In an era when Romania and Bulgaria, with their current economy and infrastructure, can become preferred filming locations for Hollywood, there is no reason why Greece shouldn’t take advantage of these same filming opportunities.Īfter all, Greece actually has some power and sway to make Hollywood connections and bring in film shoots, for very simple reasons.įirstly, Greeks have made their way into the top ranks of Hollywood, whether as award-winning directors ( Alexander Payne), studio heads ( Jim Gianopulos), screenwriters ( Evan Spiliotopoulos), or CEOs ( Ted Sarandos). The spotlight has been on Greece for months now, and people from all over the world have heard more about our country in the last year than they have been subject to in their entire lives. If there was a time to take advantage of the world’s attention on us to promote different sides of Greece through Hollywood, and make money doing so, that time is now.
However, opening up the doors to Hollywood and collaborating with producers would not take that much effort or distract policymakers from Greece’s core issues, and the result could be a big financial and image boost for Greece as a whole. Some might object that Greece is dealing with a lot of issues of its own at the moment, between its deepening financial crisis and frequent elections, so this shouldn’t be a priority. Although Greece can offer great talent and film crews, the enormous Greek bureaucracy, the inability of all the previous governments to hire knowledgeable industry-people to lobby for Greece and guide the productions, and the lack of tax breaks, has given the country a really bad filming name in Hollywood. What the problem boils down to is that Hollywood would actually like to film in Greece, especially for movies that are set there, but Greece is making it extremely difficult for Hollywood productions to get their foot in the door.
Budapest offered tax breaks, offered studios….What Greece is lacking is a desire and a motivation to bring Hollywood studios over.
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