LoockMe at the 76th Cannes Film Festival
EKOME and the Greek Film Centre hosted this year’s Greek pavilion welcoming Thessaloniki International Film Festival and the Drama International Short Film Festival with the aim of further strengthening the joint effort for the promotion of Greek filmmakers...
The shooting of the movie “Killer Heat” in Crete
Crete is expected to shoot scenes of the movie "Killer Heat", starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Celine Woodley and Richard Madden. In particular, as neakriti reports, movie sets are to be set up in Sitia, Agios Nikolaos, as well as along the northern tourist axis from...
New Media Asset Management platform of the LoockMe project is under development
The LoockMe project is under development, the main object of which is the creation of a Media Asset Management platform that will be offered in the computing cloud and will enable a unified and intelligent search and exploitation of the material The LoockMe project...
Hollywood’s Retelling of Homer’s Odyssey to Film in Greece this Spring
Ralph Fiennes and Juliette Binoche will reunite on screen for the first time in 25 years when they will star in a new take on Homer’s ancient classic “The Odyssey” called “The Return” as directed by Uberto Pasolini. Production on “The Return” will kick off in Greece...
Skopelos Among World’s Most Iconic Film Locations, Says Survey
Thanks to its success as a filming location, Skopelos is ranked among the world’s ten most popular tourist destinations based on a survey of internet searches and social media shares, according to the UK’s Mirror newspaper, which quotes a recent study. Included on the...
Chiliadou Beach winning the EUFCN Location Award 2022 for “Triangle of Sadness”
The Greek Film Centre is especially happy to announce that Chiliadou Beach has won the EUFCN Location Award for 2022. Most of the film was shot on Chiliadou Beach. Ruben Ostlund’s “Triangle of Sadness” went on to win the Palme D’Or in the 2022 Cannes Competition and...
First Greek Series To Make Netflix Debut
“Maestro”, the highly successful Greek series of director and actor Christoforos Papakaliatis that is currently airing on Mega channel, is coming to Netflix. The popular streaming platform recently bought the worldwide rights, as announced on Tuesday.
In four years, 270 productions in Greece generated a turnover of 492 million euros
Without incentives, it is not easy to advance investments, at any level. In Greece, everything changed in 2018 with the introduction of incentives such as cash rebates and tax relief, related to television and film productions, which provide the opportunity to promote...
Investments of 500 million euros and 70,000 jobs in audiovisual productions
Attracting foreign investment is now easier to strengthen the audiovisual production sector, after the success recorded in attracting producers from all over the world and the inclusion of 273 projects in the incentives of the National Center for Audiovisual Media and...
Greek Cinema Is Having a Moment
With five films in the fest lineup, Greece is experiencing its strongest showing in years, and insiders say the current boom
Greece, endless possibilities
At the Makers (p.70-72) featured an article with the title Greece, endless possibilities
Have we become Hollywood without realizing it?
Have we become Hollywood without realizing it?