Birds or How to Be One

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22nd TDF: Greek Premiere

A movie about what is fake and what is real, that flutters between documentary and fiction. A film about flying and falling, the human need to fly, fear of heights, vertigo, utopia, Gods and man. Inspired by the ancient Greek comedy Ornithes by Aristophanes and the Nikos Karathanos’s theatre performance of the same title, which was staged at the Onassis Stegi.

Screening Schedule

No physical screenings scheduled.

Direction: Babis Makridis

Script: Babis Makridis

Cinematography: Konstantinos Koukoulios

Editing: Marios Kleftakis

Sound: Leandros Dounis, Stephanos Efthimiou

Music: The Little Thieves, Angelos Triantafyllou

Production: Neda Film, Onassis Foundation

Producers: Amanda Livanou, Antonis Papadimitriou, Afroditi Panagiotakou

Format: DCP

Color: Color

Production Country: Greece

Production Year: 2020

Duration: 80΄

Contact: New Europe Film Sales, festivals@neweuropefilmsales.com

Babis Makridis

Babis Makridis graduated from the Stavrakos Hellenic Film and Television School. His first short film, The Last Fakir, won the Best Newcomer Director Award at the Drama Short Film Festival in 2005. His debut feature film, L (2012), had its world premiere in the International Competition section of the Sundance Film Festival and its European premiere in competition at the Rotterdam International Film Festival. The film had a long festival run and won the Best Film Award at the Molodist Film Festival in Kyiv, Ukraine. His second feature film, Pity (2018), also premiered in the International Competition section of the Sundance Film Festival and at the International Film Festival Rotterdam. It received multiple awards, including Best Greek Film from the Hellenic Film Academy in 2019, the FIPRESCI Award at the Torino Film Festival, and Best Film and Best Director at the Odessa International Film Festival. Pity was distributed in over 20 countries. His third feature film, Birds (or How to Be One), produced by the Onassis Foundation, premiered at the Rotterdam International Film Festival and later screened at the Thessaloniki International Documentary Festival. His fourth feature film, Unclickable, premiered at the Thessaloniki International Documentary Festival in 2024. His fifth feature film is currently in development.