ANGELO
Helias Doulis / Greece / 2024 / 13 min
Friday, November 8 / 9 pm / Grand Illusion Cinema / TICKETS
In 1990s Athens, Angelo, an Albanian young man working at a record store, is eager to begin anew. A fleeting encounter with a client draws him into a world that feels strangely familiar. But what will it cost him?
Included in the DARK FANTASY short program
Director Biography – Helias Doulis
Upon finishing his Writing and Film studies in 2015 in the United Kingdom, Helias Doulis returned to Greece where he shot his first semi-autobiographical feature film ‘The Nest’.
His photographic series ‘Parabyss: A Nurtured Nature’, became his first expressive approach across Europe and the US. His fashion editorial was a collaboration with the iconic American fashion house of Ralph Lauren in 2018, where he photographed their RRL campaign. He diverted from using the western traditional approach and introduced a queer element in an urban landscape for the modern cowboy.
Doulis’ obsession with adult cinema brought him to Paris, London and finally to Athens, shooting films with the men he adored younger. He’s just completed his short film, ‘ANGELO’, discussing the story of a young Albanian immigrant who’s landed in the Greece of 1990s to secure a better life for himself.
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