Category: Interviews

🎥President of ASIFA Hellas Konstantinos P. Kakarountas speaks to Greek News Agenda about the future of Hellenic animation production, the challenges it faces, and the opportunities that have now emerged for professionals in the the industry

🎞 Los Angeles Greek Film Festival 2025

GIANNIS IN THE CITIES, directed by Eleni Alexandrakis, triumphed as the recipient of both the Best Film Orpheus Award and Audience Award; WISHBONE director Penny Panayiotopoulou got the Best Director Orpheus Award while RIVIERA lead actress Eva Samioti received the Best Performance Orpheus Award; Orpheus Awards for Best Documentary went to PANELLINION, directed by Spyros Mantazavinos and Kostas Antarachas, Best Short Film to 11:01 by Jimi Drosinos, Best Animation Film to THE THREE SISTERS by Timur Kognov. KYUKA BEFORE SUMMER’S END directed by Kostis Charamountanis, Filippos Ferentinos’ THE LAST NOMAD, Yiannis Christoforou’s UNDERGROUND won Special Jury Recognition Awards in the feature, documentary and animation categories respectively; Steve Krikris’ SUPER PARADISE and Abdrew Tippie’s ULTIMATELY CLEANSED got the Audience Awards in the documentary and short film categories respectively.
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📚📚On the occasion of the publication of her first short story collection in Greek "The ones that stayed behind" (Εκδόσεις Πόλις, 2024), speculative fiction writer Atalanti Evripidou spoke to Reading Greece about the book, heavily inspired by Greek history and folklore, and the way speculative fiction helps us reimagine reality.

"Reimagining reality is what writers do best, particularly writers of speculative fiction: we speculate. We look at what is and consider what could be. I’ve always been of the opinion that what sets artists apart is that we’re able to see the wounds in the world and we’re filled with a deep need to heal them. We do that by sharing our vision of the reality, hoping that, if enough readers get it, we could actually change the world. Literature isn’t simply the telling of stories to achieve aesthetic pleasure. It is also an act of defiance and a challenge. An invitation, if you will, to consider and work towards a different reality – a better reality".