First Chinese Film Week kicks off in Athens, cooperation anticipated

Greek Culture Deputy Minister Angela Gerekou delivers a speech during the opening ceremony of the Chinese Film Week in Athens, capital of Greece, on Sept 15, 2014. The first Chinese Film Week in Greece kicked off in Athens on Monday, which aimed to introduce wider Greek audiences to modern Chinese movies. [Photo/Xinhua]

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The eleven-member delegation of officials and artists to Athens headed by Tong Gang held a series of meetings with their Greek counterparts before the opening ceremony of the Chinese Film Week and explored the prospects of bilateral cooperation in the film sector.

The two sides discussed an agreement to expand collaboration in this field through joint film productions and exchanging programs between the two state broadcasters, as well as cooperation of the Greek and Chinese Film Archives, and the Film Festivals of Thessaloniki, Beijing and Shanghai.

The success of the Greek film "Mikra Agglia" by Pantelis Voulgaris at the international festival of Shanghai this June also paved the way for strengthening bilateral cooperation in the film sector.

The film received the Golden Goblet for best film, direction and best actress and will be the first Greek film to be distributed in China.

Maria Komninos, General Secretary of the Board of Directors of the Greek Film Archive, noted that the timing is excellent, since Chinese cinema has great dynamic and Greek cinema an upturn course in recent years.

The Greek Film Archive Foundation is a non-profit cultural organization whose purpose over the past six decades is the research, collection, conservation and promotion of the Greek and international film heritage.