EFTHIMIS FILIPPOU AT YALE UNIVERSITY
Syrimis, George
Apologies for posting after the fact. Two recent events featuring Efthimis Filippou at Yale University.
Screening of The Lobster
Sunday, March 22, 4:00 PM
The film was followed by a conversation with Efthimis Filippou and the audience, moderated by George Syrimis
Performance of Apologiae 4& 5
By Efthimis Filippou, translated by Kyriacos Karseras, and directed by Andreas Andreou ’26, David Geffen School of Drama at Yale University.
The play was performed in English by former and current students at the David Geffen Drama School at Yale University
Monday, March 23, 8:00 PM
Both events were free and open to the public.
Efthimis Filippou (b. 1977, Athens, Greece) is a Greek screenwriter and playwright whose work spans the cinema and stage. He is best known for his long-standing collaboration with director Yorgos Lanthimos on internationally acclaimed films including Dogtooth, Alps, The Lobster, The Killing of a Sacred Deer, and Kinds of Kindness. Irreverent and provocative, his work is perhaps the most representative, if not authoritative, of the so-called Greek weird wave in contemporary cinema. His works continue to shock and enthrall critics and audiences alike with their absurd and tragicomic view of human fragility and futility and with the distinctive alienating effect of their austere, dispassionate, and darkly comic aesthetic.
His screenwriting credits also include L and Pity both directed by Babis Makridis, and Chevalier directed by Athina Rachel Tsangari. In addition to film, Filippou has written numerous performance works, such as Haemata, Our Lovely Hands, Apologiae 4 & 5, and Romantic Outburst One, among others. His printed works include Someone Talks Alone Holding a Glass of Milk, Scenes, On Dimitris, and Once, Once., published in Greek by MNP Publications, as well as Veinte Corazones, Ganadores, with a selection of texts translated into Spanish.
The activities of the Hellenic Studies Program are generously funded by the Stavros Niarchos Center for Hellenic Studies at Yale University.