His TV comeback Christophoros Papakaliatis With “Maestro”, a decade and a half after it last turned to the small screen, this is undoubtedly the biggest “television event” of the home season, which in any case shows that the small screen has been greatly stimulated both in terms of production and popularity. .

And if Papakaliatis is one of those people of Greek television (and then cinema) who always created camps of “admirers” and “opponents” with a sober look, then it is certain that his new series is a “readable” production, free from pathology, that have plagued Greek TV sci-fi for decades, even if it’s not the most innovative story we’ve ever seen (but it’s a proposal that lives up to the standards of imported TV streaming).

However, in addition to the audience, “Maestro” also won its “central”. Netflix and in the same way the story of Orestes and Clelia of Paxos will travel across every small screen there as the first Greek series to be released on the platform (because two years ago Sotiris Cafoulias “came to the spring and did not drink water” with him “The Other Me”). So subscribers. Greece and Cyprus they will find episodes of the series Mega on the platform at December 19th and other countries will follow beginning of 2023.

Public and domestic Netflix “celebrate” the achievement of the 46-year-old creator (the latter even makes an advertisement to celebrate this). expected. However, this is not the first and it seems to be the last time Greece has been featured on Netflix in one way or another.

Maestro may be the first domestic series to be seen on the world’s most popular streaming platform, but it’s not the first Greek film to appear on Netflix. He keeps it first “Waiter” (2018) from Steve Creekry, with Aris Servetalis and Giannis Stankoglu, which took place back in June the first Greek movie uploaded to the platform, for viewers in 23 European countries (not including Greece, which watched The Waiter via Cinobo).

However, the first Netflix production to filmed entirely in Greece it was a movie “Beckett” from Ferdinando Cito Filomarino, with shooting at Athens, Tsepelovo, Ioannina, Metsovo and Kalambaka which aired in the summer 2021 on the platform. John David Washington is the famous Beckett, an American who, after a car accident in Ioannina, begins the struggle for survival on Greek soil, and the chase scenes in politically turbulent Athens in 2015 serve as more of a puzzle for us locals. in one scene, Beckett may be fleeing to Exarchia and the next to Koukaki instead of winning us over cinematically.

For her directorial debut, again, h Maggie Gyllenhaal “salpare” for Spetses With Olivia Coleman in the midst of a pandemic for his filming “Lost Daughter” which received global distribution from Netflix after a “tour” of festivals and theaters. And not only that, but also the music for the film was written by “our” Monica.

But not to go too far, Athena from Romain Le Havre which we recently saw on the platform, is not limited to the Greek origin of its director and the reference to the goddess Athena in its title. The soundtrack features two of the most creatively immobile alternative Greek musicians saying “yes” with their eyes closed in the 70s: Sergios Woodries (leader of Voyage Limpid Sound, producer, member of the ERT choir) and o Nontas Pappas (frontman of the “international” Acid Baby Jesus, but also solo for the last year), and 5 Greek bassists also sang on the OST tracks. (Kostas Mavrogenis, Panagiotis Karyotis, Alexandros Looutas, Philippos Vazakas).

Special Musical Mention: O Freedom Candle, around the world Lefteris Mumtsis, and one of the most active Cypriot alternative musicians who, with his work “Astral Body” heard in a popular Turkish TV series “Love 101” which is shown on Netflix.

Per Spetses – and Porto Heli – put onion and oh Ryan Johnson, for its continuation “Get the knives” with Daniel Craig getting ready to put on the “suit” of Benoit Blanc again on “Glass Bow” which will air on Netflix on December 23rd. Indeed, this time the hero of the film, together with the star cast, will have to solve the mystery of the murder on Greek soil.

And Greece’s Netflix journey continues: Remember when, in 2011, Anne Hathaway landed the lead role in One Day, based on the book of the same name by David Nichols? We’ll see it soon “One Day” as a series for download on Netflix. Filming took place about a month ago. paro, which in any case became a magnet for international productions.

As everyone is showing, the time when we’ll be making Greek-language Netflix appointments more and more often may not be that far off.