Ελληνικές Συμπαραγωγές: από τον ιδεολογικό σκεπτικισμό στον οικονομικό πραγματισμό

Abstract

Although co-productions in Europe began after the end of World War II as part of the Cold War’s soft diplomacy, they were considered until the 1980s as byproducts of a low culture. It was in that period that Greece joined the European Community (EEC), a fact that instigated co-productions in the country’s film industry (Karalis 2012). However, film co-productions in Greece flourished, only the last decade, during the period of economic crisis. The chapter will examine how the categories the ‘Greek’ and ‘European’ cinema are produced through the life-stories of two Greek creators. Their professional success and their relationship with co-productions will depict the framework which has turned co-productions to a space of identity negotiation regarding the interrelation of the ‘Greek’, ‘European’ and ‘regional’ as part of the European cultural policies (Papadimitriou 2017). The chapter will also examine the emergence of an economy of emotion associated with the neoliberal project of creative economy supported by these policies.