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
Filmmaker and producer Athina Rachel Tsangari is considered a central figure in the new Greek cinema. She studied comparative literature, philosophy and theatre at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki before completing a master’s degree in performance studies at New York University and studying film at the University of Texas. Her path to cinema came through a role in Richard Linklater’s legendary film Slackers. The Slow Business of Going was her graduation film. She went on to produce films like Richard Linklater’s Before Midnight and Yorgos Lanthimos’ Dogtooth – with Lanthimos later producing for her acclaimed feature Attenberg, winner of the IFFF Dortmund+Köln Feature Film Award in 2010. This year, Athina Rachel Tsangari is a member of the jury for the International Feature Film Competition at the IFFF Dortmund+Köln.
Films by Athina Rachel Tsangari
Chevalier 2015 | Borgia 2014 | 24 Frames per Century 2013 | The Capsule 2012 | Attenberg 2010 | The Slow Business of Going 2001
