Georgis Grigorakis’ Digger, starring Vangelis Mourikis and Argyris Pandazaras, is going to represent Greece in the 94th Academy Awards in the Foreign Film category.
The Greek-German-French co-production tells the story of a father-son reunion set against the backdrop of rural and environmental issues. It is a collaboration between Athina Rachel Tsangari’s Haos Films, Christos Konstantakopoulo of Faliro House, Fenia Cossovitsa’s Blonde and Gabrielle Dumon’s Le Bureau Films.
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“Digger” premiered in the Panorama section of the Berlinale in 2020, and went on to play at several virtual festivals including Sarajevo. The Match Factory is handling international sales. It ddominated the Hellenic Film Academy (Helfiac) Iris awards in June, winning 10 of 14 categories.
Greek Melburnian Mourikis studied in Australia where he did his first works, and he returned to Greece in the 1990s where he has worked in independent cinema. He has won a number of awards as leading and supporting actor and has collaborated with many notable directors, such as Thodoros Maragos, Yannis Economides, Nikos Grammatikos, Pantelis Voulgaris, Athina Rachel Tsangari, Georgis Grigorakis and others.
