Film Commission invites photographers to showcase Greece

People often throw ideas around about cheap and easy ways of boosting foreign investment in movie production in Greece. So what incentives do exist that could persuade international producers to shoot films here instead of elsewhere?

Right now, Greece's high taxes and masses of red tape act as a deterrent, while there have also been reports of financial disputes when it comes to co-productions, but there are hopes that the reformed Film Commission - a part of the Greek Film Center - will help resolve some of these issues.

In the meantime, however, there is one advantage the country does have over its competitors and that is its unique cinematic landscapes, and the Film Commission is focusing on this in a new initiative that challenges photographers to produce an image capable of selling Greece as a film location.

In a recent announcement, the Commission...