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Yorgos Lanthimos – Seven Minutes of Applause at the Premiere of His New Film

Aris C.29/08/202529/08/2025

29/08/202529/08/2025

With a standing ovation lasting almost seven minutes, the audience of the Venice Film Festival welcomed Yorgos Lanthimos and the cast of his new film “Bugonia”, which had its world premiere on August 28 at the 82nd Venice International Film Festival. The screening at the...

Famous Greeks

A great theatre man who has left a huge interpretive legacy

Kostas30/05/202431/05/2024

30/05/202431/05/2024

Last Saturday, the Greek theatre became poorer after the death of a great actor, director and teacher, George Michalakopoulos, who was among the leading actors of his generation and beyond. A man with a huge intellectual load, a teacher of the National Theatre with a...

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He directed the new Gucci campaign

Kostas30/05/202431/05/2024

30/05/202431/05/2024

After collaborating on the “Oviparity” edition, Gucci again commissioned Yorgos Lanthimos for its Spring-Summer 2020 collection. The creation of the collaboration was impressive, as the award-winning Greek director is renowned for his ability to create peculiar worlds in his films. A different clip...

Myths

The great Master of theater (1908-1987)

Kostas30/05/202431/05/2024

30/05/202431/05/2024

Karolos Koun, the great art creator and educator of the theater, had been awarded many times as a man of letters, arts and sciences, while his relationship with ancient drama wrote one of the greatest chapters in the history of the new Greek theater. He...

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The first Greek director to be awarded with a Palme d’Or for a short film

Kostas30/05/202431/05/2024

30/05/202431/05/2024

For the best short film at the 72nd Cannes Festival, the Greek director Vasilis Kekatos, who is the creator of three more films, was awarded the Palme d’Or for his fourth creation, “The Distance Between Heaven and Us”, which also won the Queer Palm Best...

Myths

The pioneer of independent American cinema

Kostas30/05/202431/05/2024

30/05/202431/05/2024

[:el]Giannis Cassavetes was one of the founders of independent American cinema, the pioneer of self-financing and self-distribution of films in cinemas, which paved the way for all independent filmmakers, helping them break the ties with dependence by Hollywood and its extreme control of production. He...

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Alexander Payne talks about his new movie

Kostas30/05/202431/05/2024

30/05/202431/05/2024

Alexander Payne gave an interview to Associated Press regarding his new movie “Downsizing”. The article is entitled «In a shrinking Hollywood, Payne aims big in ‘Downsizing’». Read segments below: There are rituals to an Alexander Payne production. Movie nights on Wednesdays during pre-production at Payne’s...

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Smaragdis’ “Kazantzakis” impressed at the premiere

Kostas30/05/202431/05/2024

30/05/202431/05/2024

[:el] After the glorious premiere in Crete, the cinematic journey of Yannis Smaragdis’ film, KAZANTZAKIS, culminated on Monday, November 20th at the Pallas Theater, where its official premiere took place. The film will be screened on Thursday, November 23, in cinemas across the country. Ellines.com supported...

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The “Kazantzakis” movie by Smaragdis in South Africa

Kostas30/05/202431/05/2024

30/05/202431/05/2024

[:el] Yiannis Smaragdis visited South African expatriates, showcasing excerpts from the highly anticipated film “Nikos Kazantzakis”. The events were organized with the care of the Greek Embassy in Pretoria and the Johannesburg Annex Lyceum of Greek Women. The Greek director presented excerpts from his new creation,...

Achievements

Famous producer, director and screenwriter

Kostas30/05/202431/05/2024

30/05/202431/05/2024

[: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...

Yorgos Lanthimos – Seven Minutes of Applause at the Premiere of His New Film

A great theatre man who has left a huge interpretive legacy

He directed the new Gucci campaign

The great Master of theater (1908-1987)

The first Greek director to be awarded with a Palme d’Or for a short film

The pioneer of independent American cinema

Alexander Payne talks about his new movie

Smaragdis’ “Kazantzakis” impressed at the premiere

The “Kazantzakis” movie by Smaragdis in South Africa

Famous producer, director and screenwriter

The man who mapped the human brain

Dr. Ioanna (Joan) Vernikos – The first Greek female scientist at NASA

Katerina Gogou – The carefree girl of Greek cinema who was anything...

Rania Bellou – The artist of memory

Alec Issigonis – The Greek behind the legendary Mini Cooper

Metsovo – An Autumn Fairytale in the Pindus

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