Greek Cinema is Self-Introducing

Panel

June 9, 2022 / 18:30

Four panelists,
General Director of the Greek Film Center, Ms. Athena Kalkopoulou -Director of Promotion/Hellas Film at the Greek Film Center, Ms. Antigoni Rota - Producer, and Ms. Afroditi Nikolaidou - Assistant professor in Film/TV studies University of Athens, present to the participants a clear picture on today’s state of filmmaking in Greece, the industry’s structure, the national policies undertaken to boost and enable film production, to challenge the market demands etc.

Each one covers a range of subjects, according to her specialty and experience, concerning: additional financial resources, competitiveness, demands of the mainstream film industry and distribution, alternative ways of seeking out new audiences and promote film culture, the role of festivals - film markets - media and marketing strategies and, the importance of media education and film studies, as well as the role of each Cinemateque, in shaping and developing new cinephile audiences.

The panel also aims at discussing today’s big cinema issues and dilemmas it faces by establishing a kind of relationship between panelists and questioners, who also express opinions and believes, and exchange knowledge and ideas to strengthen cross border collaborations by investing in coproduction and the creation of bilateral funds.

The event will take place free of charge as part of the Greek Film Days. Drop in, no reservations.

Midnight Horror Stories: The Landlord <br> Hakan Bıçakcı

Midnight Horror Stories: The Landlord
Hakan Bıçakcı

Three people sleeping side by side. On the uncomfortable seats of the stuffy airplane in the air. Three friends. I’m the friend in the window seat. The other two are a couple, Emre and Melisa. I’m alone, they are together. And another difference. I’ve only closed my eyes. They are asleep.

Los Caprichos

Los Caprichos

It can be seen how Goya gradually and constantly investigated all the technical possibilities of creative engraving from etching to lithography. 

The Search for Form

The Search for Form

A series of small and rather similar nudes Bedri Rahmi Eyüboğlu and Eren Eyüboğlu produced in the early 1930s almost resemble a ‘visual conversation’ that focus on a pictorial search. It is also possible to find the visual reflections of this earlier search in the synthesis Bedri Rahmi Eyüboğlu reached with his stylistic abstractions in the 1950s.