The Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation (ERT SA) has announced that it is supporting 33 Greek and international co-productions during its latest round of financing. This is the first slate of funding announced by the new board of directors, which was appointed soon after the latest national parliamentary elections. The support granted amounts to €2,205,000, in accordance with the rule that broadcasters should allocate 1.5% of their gross income to Greek cinema. The selection comprises 21 feature-length fiction titles, eight documentaries and four film projects with a limited budget.

Among the selected fiction projects are the third features by Spiros Stathoulopoulos (Meteora [+lire aussi :
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Apart from the ten aforementioned feature-length fiction projects, the rest of the titles that will share the total grant of €1,610,000 are Luger by Konstantinos Charalambous (Konstantinos Charalambous), Graffiti Stories by Antonis Kokkinos (Argonauts Productions), .Dog [+lire aussi :
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Furthermore, the four projects with a limited budget that have received ERT support of €200,000 are Virtual Reality by Vangelis Seitanidis (Viewmaster Films), Mikres Asimantes Istories by Makis Moraitis (Videofactory), Ena Chrysopsaro Thymatai by Theophilos Papastylianos (Theophilos Papastylianos), and Frugal Abundance by Giorgos Savoglou and Frantzeska Romanou (Neda Film).

Finally, several documentaries are being supported to the tune of €395,000, and the feature-length projects are Pontus by Pantelis Kalatzis (CSP Showtime), Christ is Recrucified by Theo Papadoulakis (Indigo View Productions), Pente Fores Ksenos by Vangelis Efthymiou (Land Art Productions), Where Art Thou? by Dimitris Athiridis (Faliro House Productions), 2052 by Hristos Karakepelis (Homemade Films), Sharia in Greece by Alexis Pilos (Zero Zero Productions), I Proika by Lydia Konsta (Lydia Konsta) and Cage Survivor by Irina Boiko (Technofasi/Art Space Asomaton).