Tourism Minister Olga Kefalogianni on Thursday held a meeting with the leadership of the Greek Film Centre, Petros Markaris and Grigoris Karadinakis, the head of the Hellenic Film Academy Vassilis Katsoufis and the president of the Producers Union Andreas Tsilifonis in order to discuss promoting Greece abroad by attracting foreign film producers.

Kefalogianni stressed the need to make Greece more attractive for productions in the global film industry and the many benefits that such a development would bring for the country.

“It is hugely important for our country to bring major producers, who will shoot films on themes from ancient and modern Greece,” she said, adding that cinema could be converted into a tool for exporting culture and promoting the country’s tourism product.

“A good film attracts tourists that wish to see at first hand the scenery where the film was shot,” she pointed out.