Athens International Film Festival
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Hamlet in Yannis Houvardas’ Mind

29/9/2015, 19:30, Ταινιοθήκη της Ελλάδος

What if Hamlet's tragic story was all in his mind? Yannis Houvardas delivers the answer with an impressive group of actors. The film follows the troop during the last two weeks of rehearsals, capturing the feverish process of staging a theater play at the Onassis Cultural Center.

Filmmakers in attendance

(Work in Progress)

Yannis Houvardas assembles an impressive cast and crew trying to approach Hamlet, the monumental Shake- spearean masterpiece, as a figment of the main character's imagination. What if Hamlet's tragic story was all in his head? Elias Giannakakis and Apostolia Papaioannou follow the troop during the last two weeks of rehearsals, capturing the feverish process of staging a theater play at the Onassis Cultural Center.

Filmmakers in attendance

(Work in Progress)


Ο Γιάννης Χουβαρδάς στο Μυαλό του Άμλετ from NyxtesPremieras

Σκηνοθεσία / Director
Elias Giannakakis
Σενάριο / Screenwriter
Elias Giannakakis
Φωτογραφία / DoP
Elias Giannakakis, Apostolia Papaioannou
Μοντάζ / Editor
Myrto Lekatsa
Εμφανίζονται / Featuring
Yannis Houvardas, Christos Loulis
Amalia Moutousi, Alkistis Poulopoulou
Yorgos Gallos, Charis Fragkoulis
Παραγωγή / Producer
Onassis Cultural Centre

Ελλάδα / Greece
2015
Εγχρωμο / Color
DCP
88'
Ελληνικά / Greek

 



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