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Sundance World Dramatic Comp programmers have been strong supporters of new Greek cinema, and especially welcoming towards Athina Rachel Tsangari who has technically been...

Attenberg formed abruptly as a film that observes the human species as little animals who are scared of their reproductive system... Observing them in the manner of nature documentaries. Sir David Attenborough's documentaries move me to tears. I consider them highly poetic, scientific melodramas.

IONCINEMA.com's IONCINEPHILE of the Month feature focuses on an emerging filmmaker from the world of cinema. This March we feature Athina Rachel Tsangari, a...

If there is a positive repercussion from Greece's crumbling economy, it might have paved the way for a new kind of auteur cinema. If 2009, I can think of nothing more unique of an experience than Yorgos Lanthimos' Dogtooth, and my early impression with Tsangari's sophomore picture, which receives its world premiere in the Main Competition category in Venice in less than 48 hours from now, is that this will only strengthen the argument that social, political and economic shifts can make for some unique examples of art.

In adding this new batch of new images to the synopsis and other images we exclusively preemed, Athina Rachel Tsangari's Attenberg is shaping up to be the most curious looking title from this year's Venice comp - here's hoping it makes it among the Toronto titles and thus make my future schedule, a little bit edgier.