58th THESSALONIKI INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
November 2-12, 2017
CARTE BLANCHE TO EFTHIMIS FILIPPOU
Award-winning Greek screenwriter, playwright and author Efthimis Filippou, regular collaborator of the acclaimed Greek filmmaker Yorgos Lanthimos, with whom he wrote internationally successful films Dogtooth, Alps, The Lobster and The Killing of a Sacred Deer (all directed by Lanthimos), is given a carte blanche in the 58th Thessaloniki International Film Festival to select ten of his favorite films that will be screened in this year's edition.
Among other international screenwriting awards, Filippou (born 1977, Athens, Greece) is the winner of the Best Screenplay Award for The Killing of a Sacred Deer (Cannes FF 2017, shared with Lanthimos / tied with Lynne Ramsay for You Were Never Really Here), as well as the Golden Osella award for Best Original Screenplay for Alps (Venice IFF 2011, also shared with Lanthimos), while The Lobster was nominated for the Academy Award® for Best Original Screenplay in 2017.
Filippou will attend the 58th TIFF to accompany his favourite films; the line-up reflects his unconventional and unexpected look on cinema, also highlighted in his writings.
The films:
