Thessaloniki Film Festival

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Greek Premiere

Robert Eggers

Robert Eggers got his professional career started through directing and set design for the theatre scene in New York City, before eventually transitioning to film. The Witch, his feature film debut as a film director, premiered at the Sundance Film Festival to critical acclaim and went on to become a major box office hit. Eggers’ sophomore feature The Lighthouse was screened at the Cannes’ Directors’ Fortnight section, also receiving enthusiastic comments.

Filmography

2008 The Tell-Tale Heart (short)
2015 The Witch: A New-England Folktale | The Witch
2019 The Lighthouse

The Lighthouse

Two stern and taciturn men, take on tending a remote lighthouse. Tom, a veteran seaman of dark secrets, is in charge of the light, a duty that defines the chain of command. Ephraim assumes the most demeaning jobs and quickly grows resentful at Tom’s sarcasm and mood swings. Eventually, disorientation, paranoia and drunkenness take the upper hand, as the lonely duo veers between enmity and comradeship. A fiercely monochromatic dance of delusions and palpable fear, in a dazzling horror film, made up by ostensible normality: sometimes, a beam of light that rips darkness is far more blood-curling than blackness itself.

Screening Schedule

No scheduled screenings.

Direction: Robert Eggers

Script: Robert Eggers, Max Eggers

Cinematography: Jarin Blaschke

Editing: Louise Ford

Sound: Damian Volpe

Music: Mark Korven

Actors: Robert Pattinson, Willem Dafoe, Valeriia Karaman

Production: A24, New Regency, RT Features

Producer/Producers: Rodrigo Teixeira, Jay Van Hoy, Robert Eggers, Lourenço Sant’ Anna, Youree Henley

Co-producer/Co-producers: Michael Volpe, Jeffrey Penman