Author: Athanasios Koutoupas
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‘The Lobster’ nabs Best Screenplay at Los Angeles Film Critics Association awards
Starring Colin Farrell and Rachel Weisz, “The Lobster” is also directed by Lanthimos (“Dogtooth,” “Alps”), hailed as a leading proponent of the so-called Weird Wave of cinema. The action is set in a fictional world where single people or those who have lost their mates must find love during a hotel “dating game” or be…
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Hurghada witnesses the opening of Egypt’s first miniature city
Mini Egypt Park is the first Egyptian miniature park, located in Hurghada. Due to the sheer size of the country and the vast distances between many of these real-world landmarks, tourists do not often get the opportunity to visit all of them. The park affords tourists the opportunity, in a sense, to visit all of…
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Thessaloniki International Film Festival: Continuity and change
This was the first edition under the new leadership of Élise Jalladeau as General Director and Orestis Andreadakis as Artistic Director. The Opening ceremony pointed to their vision to bring a forward-looking energy to the festival without altering its core identity. Taking place a day earlier than the usual Friday start, the two directors’ speeches underlined the embrace…
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Promoting Social and Solidarity Economy in Greece
The term Social and Solidarity Economy (SSE) refers to a broad range of organizations that are distinguished from conventional for-profit enterprises by two core features. First, they have explicit social (and often environmental) objectives. Second, they involve varying forms of co-operative, associative and solidarity relations. They include, for example, cooperatives, mutual associations, women’s self-help groups, social enterprise…