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Cavafy (film)
Yannis Smaragdis () is a Greek film director. In October 2024, he was the first Greek director elected as a regular member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts. Biography He was born in Crete in 1946 and studied film in Greece and Paris, France. He appeared in 1972 with his short film ''Two Three Things...'' which received the first prize in the Athens Festival and received recognition at the Montreal Film Festival in Canada. Yannis Smaragdis has taught Mass Media courses at the Panteion University of Athens, as well as film direction and screenwriting at film schools in Greece. He has published 2 books: ''Poetic Geography'' (1995) and ''Cavafy'' (1997) - a literary form of the script of the film ''Cavafy''. Yannis Smaragdis is an honorary member of the Directors Guild of America. Films ''Two Three Things'' (1972) Short film. *First prize at the Athens Film Festival ''Zero Cell'' (1975) Feature film. *Honorable Mention at the Thessaloniki Film Festival. *Nominated ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crete
Crete ( ; , Modern Greek, Modern: , Ancient Greek, Ancient: ) is the largest and most populous of the Greek islands, the List of islands by area, 88th largest island in the world and the List of islands in the Mediterranean#By area, fifth largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, after Sicily, Sardinia, Cyprus, and Corsica. Crete is located about south of the Peloponnese, and about southwest of Anatolia. Crete has an area of and a coastline of 1,046 km (650 mi). It bounds the southern border of the Aegean Sea, with the Sea of Crete (or North Cretan Sea) to the north and the Libyan Sea (or South Cretan Sea) to the south. Crete covers 260 km from west to east but is narrow from north to south, spanning three longitudes but only half a latitude. Crete and a number of islands and islets that surround it constitute the Region of Crete (), which is the southernmost of the 13 Modern regions of Greece, top-level administrative units of Greece, and the fifth most popu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
