The Killing of a Sacred Deer
Greek film editor joins Oscars academy
Greek film editor Giorgos Mavropsaridis, known from his cooperation with filmmaker Yorgos Lanthimos, became a member of the US Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, joining 842 new members from 59 countries.
Mavropsaridis was nominated last year for an Oscar for the 2018 period comedy The Favourite and won an Eddie award for the Best edited feature film for the same movie.
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Yorgos Lanthimos Tribute | Athens | February 5 & 6
With Yorgos Lanthimos headed to Los Angeles, where his latest film, "The Favourite," has been nominated for an impressive 10 Oscars, Cine Studio is paying tribute to the Greek filmmaker with screenings of his previous work on Tuesday and Wednesday, February 5 and 6.
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Lanthimos returns to Venice with quirky period drama
Left to right, British actor Nicholas Hoult, US actress Emma Stone, Greek director Yorgos Lanthimos, British actress Olivia Colman and British actor Joe Alwyn pose during a photocall for "The Favorite" at the 75th annual Venice International Film Festival, in Italy, Thursday.
Award-winning filmmaker says Greece 'no longer fulfills needs'
Internationally acclaimed director Yorgos Lanthimos has admitted he had to leave Greece in order to make progress as a filmmaker.
"I moved to England because the way we worked in Greece no longer fulfilled my needs," the 43-year-old filmmaker said in an interview with Germany's Die Welt newspaper published on Thursday.
Yorgos Lanthimos wins best screenplay at Cannes 2017 (photos)
The Greek master of the weird Yorgos Lanthimos picked up the best screenplay award at the Cannes film festival Sunday for his icy thriller The Killing of a Sacred Deer.
Despite dividing critics — and prompting its star Nicole Kidman to say she wouldn’t be taking her kids to watch it — the creepy tale inspired by Euripides’ Iphigenia impressed the Cannes jury.
Lanthimos, Philippou win joint Best Screenplay at Cannes festival
Yorgos Lanthimos and Efthimis Filippou won their first distinction at the international film festival of Cannes, earning the Best Screenplay Award for the film "The Killing of a Sacred Deer" on Sunday.
They shared the prize at the 70th version of the festival in southern France with the writers of "You Were Never Really Here" by British director Lynne Ramsay.
Director Lanthimos in Cannes again with latest offering
Greek film director Yorgos Lanthimos (from left), actors Sunny Suljic, Colin Farrell, Nicole Kidman and producer Ed Guiney pose for photographers upon arrival at the screening of "The Killing of a Sacred Deer" at the 70th international Cannes film festival on Monday.
Nicole Kidman tells Cannes her rebel spirit pushes her to strange films
For an A-list star who, as she says herself, does not have to work, Nicole Kidman has been pretty busy ahead of Cannes, appearing in three movies and a TV series screening at the film festival.
Four Projects With Nicole Kidman and a Bulgarian Title in The Program of Cannes
Nicole Kidman will participate in the fourth film of the two-week film festival in Cannes, organizers said, presenting the full program for this year, according to "Reuters".
Greek director Yorgos Lanthimos to launch new film at Cannes
Critically acclaimed and award-winning Greek filmmaker Yorgos Lanthimos, of "Lobster" and "Dogtooth" fame, returns to one of the most prestigious film festivals in the world to launch his latest project.