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Greek Oscar Chaos Deepens as Government, Industry Look for Way Forward After ‘Unacceptable and Distressing’ Selection Fiasco
Greek filmmakers are digging in for a long battle one week after the country's selection process for the Oscars descended into chaos.
That kicked off a frantic week of recriminations and accusations, as old grievances resurfaced and more than two dozen filmmakers withdrew their films from the Oscar race, penning a blistering open letter to the Ministry of Culture casting “serious doubts on the credibility and validity of the procedure.” Meanwhile, several members of the replacement committee subsequently stepped down, including Asimina Proedrou, director of last year’s Greek Oscar submission “Behind the Haystacks,” who while announcing her resignation on Facebook said she “refuse[d] to legitimize” the government’s bungling of the selection process. For Drandaki, the producer behind Sofia Exarchou’s 2023 Locarno prizewinner “Animal,” which was considered one of the frontrunners for the Greek Oscar bid, the scandal has simply highlighted ongoing grievances between the industry and the government, which earlier this year announced the creation of a new body, Creative Greece, that will oversee all audiovisual production in the Mediterranean nation.
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