The position of Vice President of the Board of Directors at the Hellenic Film Center, director and actress Maria Callimani (pictured) takes over, replacing the resigned director, audiovisual consultant Eleni Handrinou. Director and producer Todoris Kutsavitis has been appointed in her place.

(…) Actor Zachary Quinto, best known for his role as Spock in the Star Trek films, will be one of the two main characters in The Best Enemies, a project inspired by the 2015 documentary of the same name, which describes a series of television discussions held in August 1968 years between conservative writer and political commentator William F. Buckley and liberal writer Gore Vidal. Their rivalry has revolutionized political debate on television and current events.

(…) The career of Werner Herzog, who has just turned 80, is entering a renaissance phase, although others of his peers are slowing down. Herzog, best known for directing films like Fitzcaraldo and Scourge of God, has returned to the spotlight by playing the villain in the hit Disney+ series The Mandalorian and previously in Jack Reacher with Tom Cruise. Now he will take part and be honored at the Telluride Film Festival, one of the main venues of which bears his name.