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Exclusive Report: Top 10 things to know about filming in Greece
KFTV interviews Venia Vergou, director of the Hellenic Film Commission, about how the country is drawing in several big projects from the likes of Netflix, Disney+ and Paramount
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Greece is expected to host more than 20 projects in 2021, and already has about 16 scheduled, including: a follow-up film to the murder mystery Knives Out, starring Daniel Craig, from Netflix; Amazon and Paramount’s Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan season three; and a new sci-fi film from David Cronenberg.
Disney+ is also planning to shoot a movcalled Greek Freak about the life of Milwauke Bucks basketball player Giannis Antetokounmpo, and Nia Vardalos is working on My Big Greek Wedding 3, which will also shoot in the country.
Here we talk to Venia Vergou, director of the Hellenic Film Commission (HFC), about what is drawing these projects in and the top 10 things international producers and location managers need to know about shooting in the country...