Greek films facing 'Olympic cuts'

"Greek film-makers say they are being hurt by government cutbacks imposed after the Athens Olympics. The country's film production fund has handed out very few grants this year. It is backed by the Culture Ministry, which funded the games. The annual Thessaloniki film festival also saw its budget cut by 600,000 euros to 3.6m euros, its director Michel Demopoulos said," BBC reports.

Posted by brian on Nov 30, 2004 at 03:52PM | Categories: The Biz