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The Greek government has announced plans to initiate licensing agreements for national private channels which broadcast in an unencoded, “free-to-air” format. An international call for offers was launched, with bidding open until July 4th. Only four high definition broadcast licenses will be allocated, although at present the country has eight private channels. So at least …
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After four award-winning short films, the Belgian-Kurdish director Sahim Omar Kalifa began shooting his first feature film, “Zagros” in early May. For Kalifa it’s a long-standing project: in late 2013 he received the prize for best pitch when he presented the story of “Zagros” at the Arras International Film Festival, giving him funding to develop …
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Agora, the professional section of the Thessaloniki International Film Festival, has opened the 2016 application call for its three programmes: – The Agora Film Market, a place of exchange between producers, helping them promote their films being shown at the festival. The closing date is September 16th. – Crossroads, a co-production forum helping producers and …
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On March 28th Greek and Romanian cinema professionals honoured their colleagues by giving awards respectively to “Wednesday 04:45” and “Aferim!”. In Athens, the Hellenic Film Academy voted overwhelmingly for Alexis Alexiou’s thriller “Wednesday 04:45”. This co-production, made with German and Israeli finance, won no fewer than 9 Iris Awards (13 nominations), including Best Film, Best …
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On March 18th Yves Bigot, head of TV5 Monde , was in Athens to sign a partnership agreement with the Greek public service broadcaster, ERT. Under the agreement, the French-language channel’s signal will now be available on all the Greek DTT networks. In a statement, TV5Monde estimated 4.5 million Greek households will be able to …
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Following Dmitry Eipides’ resignation, which he announced in January, the Thessaloniki Festival’s Board of Directors have appointed Elise Jalladeau to run the event. Madame Jalladeau is French but knows Greece very well, since she was broadcasting attaché to the French Embassy in Athens, organizing a French Film Festival in the Greek capital. From 2011 to …
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On November 27th Millimages, a French production and distribution company specializing in animation, formally presented two television series to ERT, the Greek public broadcaster which reopened its doors in June. Both series target pre-school audiences: “Mouk” (104 11-minute episodes) and “Didou, dessine-moi” (117 7-minute episodes). In a statement, Roch Lener’s company explained it wants to …
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