Jean Genet is Dead
With
- Steve Maclean (Filmmaker)
- Giannis Giannaris (Painter Linguist)
- Rafael Peña Cruz (Writer)
- Didier Lestrade (Journalist Activist Writer Photographer)
- Mustapha Chellali (Bather 1 - Policeman)
- Ahmed Boumediene (Bather 2 - Security Guard)
- Connie Giannaris (Filmmaker)
Crew
Written and Directed by | Constantine Giannaris |
Texts | Jean Genet from ‘A Thief’s Journal’ and ‘The Miracle of the Rose’ |
Cinematography | Constantine Giannaris |
Editing | Constantine Giannaris |
Music | Sally Herbert variation on ‘Ambient Music for Airports’, Brian Eno 1977 |
Sound | Constantine Giannaris |
Art Director | Constantine Giannaris |
Narrator | Jamie |
Producer | Constantine Giannaris |
World sales
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Constantine Giannaris
Born in Sydney, Australia in 1959. After being expelled from school in Australia, he attended an English-speaking school in Athens during the years of the military dictatorship and took part in the student uprising at the Polytechnio. At 17 he moved to England and studied history and economics. He broke off from a PhD in Russia after visiting Moscow during the pre-Perestroika era. He wrote for the left-wing weekly magazine Socialist Organizer, and was a member of the ‘Lesbians and Gays Support the Miners’ group in the 1980s when he began making films. He also directed music videos for the bands Bronski Beat and the Communards. His films have screened at numerous international festivals. After Jean Genet is Dead, Panorama also screened Apo tin Akri tis Polis (From the Edge of the City), Omiros (Hostage) and Man at Sea. His film Dekapentavgoustos (One Day in August) screened in the 2002 Competition.
Filmography (selection)
1987 Jean Genet is Dead; short experimental film; Panorama 1989 Trojans; short film; Panorama 1991 Caught Looking; short film; Panorama 1998 Apo tin akri tis polis (From the Edge of the City); Panorama 2001 Dekapentavgoustos (One Day in August); Competition 2004 Omiros (Hostage); Panorama 2010 Man At Sea; Panorama 2015 Spring Awakening 2016 Techniques of the Body - Stavros Niarchos Foundation; in collaboration with Mark Mazower; short film
Bio- & filmography as of Berlinale 2019