3rd Argo Film Festival
What you’ve heard is true! Although it might have seemed like a joke, it really wasn’t. Vollywood has a sense of humor but is dead serious as well! Nights with Hollywood glamour were experienced in 2010 and 2011 in the beautiful city of Volos, during the 1st and 2nd Argo Film festival, based on an [...]
Athens Film Festival Conn-X
Good cinema as antidote to the crisis
At movie theaters Apollon Cinemax Class, Attikon Cinemax Class, Danaos 1, Danaos 2 from September 09-25, 2011.
The greatest movie event of Athens is planning this year’s program as an antidote to misery of our days, believing that cinema is the most optimistic form of art. The art of [...]
The Flight of the Swan
Award winning director, Nikos Tzimas (Moscow International Film Festival) weaves a tale of a young idealist who slowly turns into the person he despised. The film opens during the final days of the military dictatorship in Greece with three friends Alexis, Dimitris and Socrates taking part in the protest which saw students taking over the [...]
My Life in Ruins
Hollywood Premier in Athens
My Life in Ruins is a romantic comedy set amongst the ruins of ancient Greece. Georgia (Nia Vardalos) is a Greek-American tour guide who leads an assorted group of misfit tourists around Greece. Tourists who would rather buy a T-shirt than learn about history. In a hysterical clash of personalities and culture, [...]
Hollywood Goes Green
one of the largest industries in southern California, the film business has historically contributed to regional pollution levels. But many in Hollywood are committed to changing how business is conducted. Those interested in supporting the environment range from the leaders and staffs of large studios to individual actors, artists, and business people.
The Industry: Among the [...]
Film Festivals in the United States
Public Interest in and Support for Film Festivals Has Grown Throughout the United States, Giving New Filmmakers Broad Exposure and Audiences Varied Entertainment.
In the United States alone, more than 300 film festivals provide moviegoers the chance to see short and feature-length films that might otherwise miss the silver screen. And they offer independent filmmakers, [...]
The Digital Revolution
Behind the Scenes
In the history of motion pictures there have been decisive moments when a new technology changed everything. In 1927 The Jazz Singer—the first “talkie”—marked the beginning of the sound era. Suddenly, silent film stars were out and a new type of star and a new type of story were in, changing how [...]
Beyond Blockbusters
The American Movie Tradition has Always Operated Above and Below the Intellect
The late film director Richard Brooks once said, “The images come first, and with images, like music, the primary reaction is emotional.” The extraordinary popularity of movies made through the Hollywood system among audiences the world over for more than 100 years testifies to [...]
Fields of Dreams: American Sports Movies
U.S. Filmmakers Turn Repeatedly to Sports Themes to Convey Messages Much Larger Than the Stories Themselves
There are few, if any, countries in the world in which sports—not a sport but sports in general—permeate national life to the degree that they do in the United States. Sports are part of the very fabric of American [...]
Coming to America
A Multilanguage Dialogue in our Homes and Communities.
Perhaps the most interesting feature of the 79th Annual Academy Awards, held in February 2007, has been the multiple nominations of three Mexican films: Alejandro González Iñárritu’s Babel, Alfonso Cuarón’s Children of Men, and Guillermo del Toro’s Pan’s Labyrinth. The fact that only the last of these [...]
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