Digger


Vangelis Mourikis, Argyris Pandazaras
Digger by Georgis Grigorakis
GRC, FRA 2020, Panorama
© Haos Film, Le Bureau

Vangelis Mourikis
Digger by Georgis Grigorakis
GRC, FRA 2020, Panorama
© Haos Film, Le Bureau

Argyris Pandazaras
Digger by Georgis Grigorakis
GRC, FRA 2020, Panorama
© Haos Film, Le Bureau

Film poster
Digger by Georgis Grigorakis
GRC, FRA 2020, Panorama
Director Georgis Grigorakis sets his rain-drenched woodland Western against a majestic backdrop and finds robust yet tender images to tell this tale of rapprochement between two men. A story of resistance more powerful than the strongest excavator.
With
- Vangelis Mourikis (Nikitas)
- Argyris Pandazaras (Johnny)
- Sofia Kokkali (Mary)
- Theo Alexander (Petros)
- Michalis Iatropoulos (Bob)
- Vasilis Bisbikis (Kostas)
- Pavlos Iordanopoulos (Billy)
- Thitis (Haris)
- Antonis Tsiotsiopoulos (Themakos)
- Marianthi Pantelopoulou (Thodora)
Crew
Written and Directed by | Georgis Grigorakis |
Story | Georgis Grigorakis, Maria Votti, Vangelis Mourikis |
Cinematography | Giorgos Karvelas |
Editing | Thodoris Armaos |
Music | Michalis Moschoutis |
Sound Design | Leandros Ntounis |
Sound Mixing | Simon Apostolou |
Sound | François Abdelnour |
Production Design | Dafni Kalogianni |
Costumes | Vassilia Rozana |
Make-Up | Ioanna Lygizou |
Assistant Director | Arsenis Polymenopoulos |
Casting | Anna Nikolaou |
Line Producer | Fenia Cossovitsa |
Production Manager | Matthaios Voulgaris |
Producers | Athina Rachel Tsangari, Maria Hatzakou, Chrysanthi Karfi Koi |
Executive Producers | Christos V. Konstantakopoulos, Michael Weber |
Co-Producers | Gabrielle Dumon, Nikos Katsaounis, Ernst Fassbender, Fenia Cossovitsa, Anna Nikolaou |
Co-Production |
Le Bureau Paris Faliro House Athen N-Coded Pictures New York FassB Filmproduktion Frankfurt am Main Blonde Athen |
World Sales
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Produced by
Haos Film

Georgis Grigorakis, Athina Rachel Tsangari, Vangelis Mourikis, Argyris Pandazaras
The director with the line producer and the two protagonists.
Digger · Panorama · Feb 24, 2020

Georgis Grigorakis
The director with his CICAE Art Cinema Award.
Digger · Panorama · Prizes of the Independent Juries · Feb 29, 2020

Kevin Beck, Casper Houtman, Georgis Grigorakis, Tamara Viscovic, Giorgos Karvelas
The Jury of the CICAE Art Cinema Awards (the prize of the International Confederation of Art House Cinemas) with the director of the winning film (middle) and its cinematographer (right).
Digger · Panorama · Prizes of the Independent Juries · Feb 29, 2020
Georgis Grigorakis

Born and raised in Greece, he studied social psychology in the UK before completing a master’s degree in directing fiction at the National Film and Television School in Beaconsfield near London in 2012. Since 2007, he has been writing and directing short films which have screened at over 100 international festivals in total and have won more than 20 awards. His debut feature film, Digger, was supported in its development phase by the Nipkow Programme, the Cinéfondation Cannes and the Sundance Screenwriters Lab.
Filmography
2007 And Me For Myself; short film 2010 Reverse; short film 2012 Revolving; short film 2014 45 Degrees; short film 2020 Digger; Panorama
Bio- & filmography as of Berlinale 2020