Film Festival

Greek-born naturalized French filmmaker, Costa Gavras, is going to be honored with Sofia’s Film Festival Award in the Bulgarian capital. Gavras is a special guest at the 17th edition of the event which opened to the public on March...

Video Directed by Romain Gavras Causes Backlash in France

Romain Gavras, son of director Costa Gavras, is a Greek-French filmmaker not so beloved by French officials. The 31-year-old director makes both long and short films, as well as videos, showing the violent "battles" taking place in downtown Paris...

Famous Greek Singer Maria Farantouri to Perform in Istanbul

Famous Greek singer and political activist Maria Farantouri will perform to Istanbul fans at Harbiye Open-Air Theater on August 2 to celebrate composer Mikis Theodorakis' 90th birthday. Theodorakis is known as Greece’s top living composer, famous for the 1964 classic "Zorba the Greek"...

Greece Honored at 29th Moscow International Book Fair

The 29th Moscow International Book Fair (MIBF) kicked off on September 7 and runs through to September 11 at the VDNKh, one of the most popular venues in Moscow. There are 600 events on the agenda with 500 publishing...

Panorama of Contemporary Greek Cinema in Paris

After a four-year absence, the Panorama of Contemporary Greek Cinema returns to Paris at the Balzac Cinema from March 20 to 25, with a selection of the Greek cinema's best moments during the past two years. The 7th edition of...