Greece: Talented, independent filmmakers? Rejected. Visionary projects? Ignored. But Our Wild Days? That got the golden ticket.
By Hector Alejandro Morales, Film Industry Watch contributor and Greek industry insider. The latest film from Vasilis Kekatos was funded with 488.596,99 € from the Cash Back Financing initiative in Greece (EKOME) and an additional 23
Greece is open for business — just don’t expect to get paid!
How Corruption and Cronyism at EKOMED Threaten to Derail Greece’s Film Renaissance By Eugenio R. Bregman a Film Industry Watch contributor and Greek film industry insider. Update: A response by EKOMED has been made here. Greece’s thriving film in
Greece’s Film Industry Collapse: Missing Millions, Broken Promises, and a Deafening Silence
By Eugenio R. Bergman, Film Industry Watch contributor and Greek film industry insider. The Money’s Gone. The Industry’s Collapsing. And Nobody’s Talking. For the past ten months, the complete shutdown of funding for film and television pr
Politics, Power & the Bonfire of Vanities: The 2027 (!) European Film Academy Event in Athens
By Eugenio R. Bergman, a Film Industry Watch contributor and Greek film industry insider. TL;DR version – The ethical issue at hand is that a committee member involved in voting for the Oscars submission had previously worked for a fee with the
Συνεχίζεται το τέλμα στον ελληνικό κινηματογράφο!
Του Έκτορ Αλεχάντρο Μοράλες, συνεργάτη του Film Industry Watch και γνώστη της ελληνικής βιομηχανίας. (By Hector Alejandro Morales, Film Industry Watch contributor and Greek industry
Decadence & Dysfunction: A Call for Greek Film Reform
By Hector Alejandro Morales, Film Industry Watch contributor and Greek industry insider. Following our publication of the article “Corruption and Decadence in the Greek Film Center”, which exposed the cartel-like operations behind
Berlinale Invites Greek Director Vasilis Kekatos, Sparking Industry Outrage
In a move that stunned the Greek film industry, the Berlin Film Festival has invited director Vasilis Kekatos to premiere Our Wildest Days, his first feature, at the festival. This invitation follows the director’s failure to secure a slot at Canne
Καταγγελίες για Διαφθορά και Παρακμή στο Ελληνικό Κέντρο Κινηματογράφου
Καινούργιο σκάνδαλο σύγκρουσης συμφερόντων και οικονομικών ατασθαλιών αποκαλύπτεται μετά από έρευνα – Ο Βασίλης Κεκάτος κα
Καταγγελλίες για Διαφθορά και Παρακμή στο Ελληνικό Κέντρο Κινηματογράφου
Σύντομη εκδοχή – Σας συστήνουμε να διαβάσετε την πλήρη και πιο λεπτομερή έκδοση αυτού του άρθρου, η οποία είναι διαθέσιμη εδώ. A sh
Alleged Corruption and Decadence at the Greek Film Center – Short version
More conflicts of interest and financial scandal emerges – filmmakers who reviewed and evaluated proposals for the Greek Film Center, received financial support in the same call & other scandals in the Greek film industry spanning 2020 to
Alleged Corruption and Decadence at the Greek Film Center (FULL ARTICLE)
More conflicts of interest and financial scandal emerges – filmmakers who reviewed and evaluated proposals for the Greek Film Center, received financial support in the same call & other scandals in the Greek film industry spanning 2020
GREECE: “Oscar Selection Chaos” – Real Story Ignored by Local and Global Media
As reported in Variety and Deadline, the Hellenic Film Academy, Greece’s national cinema organization, has expressed its “outrage” and is demanding clarification from the Ministry of Culture following a series of “chaotic̶
Wim Vanacker & Vassilis Kekatos – a two way relationship dating back to 2018
Thanks to readers contribution, and in an update to Conflict of Interest Taints 2019 Cannes Palme d’Or Award, it has been revealed that the relationship between Cannes’ Selection Committee Wim Vanacker, the 2019 Palme d’Or winner Vassil
Conflit d’intérêts entache le prix de la Palme d’Or 2019 du court métrage “La distance entre le ciel et nous” de Vasilis Kekatos
Figures clés liées au film grec primé Une révélation surprenante fait surface : de nouvelles preuves suggèrent qu’un conflit d’intérêts a entaché la sélection officielle du Festival de Cannes 2019 pour les courts métrages et le
Conflict of Interest Taints 2019 Cannes Palme d’Or Award for The Distance Between Us and the Sky by Vasilis Kekatos, Guillaume Dreyfus, Eleni Kossyfidou
Key Figures Connected in Award-Winning Greek Film Evidence suggests a conflict of interest marred the 2019 Cannes Film Festival’s Official Selection for Short Films, and the award itself. The Palme d’Or went to the Greek short film ‘
Σύγκρουση συμφερόντων αμαυρώνει το βραβείο Χρυσού Φοίνικα του Φεστιβάλ Καννών για το 2019 για την ελληνική ταινία μικρού μήκους Η απόσταση ανάμεσα στον ουρανό κι εμάς του Βασίλη Κεκάτου.
Λάβετε υπόψη ότι αυτή είναι μια παλιά έκδοση αυτού του άρθρου. Το πιο ενημερωμένο, είναι αυτό στα αγγλικά Πρόσωπα κλειδιά που συνδέονται