BERLINALE SPECIAL TRIBUTE TO THEO ANGELOPOULOS

On the occasion of the death of Theo Angelopoulos the Berlin International Film Festival is presenting a special screening in this year’s programme.

Since the beginning of the 1970s Theo Angelopoulos has been regarded as one of Europe’s major directors of auteur cinema. He was a guest at the Berlin International Film Festival many times. Most recently, Theo Angelopoulos presented I skoni tou chronou (The Dust of Time) in the Berlinale Competition in 2009.

The Berlinale will show Trilogia: To livadi pou dakrisi (Trilogy: The Weeping Meadow) in a special screening – in the original version with German subtitles - at the CinemaxX 9 at Potsdamer Platz on February 16, 2012 at 9pm. Greek author Petros Markaris, who worked with Angelopoulos on many of the scripts for his films, and Phoebe Economopoulos, widow and producer of many of his films, are expected to attend the screening.