Yorgos Lanthimos

Director Yorgos Lanthimos enchanted the audience of the 2023 Venice Biennale with his unmistakable charisma as a cult author, parading on the red carpet of the Festival with his highly anticipated new film “The Favourite”, a bold and provocative historical tale that confirms his talent in exploring power dynamics and human psychology in an original and visionary way.

Yorgos Lanthimos was certainly one of the leading figures of the 2023 Venice Film Festival. In addition to “La Favorita”, his latest work which premiered at the Festival, the Greek director also directed an episode of the anthology series “Esterno Notte” , produced by RAI, in which he further demonstrated his unique style and his ability to create disturbing and hypnotic atmospheres.

Lanthimos is known for his films with a grotesque and disturbing tone, which delve deeply into the human soul, highlighting his darkest contradictions and impulses. Titles such as “The Lobster”, “The Killing of a Sacred Deer” and “The Favourite” have established his reputation as an innovative and visionary filmmaker on an international level. Venice 2023 represented another important stage in the career of this eclectic author with his strong personality.