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Dimitris Athanitis

Born January 1, 1963 · Athens, Greece (age 63)

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Known For

LabyrinthLabyrinth · 2026
Labyrinth
2026
MovieDocumentary
In the heart of Athens, there is another city. A hidden city. Α city breathing for almost more than a century under the artificial light. A documentary about the labyrinth of the arcades and the people living, working, and creating there for three generations. But in these arcades, Labyrinth discovers also a metaphor of cinema itself.
Songs of the UndergroundSongs of the Underground · 2017
Songs of the Underground
2017
MovieDocumentaryMusic
A documentrary portrait of some of Greece’s underground music artists, and their songs of resistance and anger.
Naked CinemaNaked Cinema · 2010
Naked Cinema
2010
MovieDocumentary
In the early 70s Greek cinema entered in a period of crisis. One of its aspects was said "crisis of issues" and one of the exits heard in the name "erotic cinema". The genre was already acquaintance from the abundance of foreigner films, that was distributed in the grindhouses under the "adults only" motto and its Greek version had a lot of variants.
Songs of RevolutionSongs of Revolution · 2017
Songs of Revolution
2017
Movie
A hybrid film, part-documentary, part-fiction, on the history of Greek radical music.
MedeaMedea · 2022
Medea
2022
MovieDrama
Medea, Jason, and their two children live as refugees in the Greek city of Corinth. When Jason abandons her to marry the king's daughter, Medea is forced to leave the country, on penalty of death.
No Sympathy for the DevilNo Sympathy for the Devil · 1997
No Sympathy for the Devil
★ 6.81997
MovieScience FictionRomance
A modern version of Orpheus and Eurydice. A romance in extremes set at a dystopian future by the acclaimed Greek director Dimitri Athanitis. Provocative, already a cult film. After being released from prison, Eurydice gets a job as a waitress but also as a naked model for a mysterious photographer who blackmails her. Orpheus, a cashier at a super market meets her by chance and falls for her at once. When he loses her, he shall travel all the way to hell, to get her back. Dimitri Athanitis's take on the "Orpheus and Eurydice" myth is stylish and sexy. Lena Kitsipoulou is totally magnetic for her fellow characters and the viewer.
Wild and PreciousWild and Precious · 2012
Wild and Precious
2012
MovieDrama
An Italian cinematographer finds himself in the midst of the Greek socio-political crisis. He returns home to Milano to his ex-wife and daughter, only to be drawn back to Athens, where an Australian TV producer hires his services as a maverick cinematographer.
The Gaze AdventureThe Gaze Adventure · 2023
The Gaze Adventure
★ 5.02023
MovieDramaDocumentary
"The Gaze Adventure" is simultaneously an essay film and a fiction film. that approaches the multiple function of the gaze as a main element of the cinematic world, and as a carrier of the cinematic journey.

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