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The Capsule
    French with English subtitles, 2012, 35 minutes, color, Greece, Shorts Competition
    Seven young women. A mansion perched on a Cycladic rock. A series of lessons on discipline, desire, discovery, and disappearance. A melancholy, inescapable cycle on the brink of womanhood—infinitely.

    About the Director

    A native of Greece, Athina Rachel Tsangari works as a filmmaker and projection designer. She is the cofounder and principal producer of Haos Film and has produced three of Yorgos Lanthimos’s films, including the critically acclaimed Dogtooth (2009). Her second feature, Attenberg premiered in competition at the 2010 Venice Film Festival and was Greece’s foreign-language film submission to the 2011 Academy Awards. Her upcoming feature, Duncharon, was awarded the ARTE France Cinéma Award for best project at the International Film Festival Rotterdam CineMart in 2012.

    Cast and Credits

    Director: Athina Rachel Tsangari

    Screenwriters: Athina Rachel Tsangari, Aleksandra Waliszewska

    Executive Producer: Dakis Joannou

    Producers: Maria Hatzakou, Kyriacos Karseras, Athina Rachel Tsangari

    Cinematographer: Thimios Bakatakis

    Editor: Matt Jonhson

    Production Designer: Athina Rachel Tsangari

    Sound: Leandros Ntounis

    Principal Cast: Ariane Labed, Clémence Poésy, Isolda Dychauk, Evangelia Randou, Aurora Marion, Deniz Gamze Ergüven, Sofia Dona

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