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Universal acquires Evan Spiliotopoulos’ Genghis Khan script

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After the smashing success of Evan Spiliotopoulos’ most recent screenwriting effort, the live-action film version of “Beauty and the Beast”, Universal has acquired the rights to his newest script, an action-adventure film centering on an epic hunt for the elusive tomb of Genghis Khan. Executive...

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“Kazantzakis” traveled and impressed Crete in the presence of the President of the Republic

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With the highly honorable presence of the President of the Republic Prokopis Pavlopoulos and the screening of scenes from Yannis Smaragdis’ new film KAZANTZAKIS, the crown of events for the great Cretan writer was completed. The event was organised by the General Secretariat for Greeks...

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Behind the soundtracks of successful TV series

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[:el] Alexandra Patsavas Rosenfeld is a music supervisor who has worked on over sixty films and television series, most notably “The Twilight Saga”, “The O.C.”, “Grey’s Anatomy” and “Gossip Girl”. She was born in 1968 in Chicago and she’s of Greek descent. In 1990, she...

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Stathis Psaltis for the movie”Kazantzakis”

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[:el] The last role of Stathis Psaltis was in the film “Nikos Kazantzakis”, in which the beloved actor performs the abbot of the Sinai Monastery. Stathis Psaltis, who died at the age of 66, did not get to see the new film directed by Yannis...

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Manos Hadjidakis was born on October 23, 1925, in Xanthi, a tobacco-growing town near the northern border of Greece. His father, Yorgos Hadjidakis, a lawyer, hailed from Myrthio, the prefecture of Rethymnon, Crete. His mother, Aliki (Vasiliki), nee Arvanitidou, came from Adrianople. In the words...

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Lanthimos & Philippou win Best Screenplay Award

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[:el] Yorgos Lanthimos and Efthimis Filippou won at the international film festival of Cannes, earning the Best Screenplay Award for the film “The Killing of a Sacred Deer”. They shared the prize at the 70th version of the festival in southern France with the writers...

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Jim Gianopulos appointed Chairman and CEO of Paramount Pictures

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[:el] Viacom Inc. has announced the appointment of Jim Gianopulos as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Paramount Pictures, effective April 3, 2017. Gianopulos will report directly to Bob Bakish, President and Chief Executive Officer of Viacom. In his role as Chairman and CEO of...

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A Greek movie among the 15 best of the year

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[:el] Newsweek presents the best movies of 2016. The 15 best movies selected by its editors. Among them in the 11th place is a Greek movie, The Lobster. Newsweek mentions about the awarded movie: “This meditation on modern love, by Greek director Yorgos Lanthimos, sticks...

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Costa Gavras honored in Greek Film Festival in Berlin

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[:el] Costa Gavras is the guest of honor in Greek Cinema festival in Berlin, which will take place in Berlin in January 2017. The acclaimed director will attend the opening ceremony of the festival on January 18 and will be honored for his contribution to Greece...

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Famous producer, director and screenwriter

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[:el] Penelope Spheeris is a famous producer, film director and screenwriter. She became known when she directed the trilogy “The Decline of Western Civilization” as well as other films like “Wayne’s World” and others. Spheeris was born on 2 December 1945 in New Orleans, Louisiana...

Universal acquires Evan Spiliotopoulos’ Genghis Khan script

“Kazantzakis” traveled and impressed Crete in the presence of the President of the Republic

Behind the soundtracks of successful TV series

Stathis Psaltis for the movie”Kazantzakis”

Lanthimos & Philippou win Best Screenplay Award

Jim Gianopulos appointed Chairman and CEO of Paramount Pictures

A Greek movie among the 15 best of the year

Costa Gavras honored in Greek Film Festival in Berlin

Famous producer, director and screenwriter

Giorgos Kougioumtzidis – The first Greek “golden” World Champion in wrestling

Lucas Samaras – The Greek “father” of selfies

From doctor in Australia, to Hollywood famous director

The most distinguished sculptor of modern Greece

Gerasimos Sklavos – The Greek Sculptor Who Praised the Light and Left...

Greek Students and University Pupils at the Top of Global Robotics

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