beautiful idiots
The Documentary
"he came to greece looking for a revolution, but all he got was fucking metaphors."
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Set against the great Greek economical crisis Beautiful Idiots chronicles the absurd trials and errors of two complete film idiots in their attempt to capture the chaos on film. With their ambitious narrative they not only try to turn the tables of European macro – economics but also reverse their own fate and fortune. Their findings are painstakingly ambiguous and certainly tragicomic.
Michael Ginthoer, Writer/Director/editor
BI is Michaels follow up feature to the widely acclaimed film "Zen&Zero". One can easily say that Michael has defined his own genre, located somewhere between fact and fiction, drama and comedy, serious reporting and utter nonsense. Michael lives and works in Vienna, Austria.
Christos Chassapis, Writer/Sound/Cast
Christos went to film school with david in hollywood, california and later returned to Greece to open his own production company. A tarkovskian at heart, chris found himself portraying a mediterrenian anthero and villain in the film while also recording location sound.
David Auerbach, Cameraman/Producer/Cast
David works as a cameraman based in Hollywood, california, where his ancestors have a long standing habit of being employed by the motion picture industry. David lensed michael's first feature film "zen&zero" to mild critical acclaim and was made to add acting to one of his many duties on this lates film.
Dimitris Tsetsas - Editor
Yannis Chassapis - Original Score
Herwig Maurer - Sound Design/Mix
Erich w. Zander - Color, VFX
Jennifer Nelson - Art Director
N E W S
08-08-22
OFFICIAL SELECTION - Chania Film Festival
October 19th-30th, 2022 - Chania, Greece
07-18-22
OFFICIAL SELLECTION - Greek Int. Film Festival of Toronto
September 30th - October 9th, 2022 - Toronto, Canada
03-01-22
BI wins BEAST FEATURE FILM award at the Athens int. monthly
film festival
November 10th-12th, 2022 - Athens, Greece
05-17-22
BI is a FINALIST at the london greek film festival
09-26-21
BI wins AUDIENCE AWARD for BEST INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY at Mammoth Lakes Int. Film Festival