"Animal" - greek movie with English subtitles

Name: "Animal" - greek movie with English subtitles
Start: 2025-09-24T21:00:00+02:00
End: 2025-09-24T23:00:00+02:00
Location: Ciné Utopia

Schedule

Wed Sep 24 2025 at 09:00 pm to 11:00 pm

UTC+02:00

Location

Ciné Utopia | Luxembourg, LU

SYNOPSIS
Under the hot Greek sun the animateurs at an all-inclusive island resort prepare for the busy touristic season. Kalia is the leader of the pack. Paper decors glossy costumes and dance shows fill the stage. As summer intensifies and the work pressure builds up their nights become violent and Kalia’s struggle is revealed in the darkness. But when the spotlights turn on again the show must go on.

ABOUT THE DIRECTOR
Sofia Exarchou was born in Athens. She studied electrical engineering at the National Technical University of Athens film direction at the Stavrakos Film School and theater at the Stella Adler Studio of Acting in New York. She pursued post-graduate film studies at Esav in Toulouse France. In 2014 she was selected for the Sundance Screenwriter’s & Director’s Lab. Park her first feature film premiered at Toronto IFF and San Sebastian IFF where it won the New Directors Award. Since then it has participated and won awards in numerous international film festivals (Rotterdam IFF BFI Thessaloniki IFF - Best Actress & Best Greek Film European Film Festival Palic-Best European Film Greek Film Academy - Best First Feature & Best Sound Award etc). Animal is Sofia’s sophomore feature film.

2016 Park
2009 Mesecina (short film)
2006 Apostasi (short film)
2023 Animal