Attenberg
Athina Rachel Tsangari
»I made a film about four people who happen to be at the same place for a short period of time. Three people who become four and then two. Three, of course, being the only perfect number in any relation.«
– Athina Rachel Tsangari
Marina is growing up with her architect father in a prototype factory town by the sea. Finding the human species strange and repellent, she keeps her distance. Instead she chooses to observe it through the songs of Suicide and Alan Vega, the mammal documentaries of Sir David Attenborough, and the sex-education lessons she receives from her only friend, Bella.
A stranger comes to town and challenges her to a table football duel, on her own table. Her father meanwhile ritualistically prepares for his exit from the 20th century, which he considers to be »overrated«. Caught between the two men and her collaborator, Bella, Marina investigates the wondrous mystery of the human fauna.
German premiere
Awards for ›Attenberg‹
Coppa Volpi für Ariane Labed als beste Schauspielerin, Biennale da Venezia 2010 | Special Jury Award, Silberner Alexander, Thessaloniki Film Festival 2010 | New Voices International Feature Competition, Whistler Film Festival 2010
Athina Rachel Tsangari
Die Filmemacherin und Produzentin Athina Rachel Tsangari gilt als zentrale Protagonistin des jungen griechischen Kinos. Sie studierte Vergleichende Literaturwissenschaft, Philosophie und Theater an der Aristotle University in Thessaloniki. Zudem absolvierte sie ein Masterstudium in Performance Studies an der New York University und ein Filmstudium an der University of Texas. Den Einstieg ins Kino fand sie durch eine Rolle in Richard Linklaters legendärem Film Slackers. The Slow Business of Going war ihr Abschlussfilm. Sie produzierte Filme wie Richard Linklaters Before Midnight oder Yorgos Lanthimos’ Dogtooth. Letzterer war Produzent ihres gefeierten Spielfilms Attenberg, der den Spielfilmpreis 2010 beim IFFF Dortmund+Köln gewann. In diesem Jahr Jahr ist Athina Rachel Tsangari Teil der Jury für den Internationalen Spielfilmwettbewerb des IFFF Dortmund+Köln.
Filme von Athina Rachel Tsangari
Chevalier 2015 | Borgia 2014, 24 Frames per Century 2013 | The Capsule 2012, Attenberg 2010 | The Slow Business of Going 2001
