Letters from Albatross

Letters from Albatross / Γράμματα από το Άλμπατρος

(Documentaire, Grèce, 1995, 26’, C, VOSTA)

by Eva Stefani

Letters from Albatross

Synopsis

Le film observe l’amitié de deux détenus de la prison de Feltham, une prison pour mineurs de la banlieue de Londres. Paul et John passent leurs journées à enregistrer des chansons qu’ils envoient ensuite à des filles qu’ils ne connaissent pas, créant ainsi un fil imaginaire avec le monde extérieur.

Credits

Eva Stefani

Director

Film Author :

Eva Stefani
Eva Stefani

Eva Stefani is a Greek video artist and director. She studied Political Science in Athens, and then documentary filmmaking at the Ateliers Varan (Paris), at the Tisch School of the Arts (MA, New York University), and at the Film and Television School (London). She also obtained a doctorate in Ethnographic Cinema at Panteion University in Athens. She filmed a considerable number of short and experimental documentaries,  some of which won awards at Cinéma du Réel, the Thessaloniki Film Festival, and SEE Docs in Dubrovnik. She teaches theory and the history of cinema at the University of Athens and is a guest professor at the Freie Universität in Berlin. Days and Nights of Demetra K. is her first feature-length film.

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