Thursday, September 15, 2011

Young film talent finds accolade amid Greek crisis



















As Greece sinks deeper into a debt crisis that has brought sweeping layoffs, wage cuts and tax hikes, a group of young film-makers are among the few giving the country something to smile about.


At the forefront is Yorgos Lanthimos (right), a TV commercials veteran who made a stunning dash from near-obscurity in 2009 to an Academy Award foreign film nomination earlier this year for his film 'Dogtooth'.

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AFP