Greek film center awards €1 mln in funding to 20 projects

The Hellenic Film and Audiovisual Center (EKKOMED) has approved much than €1 cardinal successful backing for 20 movie projects crossed the writing, improvement and accumulation stages.

The funding, totaling €1,030,374.80, was allocated under the center’s “BASIC” programme for the 2025B cycle, pursuing an valuation process based connected creator and fiscal criteria.

At the accumulation stage, 5 projects received pre-approval for a combined €910,000 retired of 20 eligible submissions. Fiction films see “Wild Boars” by Thanasis Neofotistos and “Summer” by Rinios Dragasaki, each receiving €350,000. Documentary projects funded astatine this stage are “The Empire” by Dimitra Babadiama, “In the Shadow of History. Death successful the In-Between Nothing” by Stavros Stagkos, and “The Backgammon of Life” by Stavros Psyllakis.

At the improvement stage, six projects were approved for a total of €65,000: “Home.Fire” by Alexis Damianos, “The Hallucinations” by Maria Papadopoulou, “Impersonation” by Yorgos Tsemberopoulos, “Koukitsa” by Eleni Alexandraki, “Pikeco” by Dimitris Nakos, and “The Voices and Me” by Kostis Charamountanis.

At the writing stage, 9 proposals received a total of €55,374.80 successful funding, including “Lou” by Sofia Exarchou, “Billy and Daphne” by Christos Voupouras, “Hotel Omonia” by Nikos Panayotopoulos, “The Roof of the House Is Red” by Asimina Proedrou, “Philoctetes” by Syllas Tzoumerkas and “Winter Blossom” by Vasilis Kekatos.