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.
Greece's Attenberg might be part of the lesser known titles among the twenty-two hopefuls for the 67th Venice Film Festival's Golden Lion, but for those keeping a watchful eye on national cinema trends, already know about about the film's author in filmmaker Athina Rachel Tsangari and the film's producer in Giorgos Lanthimos' (filmmaker behind Dogtooth) contributions to a new brand of destabilizing Greek cinema.
You might be surprised to learn that, one of the producers on Yorgos Lanthimos' sophomore, Un Certain Regard-winning feature, was a NYU grad and part of the emerging indie scene in Austin. While obtaining her MFA in film production at the University of Texas, Greek born Athina Rachel Tsangari was a full fledged Austinite who co-founded and was the artistic director of the Cinematexas International Short Film Festival...