Dogtooth

Κυνόδοντας

A father, a mother, and their three kids live in a house on the outskirts of a city. There is a tall fence surrounding the house. The kids have never left the property. They are being educated, entertained, bored, and exercised in the manner that their parents deem appropriate, without any influence from the outside world. They believe that the airplanes flying through the sky are toys and that zombies are small yellow flowers. The only person allowed to enter the house is Christina. One day Christina gives one of the daughters a headband as a present but asks for something in return.
Screening Schedule

No physical screenings scheduled.

Direction: Yorgos Lanthimos
Script: Yorgos Lanthimos, Efthimis Filippou
Cinematography: Thimios Bakatakis
Editing: Yorgos Mavropsaridis
Sound: Leandros Ntounis
Actors: Christos Stergioglou, Michele Valley, Angeliki Papoulia, Christos Passalis, Mary Tsoni, Anna Kalaitzidou
Production: Boo Productions
Producers: Yorgos Tsourgiannis
Co-production: Greek Film Centre, Horsefly Productions
Co-producers: Yorgos Lanthimos
Costumes: Elli Papageorgakopoulou
Executive producer: Iraklis Mavroidis
Sets: Elli Papageorgakopoulou
Format: DCP
Color: Color
Production Country: Greece
Production Year: 2009
Duration: 97'
Distribution in Greece: Feelgood Entertainment
Awards/Distinctions: Prix Un Certain Regard, Prix de la Jeunesse – Cannes FF 2009, Special Jury Prize, Best Actress – Sarajevo FF 2009, Best Feature Film, Best Director – Montréal Festival of New Cinema 2009, Best Film – Lisbon & Estoril FF 2009, Carnet Jove Jury Award, Best Directorial Revelation – Sitges Catalonian IFF 2009, Youth Audience Award – Montpellier Mediterranean FF 2009, Bronze Horse – Stockholm FF 2009, Best Film, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Editing, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Supporting A
AGORA Works in Progress 2008

Yorgos Lanthimos

Yorgos Lanthimos (1973) was born in Athens and descends from Ikaria. He is the son of former basketball player, Antonis Lanthimos who played for Pagrati BC and the Greek national basketball team. Initially, he followed in his father’s footsteps, becoming a basketball player for Pagrati BC team. He started out studying Business Administration, but later abandoned it in favor of cinema. He studied Film and Television Directing at the Hellenic Cinema and Television School Stavrakos in Athens, and from 1995 onwards, he directed films, plays, videodance projects, music videos and a number of TV commercials. He was also a member of the creative team in charge of the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens. After directing two short films (The Rape of Chloe and Uranisco Disco) and his first feature film as a solo director (Kinetta), finally in 2009, he gained international recognition in 2009 when Dogtooth was screened at the Cannes Film Festival, winning the Un Certain Regard Award. The following year, it received one of the five nominations for the Best Foreign Language Film Academy Award. A year later, in 2011, Yorgos Lanthimos was awarded the Best Screenplay Osella Award at the Venice International Film Festival for his film Alps. Continuing his career abroad, Yorgos Lanthimos was awarded the Jury Prize at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival for The Lobster, which was later nominated for the Best Original Screenplay Academy Award. In 2017, he won the Best Original Screenplay Award at the Cannes Film Festival for The Killing of a Sacred Deer. In 2018, The Favourite earned him the Silver Lion at the Venice International Film Festival and it was nominated by the American Film Academy for ten Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, Best Actress, and Best Supporting Actress, ultimately winning the Best Actress Award for Olivia Colman. In 2023, Poor Things won the Golden Lion at the Venice International Film Festival.

Filmography

2001 My Best Friend (co-direction)
2005 Kinetta
2009 Dogtooth
2011 Alps
2015 The Lobster
2017 The Killing of a Sacred Deer
2018 The Favourite
2023 Poor Things
2024 Kinds of Kindness