Tag: Greek Cinema

Blessed with an array of interview opportunities for Georgia Michailidi’s short film ‘Diane Keaton‘ for the 5th Femme Filmmakers Festival, the lead actress Margarita Siotou…

Everything we learn in life comes from the way we are brought into the world, and how our parents teach us. From the accents we…

Dogtooth comes from the warped mind of Yorgos Lanthimos, who divided audiences with last years brilliantly wonderful, if not disturbing film The Killing of a…

Costas Ferris’ extraordinary, sinfully under-seen, Rembetiko from 1983, begins and ends with the music. Literally. Your ears are in for a real Greek treat – baglamas,…

“[Abbas] Kiarostami gave the Iranian cinema the international credibility that it has today. But his films were unfortunately not seen as much in Iran. He…

“I hope to build a house with my films. Some of them are the cellar, some are the walls, and some are the windows. But…

“The heart-wrenching musical drama unfolds as (Costas) Ferris – a respected songwriter – uses the rembetiko as a source of pride amid the chaos. The…

“I also wanted to express the strength of cinema to hide reality, while being entertaining. Cinema can fill in the empty spaces of your life…

Argyris Papadimitropoulos is an okay director, nothing spectacular, we knew that already. Makis Papadimitriou already proved himself in the recent Chevalier so I wasn’t too…