Vassilis Mazomenos
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Mazomenos in Montreal World Film Festival
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| Born | 12 November 1964 Athens, Greece |
| Nationality | Greek |
| Occupation | Film director screenwriter producer and production designer |
| Years active | 1995–present |
| Known for | Being a representative of European art film and surrealist cinema |
| Notable work | Money, A Mythology of Darkness (1998) Guilt (2009) 10th day (2012) |
| Awards | jury's special award in Fantasporto and nominated for the European Fantasy Award for Money, A Mythology of Darkness (1999) , awards in Thessaloniki International Film Festival for his films The Triumph of Time (1996), Money, A Mythology of Darkness (1998) and Remembrance (2002) , awards in London Greek Film Festival (2012, 2013) for his films Guilt and 10th day |
Vassilis Mazomenos (Greek: Βασίλης Μαζωμένος; born 1964, Athens) is an acclaimed producer, Scriptwriter and director . Founder and director of Horme Pictures [1] and a member of both the European Film Academy [2] and the Hellenic Film Academy [3] He is also known as a production designer [4] and a poet [5] Considered the most "special" than all Greek film makers of his generation, known for his artistic experimentation and his influences from the early German expressionism.[6] His first films had an original content with images containing a lot of allegories and symbols by using digital technology and different kinds of techniques. Mazomenos with these first films earned a international reputation as a unique director. Later he developed a different narrative with his latest movies Guilt and 10th day, where he approaches human tragedies with a more friendly way to the audience.
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Life and career
Mazomenos studied political science at the University of Athens.[7] He is the son of the fighter of the National Resistance Mimis Mazomenos, grandson of Afroditi Papanastasiou that was first cousin of Alexandros Papanastasiou, the first president of the Greek Republic (1924). His grandfather, Vasileios Mazomenos was an economic immigrant in the United States[8] and returned to fight as a volunteer in the Balkan Wars. Mazomenos has worked also as an author, writing for Film and Art in newspapers and art magazines. He worked as the artistic director at the Kalamata Documentary International Film Festival and from 2005 to 2006 was the vice-president of the Greek Film Centre. Also he has been a member of national and international juries in film festivals. From 2005 to 2011 he taught film at the Cinema Department of a well known Art College. From 2012 he is teaching film in Horme Pictures.[9] Mazomenos also published in Gavriilides editions three collections of poems (2003, 2005, 2008).
International film festivals
Mazomenos' films have been accepted for International participation at the Montreal World Film Festival (2009 and 2012), the Panorama of European Films Festival (1998, 2002, 2004, 2009, 2012),[10] the International Film Festival of India (IFFI) in 2009, the Thessaloniki International Film Festival (1995, 1996, 1998, 2002 and 2004), the Cairo International Film Festival (2009), the Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival in 2000, the Sitges Film Festival in Spain in 1999, the FEST (Belgrade Film Festival) (1996 and 1997) , the Fantasporto International Film Festival (1999, 2001, 2010, 2013) , the London Greek Film Festival (2012, 2013), the Chicago International Arthouse FILM FEST (2015) the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (2009) the Hellenic Film Academy Awards (2010, 2013) the Cyprus International Film Festival (2013) and at many others.
Awards
Mazomenos has been twice nominated for the Hellenic Film Academy awards (2010 , 2013). He was nominated for the European Fantasy Award (George Melies award) in 1999 for his film Money, A Mythology of Darkness and won the same year the jury's special award in Fantasporto for the same film. He was three times awarded in Thessaloniki International Film Festival for his films The Triumph of Time (1996), Money, A Mythology of Darkness (1998) and Remembrance (2002). He has been twice awarded in London Greek Film Festival (2012, 2013) for his films Guilt and 10th day . He won the Jury’s Special Award at the Panorama of European Cinema for his feature 10th day and won also the Special award in Cyprus International Film Festival (Cyprus) for the same film. Also he has been awarded for his work as a producer in short films.[11]
Filmography
Feature films
Director Screenwriter Producer
- Days of Rage (1995)[12][13]
- The Triumph of Time (1996)[14][15]
- Money, A Mythology of Darkness (1998)[16][17]
- Remembrance (2002)[18][19]
- Words and Sins (2004)[20][21]
- Guilt (2009)[22][23][24]
- 10th day (2012) [25][26][27]
- Lines (2016)[28]
Actor
- Rupture (2016), as Real estate agent[29]
- Short Cut (2015) as Folk idol[30]
- The Icon (2015) as Narrator[31]
- The sentimentalists (2014) as Bank director[32]
- Remembrance (2002) as Narrator[18]
Production designer
feature films
- To profitiko pouli ton thlipseon (1995)[33]
- Days of Rage (1995)[12]
- The Triumph of Time (1996)[14]
- Money, A Mythology of Darkness (1998)[16]
- Remembrance (2002)[18]
- Words and Sins (2004)[20]
- 10th day (2012) [25]
Selected Media Interviews
- interview for Guilt part I
- interview for Guilt part II
- interview for Guilt part III
- blow up interview
- 35mm interview
- protagon interview
References
- ↑ Horme Pictures
- ↑ European Film Academy
- ↑ Hellenic Film Academy
- ↑ IMDB
- ↑ Poetry
- ↑ Doctv
- ↑ Guilt - Vassilis Mazomenos. Ourense International Film Festival. Retrieved 26 May 2014.
- ↑ ellisfoundation
- ↑ Horme Pictures student films
- ↑ Panorama award
- ↑ Awards
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 Days of Rage, a requiem for Europe. IMDb. Retrieved May 25, 2014.
- ↑ Days of Rage Full movie Vimeo.
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 The Triumph of Time. IMDB. Retrieved May 25, 2014.
- ↑ triumph of Time Full movie Vimeo.
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 Money, a Mythology of Darkness, IMDb. Retrieved May 25, 2014.
- ↑ Money Full movie Vimeo.
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 18.2 Remembrance IMDb. Retrieved May 25, 2014.
- ↑ Remembrance Full movie Vimeo.
- ↑ 20.0 20.1 "Words and Sins" IMDB.
- ↑ Words and Sins trailer Vimeo.
- ↑ Guilt IMDb. Retrieved May 25, 2014.
- ↑ Guilt blog. 10th day blog.
- ↑ Guilt trailer Vimeo.
- ↑ 25.0 25.1 10th day. IMDb. Retrieved May 25, 2014.
- ↑ 10th DAY blog. 10thday.wordpress.com Retrieved May 25, 2014.
- ↑ 10th day trailer Vimeo.
- ↑ Lines IMDB.
- ↑ Rupture IMDB
- ↑ Short cut IMDb.
- ↑ Icon IMDb.
- ↑ Sentimentalists IMDb.
- ↑ To profitiko pouli ton thlipseon. IMDb.
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