Yorgos Georgakopoulos
Directing
Biography
Yorgos Georgakopoulos (Greek: Γιώργος Γεωργακόπουλος) was born in Athens and studied civil engineering. He then began his studies at the Film Department of the School of Fine Arts of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. "The Greenhouse" is his second short film..
Known For
A narrow space. A young man obsessed with ambient sounds. All will be disrupted when the sonic presence of the Russian neighbors invades his space.
2x3 asymmetrical
Sali, a young man of Albanian origin, has dropped out of school and works at greenhouses. He wants to save enough money to go through the tryout process of Juventus Academy. But to realize his dream, he must first overcome a series of hurdles in his harsh daily life.
Greenhouse
A person, in the case of "Iphigenia" a girl, sacrifices part or even her whole ego to become a member of a new social ensemble and specifically of the social ensemble of her future husband. The film is inspired by the theater of the absurd and mainly by theatrical texts by Ionesco and Pinter but also by the original myth of Iphigenia which symbolizes sacrifice.
Iphigenia: No more tears
The word sitis is read from both sides. It's a backtrack. Shape perfect. It means thirst. No saturation. Thirst for more and more self.
Sitis, the regression of a word
Antonis, a private metal detectorist, is looking to find the lost ring on behalf of a man of the night. Things take a strange turn when he meets and falls in love with the mysterious Elsa.
Lost treasure
A depiction of daily life in Chongqing, a fascinating metropolis of over 30 million inhabitants. A composition of shots, from sunrise to sunset, that attempts to capture the spirit of the city. The people, the buildings and the metro become integral to the cinematic language.