Kostas Sfikas was born in Athens in 1927. He worked as an employee in the post office in his juvenile years. In 1961, he directs a short film and begins his adventure as a self-taught cinematographer. Seven years later, along with Stavros Tornes, he directs the short documentary, Theran Matins, bought later by MOMA in New York. Devoted to experimental cinema, Kostas Sfikas has filmed nine documentaries and fiction films and continues to create, being a constant alternative voice in Greek cinema. A complete retrospective of his work will be accompanied by a publication of a monograph.

 THE LONELY ROAD OF COSTAS SFIKAS

FILMS
1. MODEL (1974)
2. METROPOLISES (1975)
3. ÁLLEGORY (1986)
4. PAUL KLEE'S PROPHETIC BIRD OF SORROW (1995)
5. PROMETHEUS RETROGRESSING (1998)
6. THE WOMAN OF... AND THE COLLECTOR - ALLEGORY III (2002)

DOCUMENTARIES
1. WAITING (1962)
2. THERAN MATINS (1968)

MADE FOR TELEVISION
1. THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO ST. MARK (1979)
2. LAMENT FOR YANNIS CHRISTOU (1980)
3. EXPRESSIONISM IN THE CINEMA (1982)
4. THE POETRY OF ANDREAS EMBIRIKOS (1982)
5. THE MONTAGE OF EISENSTEIN (1983)
6. THE REVELATION OF THE SOVEREIGN (1992)
7. THE ENIGMATIC MR. JULES VERNE-NEMO - ALLEGORY II (1993)

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