Angelos Frantzis
Biography
Angelos Frantzis (Athens, 1970) is a Greek director. He was born in 1970 in Athens and studied directing at the Brussels School of the Arts. In 1990 he directed his first short film, Short Stories of People and Oranges. Three more short films followed, Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf? (1992), Nineteen (1995) and Holey World (1997). His feature film directorial debut was Polaroid in 2000. His subsequent films were The Dog's Dream (2005), Into the Woods (2010) and Symptom (2015). In 2018, his film Still River, set in Siberia, was completed. For his work on the film, Angelos Frantzis received the Best Director award at the 2019 Hellenic Academy Awards. A few months after the premiere of Still River, Angelos Frantzis directed his next film, Eftychia, which is based on the life of Eftychia Papagiannopoulou. He has also directed commercials and written articles and books about cinema.
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Movie - 2020, 2h 15m • as Self
Athens, February 1981. Motivated by their shared love for the so-called Ninth Art, a group of people introduces Greek readers to the culture of comic books that are not just for kids. This is the story of the legendary Greek comics magazine Babel and the international comics festivals it organized.
Movie - 2000, 2h 15m • as Angelos
Despite the soccer World Cup fever during the summer of 1998, a group of young people insist on rehearsing for a theatrical performance. The process they are getting into will form the identity of the play itself, but will also force the actors to face their own personal problems and anxieties.
Movie - 2002, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
Theophilus Palios, owns a small traditional publishing house. He man madly falls in love with Sia, that is doing vocals on the show of a known singer. Sia maintains her living by the "generosity" of old fans. In the face of Theophilus, Sia will experience true love, though it continues to accept the offers of numerous admirers. Theophilus mad by jealousy, is lead to huge wastages and ultimately to economic collapse. He ends up entangled in a case of robbery and murder. Sia, in a guilt and self-sacrifice crisis, becomes mistress of the investigating policeman in exchange for his silence. This creates an odd triangle ..