Christina Kallas

Рождение : 1974-06-06, Thessaloniki, Greece

История

Christina Kallas is an award winning filmmaker, whose tense ensemble drama, 42 Seconds of Happiness (2016) won a number of awards and nominations in regional and international festivals in the US and abroad, granting her among others a nomination for the Emerging Director Award in St. Louis. The US independent filmmaker with a remarkable past as a Berlin-based writer and producer - and credits such as John Hurt starring political thriller, The Commissioner; BBC Films and Polygram's hooligan drama, I.D.; Toronto and Berlin selection hybrid narrative/doc Mothers; and European TV series hit, Danni Lowinski, has just completed her sophomore feature film as a director, The Rainbow Experiment, which was one of five works-in-progress selected for the prestigious US in Progress Paris program in 2017. Christina Kallas was President of the Federation of Screenwriters in Europe (FSE) from 2005 to 2013. She was honored for her outstanding contribution to the international writers community, including the European Screenwriters Manifesto and the World Conferences of Screenwriters. She has written several books on the art of writing for the screen including Creative Screenwriting: Understanding Emotional Structure (Palgrave/Macmillan, 2010) and Inside the Writers Room: Conversations with American TV Writers (Palgrave/Macmillan, 2014). She also wrote a monthly column for Ted Hope's blog Hope for Film, and was featured in Filmmaker Magazine and in Directed by Women. She served on several festival and European film subsidy juries, and is a member of the European Film Academy, the German Film Academy, the Writers Guild of America East, and the Film Fatales Narrative NY Chapter. She was born in Thessaloniki, Greece and graduated from FU Berlin with a double master's degree in film and music studies and a PhD in film studies. She has previously taught at the German Film and Television Academy DffB, and is currently teaching at Columbia University's and Barnard College's Film Programs.

Фильмы

Paris Is in Harlem
Producer
On the eve of New York City’s controversial “No Dancing” Law getting repealed, the lives of several strangers are forever changed by a shooting at a historic jazz bar in Harlem.
Paris Is in Harlem
Screenplay
On the eve of New York City’s controversial “No Dancing” Law getting repealed, the lives of several strangers are forever changed by a shooting at a historic jazz bar in Harlem.
Paris Is in Harlem
Director
On the eve of New York City’s controversial “No Dancing” Law getting repealed, the lives of several strangers are forever changed by a shooting at a historic jazz bar in Harlem.
The Rainbow Experiment
Director
Things spiral out of control in a high school in Manhattan when a terrible accident involving a science experiment injures a kid for life.
The Rainbow Experiment
Writer
Things spiral out of control in a high school in Manhattan when a terrible accident involving a science experiment injures a kid for life.
42 Seconds Of Happiness
Writer
A circle of thirty-something friends reunite for a weekend away to celebrate the same sex wedding of a member of their group. Yet, despite their best efforts to behave themselves, a series of surprise plans, unexpected arrivals and exposed secrets lead to an explosion of drama that, coupled with the flammable combination of hurt feelings, unresolved tensions, and lots of wine cannot be contained.
42 Seconds Of Happiness
Director
A circle of thirty-something friends reunite for a weekend away to celebrate the same sex wedding of a member of their group. Yet, despite their best efforts to behave themselves, a series of surprise plans, unexpected arrivals and exposed secrets lead to an explosion of drama that, coupled with the flammable combination of hurt feelings, unresolved tensions, and lots of wine cannot be contained.
42 Seconds Of Happiness
Producer
A circle of thirty-something friends reunite for a weekend away to celebrate the same sex wedding of a member of their group. Yet, despite their best efforts to behave themselves, a series of surprise plans, unexpected arrivals and exposed secrets lead to an explosion of drama that, coupled with the flammable combination of hurt feelings, unresolved tensions, and lots of wine cannot be contained.
Mothers
Producer
Two nine-year-old girls report a flasher to the police even though they never saw him. Three filmmakers meet the only residents of a deserted village - an elderly brother and sister who have not spoken to each other in 16 years. Retired cleaning women are found raped and strangled in a small town. The fiction slowly turns into a documentary.
Honey and the Pig
Writer
Manos (Christos Loulis) seems to have problems with his love life. He leaves the capital and coercive girlfriend to be close to his only relatives in the province. There, apart from his uncle (Paul Chaikalis) - that is looking frantically for donuts with honey - and beloved aunt (Bright Baxevani), he will meet Xenia (Fay Xila), an old friend who now works in the funeral home. With the help of the clever and cute pink piggy Marikaki he will try to reveal a old secret on the whole village and break out the lies that prevent redemptive truth.
The Commissioner
Producer
John Hurt stars as a scandal-hit member of parliament, dispatched to the political backwaters of the European Commission in Brussels as penance for his failures. However, once there he stumbles upon a chemical weapons outrage that points to a sinister political-industrial conspiracy.
The Commissioner
Screenplay
John Hurt stars as a scandal-hit member of parliament, dispatched to the political backwaters of the European Commission in Brussels as penance for his failures. However, once there he stumbles upon a chemical weapons outrage that points to a sinister political-industrial conspiracy.
Liebe Lügen
Producer
Удостоверение
Producer
Англия, восьмидесятые годы. Разгул организованного насилия на футбольных матчах каждые выходные. Четверым полицейским поручается под прикрытием внедрится в банду футбольных хулиганов клуба второго дивизона «Шэдвел» под названием «Псы» для установки личности главарей и активных участников беспорядков. Вначале расследование идет своим ходом - посещение домашних матчей и поездки на выездные, первые драки за клуб, знакомство с нужными людьми, успешное внедрение в банду... Но новая жизнь, с ее адреналином, чувством товарищества, захватывает, меняет взгляды полицейских на ситуацию. Бумажная работа в участке кажется неимоверно скучной, не идет ни в какое сравнение с подъемом, испытываемым на футболе. «Подозреваемые» кажутся не такими уж и плохими парнями, в отличие от бывших товарищей из полиции. И вот враги клуба становятся и твоими врагами, а честь «Псов» - превыше всего...