Alexandros Avranas
- Director
- Writer
- Producer
Alexander Avranas, born in Larissa in 1977. He started studied
sculpture at the Athens School of Fine Arts (1998-2001) and then he
continued at the Universitat der Kunste Berlin. With his first film
"Without" he win seven awards at the 49th Film Festival of Thesaloniki
and suggested for the Best Director Award at the International Film
Festival of Milan.
Alexandros Avranas in all his works, film and visual arts, examines
social and political issues. The interest concerns employing modern man
either as an independent entity or as a member of society. Alexandros
Avranas sneers, triggers, denounces our indifference and passivity.
On September 7th 2013 he won the Silver Lion Director at 70th Venice
Film Festival for his film «Miss Violence», proves that times can be
tough but there is still hope. The Greek film «Miss Violence» also won
other honors since Themis Panou won the Volpi Cup Best Actor for his
role in the film of Avranas. These awards were added to the other two
Avranas won the last Friday of juries parallel Awards : Prize of
critics FEDEORA of the best European -Mediterranean film competition
section of the Mostra and prize Arca CinemaGiovanni conferred group of
70 young Italy, France and Tunisia. The film also won several awards in
between Best Script at the Stokholm film Festival.
Avranas' film had the first view of the Lido impress audiences and
critics, both the subject of (a Greek dysfunctional family driven into
terrible situations, comment on the current economic situation in
Greece and not only) and with the style - a style strict, austere,
which although highly unrealistic not touched any naturalism.
A story centered on the Greek family and the degradation of neat mask,
is in the heart of «Miss Violence»: the 11 year-old Angela jumping,
smiling, from the balcony on the day of her birthday, and social
services are struggling to understand why, as the family insists that
he was listless accident while trying to hide guilty secrets.
Note that this is the second Lion of St. Mark winning Greek director at
the Mostra film debut was the Gold Lion won the 1980 Theo Angelopoulos
for his film "Alexander the Great".
sculpture at the Athens School of Fine Arts (1998-2001) and then he
continued at the Universitat der Kunste Berlin. With his first film
"Without" he win seven awards at the 49th Film Festival of Thesaloniki
and suggested for the Best Director Award at the International Film
Festival of Milan.
Alexandros Avranas in all his works, film and visual arts, examines
social and political issues. The interest concerns employing modern man
either as an independent entity or as a member of society. Alexandros
Avranas sneers, triggers, denounces our indifference and passivity.
On September 7th 2013 he won the Silver Lion Director at 70th Venice
Film Festival for his film «Miss Violence», proves that times can be
tough but there is still hope. The Greek film «Miss Violence» also won
other honors since Themis Panou won the Volpi Cup Best Actor for his
role in the film of Avranas. These awards were added to the other two
Avranas won the last Friday of juries parallel Awards : Prize of
critics FEDEORA of the best European -Mediterranean film competition
section of the Mostra and prize Arca CinemaGiovanni conferred group of
70 young Italy, France and Tunisia. The film also won several awards in
between Best Script at the Stokholm film Festival.
Avranas' film had the first view of the Lido impress audiences and
critics, both the subject of (a Greek dysfunctional family driven into
terrible situations, comment on the current economic situation in
Greece and not only) and with the style - a style strict, austere,
which although highly unrealistic not touched any naturalism.
A story centered on the Greek family and the degradation of neat mask,
is in the heart of «Miss Violence»: the 11 year-old Angela jumping,
smiling, from the balcony on the day of her birthday, and social
services are struggling to understand why, as the family insists that
he was listless accident while trying to hide guilty secrets.
Note that this is the second Lion of St. Mark winning Greek director at
the Mostra film debut was the Gold Lion won the 1980 Theo Angelopoulos
for his film "Alexander the Great".