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Russian Film Crew Making a Movie in International Space Station

A Russian film crew is making their next movie in space, arriving at the International Space Station Tuesday morning. The actress landed on the International Space Station on Tuesday. The crew consists of actress Yulia Peresild, film director Klim...

Exhibition Commemorates Istanbul-Based Greek Movie Professionals

Istanbul Turvak Cinema-Theater Museum and Art Library, are honoring the Greeks of Istanbul's cinema industry with an exhibition as part of the 100th anniversary of the Turkish cinema. The exhibition, which will be held until June 29, entitled "Istanbul'un Rum...

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...

Two Greek Movies in Porto Festival

Two Greek films will compete in Portugal, in the 34th International Film Festival of Porto (FantasPorto), that will be held from February 28 to March 9. The short film "Pass" by Lampros Georgopoulos will compete in the official competitive section while...

Italian Movie Based on Relationship of Panagoulis-Fallaci

The relationship of the Greek politician Alexandros Panagoulis with Italian journalist Oriana Fallaci is the main theme of the Italian TV movie La vita di Oriana Fallaci (“The Life of Oriana Fallaci”) which will be screened next October in...

Greek Movie Awarded in Berlin Film Festival

The Greek film "At Home," Athanasios Karanikolas' first feature film, which was screened in the Forum of the 64th Berlin Film Festival, won the Ecumenical Jury prize. The film presents the story of Nadia (Maria Kallimani), a woman from Georgia who...

New Movie on Onassis’s Life to be Shot in Croatia Instead of Greece

Brazilian director Fernando Meireles will start shooting his new movie titled “Nemesis” on Aristotle Onassis’s adventurous life this coming October. According to an article published by the world-class cinema magazine Screen International, Croatia will be “replacing” Greece, as scenes originally...

13 Greek Movies to be Presented in Berlin!

The Hellenic Cultural Institute of Berlin and Greek Film Center have organized a film festival with Greek movies in Berlin. Arsenal cinema presents, until May 30, 13 modern Greek movies filmed from 2009 through 2012. Despite the financial crisis, these...

Greek Movies Enter Berlinale 2012 Competition

The 62nd Berlin International Film Festival opened on Thursday, February 9, with the world premiere of the French production “Les adieux a la Reine” (Farewell my Queen) by director Benoït Jacquot, starring Diane Kruger. The first big-scale film festival of...

European Leaders Star in Classic Movies

The world’s leading movie magazine of the UK asked its readers to let their imagination flourish and upload their own movie-version of the Eurozone crisis. More particularly, movie fans were called to express their personal opinion on the financial crisis...

40th Int’l Film Festival Rotterdam Opens with Greek Movie “Wasted Youth”

The 40th International Film Festival Rotterdam will open on the evening of January 26th with the world premiere of the Greek movie " Wasted Youth". It is worth mentioning that this is the first time that a Greek movie...

Presentation of the movie “The city of miracles” in Turkey

The collaboration between Greeks and Turkish people of the cinema is probably the most important one between the two nations, because it’s based on the cinema’s people initiative and not on the politicians’ one, underlined the famous writer Petros...

Famous Greek Singer Vicky Leandros Falls Off Stage in Germany

World famous Greek singer Vicky Leandros tripped and fell off the stage during a concert in Hanover, Germany on Friday night. According to German newspaper Bild, the Greek singer suddenly fell off the stage while singing one of her biggest...

Craco: The Greek Ghost Town in Italy’s Magna Graecia

Craco, a ghost town in Italy, located in the province of Matera about twenty-five miles inland from the Gulf of Taranto, was once inhabited by Greeks. The medieval village of Craco in Magna Graecia is typical of the hill towns of...

Paris Bedbugs Soar Before 2024 Olympics

A bedbug problem is spreading in Paris and other cities in France, causing fear of insects and concerns about safety prior to the upcoming Olympic Games. What's happening is that there have been more reports of bedbugs in Paris in...