Venice Film Festival

Yorgos Lanthimos secured the Golden Lion, the top prize at the 80th Venice Film Festival, for his latest work, Poor Things. The film, starring Emma Stone, Willem Dafoe, and Mark Ruffalo, is an exploration of female empowerment and liberation. Adapted from...

Acclaimed Greek director Yorgos Lanthimos on Saturday won the Grand Jury Prize for his film "The Favourite" at the Venice Film Festival. Lanthimos added another award in his rich collection, this time winning second place in the prestigious film festival. The...

Alexander Payne's "Downsizing" will be screened on the opening night of the prestigious Venice Film Festival as one of the films in competition. Though it still has some time before its theatrical release, with an expected release date of December...

Hassan Moustafa was a Turkish-Cypriot goatherd whose love story inspired a movie called Akamas, directed by Greek-Cypriot Panicos Chrysanthou and presented in Venice Film Festival in 2006. Hassan Moustafa passed away on Thursday, June 24, aged 79. Hassan met his wife,...

Fresh off the buzz surrounding his award-winning drama “Miss Violence,” filmmaker Alexandros Avranas is back at work with the same team, writing a new Greek thriller.

Alexandros Avranas, the Greek director of award-winning film 'Miss Violence' talks Greek cinema and personal success in an exclusive interview. Born in Larissa, Greece, Alexandros Avranas made his way to Berlin, Germany to study Fine Arts at the Universität der...

The Greek Film, Miss Violence, directed by Alexandros Avranas was twice awarded in this year’s Venice Film Festival. Miss Violence received the FEDEORA critics’ award and the Arca award, while Themis Panou won the Coppa Volpi Award for best actor...

The official poster for the 70th Venice Film Festival was unveiled on Friday, July 5, and the image was inspired by Greek director Theodoros Angelopoulos' film, "Eternity and a Day (Mia aioniotita kai mia mera)." The 1998 drama centered on...

Austrian fans of late Greek director Theodoros Angelopoulos have the chance to watch some of his movies at the Austrian Film Museum in Vienna, from April 27 to May 7. The exhibition titled "Travels in Greece" marks news about the Greek...

Greek director Giorgos Lanthimos, who was a candidate for Best Foreign Language film at the Academy Awards with his film 'Dogtooth', will participate in September in the Venice Film Festival with his new film 'Alps'. The 68th festival will take...