This document provides information about Greek films and filmmakers. It discusses the famous Greek actress Katina Paxinou who won an Oscar for her role in "For Whom the Bell Tolls." It also mentions the 2006 film "300" based on the Battle of Thermopylae and displays ancient Greek ideals. The composer Vangelis is discussed who won an Oscar for the soundtrack of "Chariots of Fire." Additional films mentioned include "My Daughter the Socialist" and "Mamma Mia!" which was filmed in Greece.

1. Greek films or films inspired by
Greece

2. Katina Paxinou
Kat i na Paxi nou (1900-1973)
i s a f amous Greek act res s
She became f amous i n
London, Frankf urt , Berl i n
and Broadway i n New York.
The Ameri can ci nema
academy gave her t he Os car
f or t he movi e cal l ed as
“For whomt he bel l t ol l s ”.

3. “For whom the bell tolls”

4. a touch
of
spice

5. It is a movie based on a true story. It is the story of
the director Tasos Boulmetis, who is from
Constantinople ( Istanbul), deals with the issue of
the persecution suffered by the Turkish authorities
to the Greeks of Constantinople in 1964.
By Konstantinos
Arampatzis
Theme of the
movie

6. 300 is a 2006 American epic fantasy war
film based on the battle of Thermopylae within
the Persian Wars, in which the ancient Greek
ideals are displayed in a marvelous way.
By Christos Alexoudis

7. The composer Vangelis
Papathanasiou
 Vangelis Papathanassiou (aka Vangelis) was
born 29 March 1943 in Greece in a village near
Volos.
 He didn’t study music, he was a self-taught
artist. He started composing at the age of 4.

8. HONOURS N' LEGACY
 In 1989 received Max Steiner Award. France made Vangelis
a Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters in 1992, and Chevalier
de la Legion d’ Honneur in 2001. In 1993 received music award
Apollo by Friends of the Athens National Opera Society. In 1995,
Vangelis had a minor planet named after him (6354 Vangelis) by
the International Astronomical Union’s Minor Planet Center
(MPC) at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
 He got the largest honor at the age of 39 when he won the
academy award for the best soundtrack from the 1982 movie
“Chariots of fire” . You can hear the song from the movie
bellow:
THANASIS ZILIASKOPOULOS
RAFAEL GALAGANIDIS
APOSTOLOS DIMOPPOULO

9. My Daughter, the Socialist (Greek: Η
κόρη μου η σοσιαλίστρια) is a 1966
Greek comedy film directed by Alekos
Sakellarios. By George Zyntzikis

10. Manos Hatzidakis was a Greek composer .In 1960 he received an Academy
Award for Best Original Song ,for his song Never on Sunday from the film of
the same name.
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Do you know about Manos Hatzidakis?

11. Listen to the music!
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12. ●
A film shot in the Greek island of
Scopelos and in Pelion the
mountain of Centaurs in central
Greece
●
In November 2008, Mamma
Mia! became the fastest-selling
DVD of all time in the UK,
according to Official UK Charts
Company figures. .
By george vogiatzhs
DID YOU KNOW ?

13. DID YOU KNOW ?
That i n 1947 t he Greek- Ameri can
di rect or El i a Kazan won t he Os car f or
bes t di rect i ng wi t h t he movi e
«Gent l eman's Agreement » wi t h Gregory
Pek .

14. Gentleman's Agreement
 By Petrianna Ziliaskopoyloy
 And Theodora Theodosiou

15. DID YOU KNOW??
Giorgos Lanthimos was born in
Athens.He studied directing for
film and television at Hellenic
Cinema and Television School
Stavrakos in Athens. Through
the 90s he directed a series of
videos for Greek dance-theater
companies
.

16.  The script for his fifth film The Lobster was
awarded with the ARTE International Award as
Best CineMart Project for 2013 at the 42nd
Rotterdam International Film Festival .The
film was selected to compete for the Palme
d'Or at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival and won
the Jury Prize.
 And last but not least, in a few days we
will know if he will be an Academy
Award Winner !!!
Azdaridou Katerina
Arvanith Irene

17. Thank you for watching!!!
We almost forgot!
'Before Midnight'
starring Ethan
Hawk was filmed in
the Peloponese
coast, in Southern
Greece