From Dogtooth to Poor Things – When Did Yorgos Lanthimos Lose His Dogtooth
This year at TAIFAS - Balkan Film and Culture Festival, I may have missed the mouthwatering local dishes, but I did catch the focus on Yorgos Lanthimos, featuring a retrospective of his earlier films: Dogtooth (2009), Alps (2011), and The Lobster (2015). I was slightly surprised by his presence in the festival program. If around ten years ago (before The Lobster), cinephiles associated him par excellence with a revival of Greek cinema, nowadays, it’s easy to forget he hails from Balkan cinema. Lanthimos may be the European director who has veered into an international career the most successfully in the last decade — you don't think of him as a Greek director anymore but as a mainstream filmmaker who belongs to the world.
Graduated with a BA in film directing and a MA in film studies from UNATC; she's also studied history of art. Also collaborates with the Acoperisul de Sticla film magazine and is a former coordinator of FILM MENU. She's dedicated herself to '60-'70s Japanese cinema and Irish post-punk music bands. Still keeps a picture of Leslie Cheung in her wallet.
