Panos Koutras
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Vrasidas Karalis holds the Sir Nicholas Laurantos’ Chair in Modern Greek and Byzantine Studies at the University of Sydney.
Xenia, a Greek film at the Academy Awards (vid)
Greece has submitted the Greek film, “Xenia”, by director Panos Koutras for the Best Foreign Language Film category in the 2016 Academy Awards.
Xenia tells the story of brothers Danny and Odysseus who cross the border in search of their Greek father after their Albanian mother passes away.
The film has had rave reviews and was warmly welcomed at Cannes last year.
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Six films in contention for Greek ‘Oscar’ this month
Six Greek films are contenders for this year’s top award, which will be bestowed by the Hellenic Academy of Cinema in a ceremony on March 30 in Athens.
“Xenia” by director Panos Koutras, “Mikro Psari” (Little Fish) by Yiannis Economidis and “Norvigia” (Norway) by Yiannis Veslemes are the apparent frontrunners.
Panos Koutras's 'Xenia' gets critics' attention at Cannes
Panos Koutras (center), flanked by lead actors Kostas Nikouli and Nikos Gelia, both Albanians who have grown up in Greece, at a photo call in Cannes.