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Global Film Studio has decided its feature-length documentary on the films of Italian director Bruno Pischiutta will be made in Greece. The company has announced that as soon as restrictions on international travel are eased, production of Retrospective should begin there. Retrospective traces the career of Bruno Pischiutta. Actor, director, producer, he has won many …
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On June 5th, World Environment Day, Plastic Free Archipelago was broadcast in prime time on ERT2. It is the first Greek documentary to tackle the subject of disposable plastics and the pollution they cause in the seas around Greece. From the Cyclades Islands to the Gulf of Aegina, via Patras and Athens, the film-maker follows …
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ERT, Greek public television, has just announced which Greek productions and co-productions will receive financial support. The total amount of funding is €714,000 – to comply with the rule that broadcasters give 1.5% of their gross income to Greek cinema. The Greek broadcasting company will support twelve projects. Among the selected feature films there are …
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Like all audiovisual industries across the planet, Greece has had difficulties since the beginning of the year due to the Covid-19 crisis. The Ministry of Culture has passed resolutions to help the sector, setting up, for example, an emergency fund of €15 million. The Greek Cinema Centre (GFC) also wanted to play its part by …
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At the beginning of March the organisers of the Thessalonika International Film Festival (TIFF) announced they were postponing the event, but would maintain certain activities online, such as Agora. In a bid to keep its cultural activity alive the TIFF commissioned eight Greek directors to make short films from their homes. The “Species of Spaces” …
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Although the 22nd Thessaloniki Documentary Film Festival was postponed (originally scheduled from March 5th to 15th), some of its activities, such as the development forum Agora, took place anyway. The Agora Doc Market took place entirely online and so various film projects have received financial support, among them several Mediterranean projects: The Italian film A …
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Scheduled from March 5th to 15th, this year’s Thessaloniki Documentary Festival has been postponed until the end of May or early June 2020. In a press release, the organisers of the 22nd TDF explained the decision had been taken in the light of the WHO’s latest recommendations about the coronavirus. Their first concern is to …
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