2. FACTS
Greek cinema has been known throughout
the world for its unique thematology. For
many years, one of the most important
European movies are Greek ( Eternity
and a Day, Sweet Bunch, Young
Aphrodites). But the truth is that all over
the world, nobody can find what the
modern Greek cinema can provide: pure
cinematic ‘’adventures’’. The new wave
of directors is blessed with the need to
create new things and they succeed it.
3. EXAMPLES OF MODERN GREEK CINEMA (1)
1. Dogtooth ( George Lanthimos, nominated for an Academy Award for
Best Foreign Language Film).
2. Attenberg ( Athena Rachael Tsangari, won the Volpi Cup for best
performanve of the year at the Venice Film Fesstival ( Ariana Labert).
3. L ( Babis Makridis. The film became the first Greek film ever to be
nominated at the Sundance Film Festival).
4. Alpeis ( George Lanthimos. Won the Golden Osselo for Best
Screenplay at the Venice Film Festival).
5. Miss Violence ( Alexandros Avranas. Won the Volpi Cup for best
performance and the prestigious Silver Lion for Best Director).
4. EXAMPLES OF MODERN GREEK CINEMA (2)
1. Unfair World ( Phillip Tsitos. Won Best Actor ( Antonis Kafetzopoulos)
at the Locarno Film Festival and at the Chigaco Awards.
2. Strella ( Panagiotis Koutras. Won Best Actress at the Warsaw Film
Festival and nominated for the Golden Lion award at the Venice Film
Festival).
3. Λούφα και Παραλαγή( Nick Perakis. Nominated for Best International
Film at the Toronto Film Festival and for the Golden Lion award and the
Best Screenplay award at the Venice Film Festival).
4. The Spice Touch- Πολίτικη Κουζίνα ( Tassos Boulmetis. Won Best Film
at the Moscow Film Festival.)
5. What if… - Αν… (Christopher Papakaliatis. Won the Gabby Award for
Best Foreign Language Film at the New York Film Festival. It made the
last ten movies to be nominated for the Golden Globe of the same
5. BOX OFFICE
Last year, in the Greek Box-Office, we earned 130 million euros, with the
most successful movie of the year being God Loves Caviar (10 million
euros). Christopher Papakaliatis’ Αν… earned 8 million euros and came
second. It is the second most prosperous film for Greek movies since
2008, when an amount of 285 million euros was collected. It was the
year when the most successful Greek movie ever at the Box- Office
was released: El Grecko.
There the 5 most successful Greek movies:
1. El Grecko (Yannis Smaragdis. Box-office: 28 million euros.)
2. The Spice Touch ( Tassos Boulmetis.Box-office: 18 million euros.)
3. Nisos (Christos Dimas . Box-office: 14 million euros.)
4. Brides ( Pantelis Voulgaris. Box-office: 12-13 million euros.)
5. Safe Sex( Michael Reppas, Thanasis Papakonsantinou. Box-office: 12
million euros.)
Honorable mention: The 2013 film Μικρά Αγγλία has collected more than 6
million euros and will likely make it to the top 5 list.
6. MODERN GREEK CINEMA ALL OVER THE WORLD
The New York Times named George Lanthimos the
3rd best director of our time. The Daily News
named Dogtooth as the best foreign film of the
last 20 years. The Guardian, a paper which is
very interested in the modern Greek cinema,
has termed it as the "Greek Weird Wave," which
involves movies with haunting cinematography,
alienated protagonists and absurdist dialogue.
American critics seem to love every movie of
this ‘’wave’’ and one thing is for sure. Modern
Greek Cinema is here to stay.
