International film studio to expand to Thessaloniki

A major investment in Greece by an international film studio is set to be announced on Friday against the backdrop of the 2019 Thessaloniki International Film Festival, demonstrating that Greece is now on the radar of Hollywood's major movie producers.

The investment concerns the expansion of Bulgarian studios Nu Boyana to Greece's northern port city and is to be announced by the chief executive of Nu Boyana, Yariv Lerner, the founder of York Films, John Kalafatis, and the chief of the National Center of Audiovisual Media and Communications (EKOME), Panos Kouanis. Digital Governance Minister Kyriakos Pierrakakis will attend the event.

Although the new Thessaloniki studios constitute an extension of those in Sofia, the investment also involves Greek-American Kalafatis' New York-based company, whose portfolio includes major movie and TV productions such as "Godzilla," ...