In this interview with filmmaker Marianna Economou, we explore how she got her film to the illustrious position of being submitted by her country for the Academy Award Best International Feature list. This is very useful to documenatary filmmakers especially, but also for other filmmakers as a roadmap for gaining prominence for their film and their careers.A brief summary of the film as a reminder for those who are not (yet) able to see the film:When Tomatoes Met WagnerA documentary of two ingenious Greek cousins and five village women who tackle the world market with their home grown tomatoes in order to survive austerity and revive commerce in their tiny Greek village. When Tomatoes Met Wagner world-premiered at the Berlinale and went on to win the Fipresci Award for Best Greek Film at the recent Thessaloniki Documentary Festival.Marianna Economou’s documentary is an engaging, funny and melancholy study of hope amidst financial crisis.
- 11/25/2019
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
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