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Athina Rachel Tsangari
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| Αθηνά Ραχήλ Τσαγγάρη | |
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| Born | 2 April 1966 Athens, Greece
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| Occupation | Film director, screenwriter, film producer, projection designer |
| Years active | 1993–present |
Athina Rachel Tsangari (Greek: Αθηνά Ραχήλ Τσαγγάρη; born 2 April 1966) is a talented Greek filmmaker. She is known for directing films like The Slow Business of Going (2000), Attenberg (2010), and Chevalier (2015). She has also helped produce films by Yorgos Lanthimos, such as Kinetta (2005), Dogtooth (2009), and Alps (2011).
Besides making movies, Athina founded and directed the Cinematexas International Short Film Festival. She also taught about art and film at Harvard University.
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Life and Career
Athina Rachel Tsangari was born in Athens, Greece. She studied philosophy at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. Later, she earned two more degrees: one in performance studies from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts, and another in film directing from the University of Texas at Austin.
Her first experience in film was a small acting role in Richard Linklater's 1991 movie, Slacker. Since then, Athina has taken on many different jobs in the film world.
Film Director
Athina's first short film, Fit (1994), was made for her studies at NYU. It was even considered for the Annual Student Academy Awards.
Her first full-length movie, The Slow Business of Going (2000), was her final project for her film degree. This unique science fiction road movie was filmed in hotel rooms across nine cities using different types of cameras. It won "Best Film" at the New York Underground Film Festival in 2002. This film is now part of the permanent collection at MoMA, a famous art museum.
Her second feature film, Attenberg (2010), was shown at the 67th Venice International Film Festival. The lead actress, Ariane Labed, won an award for Best Actress. This film was also Greece's official entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 84th Academy Awards.
Athina also directed the short film The Capsule (2012). This film was praised by critics and shown at major film festivals like Locarno, Toronto, and Sundance.
In 2013, she made a short science fiction film called 24 Frames Per Century for the Venice Film Festival. She also created a fundraising film for the Benaki Museum, a museum about Greek history, which was narrated by actor Willem Dafoe.
In 2015, her third feature film, Chevalier, was released. It's a comedy about a group of men on a yacht. The film won "Best Film" at the BFI-London Film Festival in 2015. It also received awards for its actors and a special mention for directing. Like Attenberg, Chevalier was Greece's official entry for Best Foreign Language Film at the 89th Academy Awards.
Athina's next movie project is an adaptation of the novel Harvest. It is expected to be released in 2024.
TV Director
Athina has also directed for television. She directed two episodes of the historical drama series Borgia.
More recently, she directed episodes for the BBC Two TV series, Trigonometry. This series premiered at the Berlinale film festival in 2020.
Film Producer
In 2005, Athina Tsangari started her own film company called Haos Film in Athens. As a producer, she has helped create several films.
She produced three films directed by Yorgos Lanthimos: Kinetta (2005), Dogtooth (2009), and Alps (2011). She was also a co-producer for Richard Linklater's Before Midnight (2013), which was filmed in Greece. She even had a small acting role in that movie as a character named Ariadni.
Film Festival Work
In 1995, Athina founded and became the artistic director of the Cinematexas International Short Film Festival. This festival showcased experimental films and ran until 2006.
She has also served as a creative advisor at the Sundance Film Festival's directing and screenwriting labs, helping new filmmakers.
Athina has been a jury member at several major film festivals. She was on the jury at the 63rd Berlin International Film Festival in 2013. In 2017, she was on the jury for the World Dramatic section at the Sundance Film Festival and for short films at the Cannes Film Festival. In 2019, she was part of the Platform Prize jury at the Toronto International Film Festival.
Projection Designer
Athina Tsangari also has a unique skill as a projection designer and video director. She was part of the team that designed the amazing opening and closing ceremonies for the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.
She also designed the stage projections for a dance show called "2" in 2007. In 2008, she created the video displays for an exhibit about the Athens Olympics ceremonies at the Beijing Capital Museum. In 2009, she designed a series of large projections called "Reflections" for the opening of the new Acropolis Museum in Athens.
Filmography
Feature Films
Director
- The Slow Business of Going (2000)
- Attenberg (2010)
- Chevalier (2015)
- Harvest (2024)
Screenwriter
- Attenberg (2010)
- Chevalier (2015), co-written with Efthymis Filippou
Producer
- The Slow Business of Going (2000)
- Kinetta (2005)
- Dogtooth (2007)
- Attenberg (2010)
- Alps (2011)
- Before Midnight (2013)
Actor
- Slacker (1991) as Cousin from Greece
- Before Midnight (2013) as Ariadni
Short Films
- Fit (1994), director
- The Capsule (2012), co-writer, director
- 24 Frames per Century (2013), co-writer, director
- The Benaki Museum (2013), director, writer
- After Before (2016), director, producer
Television
- Borgia (TV series), director
- Trigonometry (BBC Two series), director
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