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Last night, the Greek Film Center (EKK) hosted Bill Murray and his partners at the Greek Pavilion at the Cannes Film Festival ahead of the premiere of his latest film “New Worlds: The Cradle of Civilization”, as part of the festival program.
American comedian and actor best known for his popular ‘Saturday Night Live’ characters and movie classics such as ‘Meatballs’, ‘Caddyshack’ and ‘Ghostbusters’, Bill Murray is a comedy icon and in 2003 was nominated for an Oscar for his sero-comic role in “Lost in Translation”.
The famous actor expressed his love for Greece by warmly referring to his experience living in Athens.
During this visit to the Greek booth, Murray was also briefed by Hellas Film on Greek cinema and the EKK’s strategic objective of strengthening Greece’s position on the world cinema map.
Directed by Andrew Muscato, New worlds: the cradle of civilization explores an evening of poetry and music with Murray and world-renowned cellist Jan Vogler in Greece, joined by Mira Wang on violin and Vanessa Perez on piano.
The film was shot during Murray and famed cellist Jan Vogler’s finale New worlds European tour to the Acropolis in Athens, Greece during their 2018 New worlds to visit.
New worlds: the cradle of civilization is co-produced by the Greek company Neda Film of Amanda Livanou, and its promotion is supported by the Hellas Film Department of EKK.
The official description for Cannes reads: “The international quartet delights the Athenian audience at the 2,000-year-old stage of the Odeon of Herodes Atticus with musical reflections on love, hope and sorrow.
“Spanning Bach to Van Morrison, Whitman to West Side Story, the wildly entertaining, humorous and deeply touching program is imbued with Bill Murray’s unique charm.”
Watch the trailer here:
It was good news for Greek cinema and its creators in general coming to the Cannes Film Festival this year as the three Greek participants received awards.
Concretely, at the Critics’ Week prizes, the short film “Brutalia, Working Days†by Manolis Mavris won the Canal + prize, while the feature film “Plumes†by Egyptian filmmaker Omar El Zohairy, co-produced by the Greek company Heretic, won the Nespresso Grand Prix.
In addition, Evi Kalogiropoulou’s feature film “Coraâ€, presented at L’Atelier du Festival Cinéfondation, won the ArteKino YouTube Prize – the only prize awarded to L’Atelier with an amount of 10,000 euros.
“Cora”, which was recently included in a fundraising program for the Hellenic Cinema Center, is produced by Amanda Livanou of Neda Film.
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