Efthymis Filippou

Efthymis Filippou

Efthymis Filippou, an exceptionally captivating Greek writer, playwright, and screenwriter, was born on January 18, 1977, in Acharnes, Athens. Initially a journalist and copywriter, he was not involved in filmmaking until his compatriot Yorgos Lanthimos invited him to write scripts, teaching him the craft, for which Filippou is grateful. Renowned for his uniquely surreal, darkly comedic style, he co-wrote with Lanthimos films like Dogtooth (2009), a Cannes winner, Alps (2011), earning the Golden Osella, The Lobster (2015), an Oscar nominee, The Killing of a Sacred Deer (2017), and Kinds of Kindness (2024). He also collaborated with directors Babis Makridis (Pity 2018) and Athina Rachel Tsangari (Chevalier 2015). His theatrical works include Bloods (2014), Excuse 4&5 (2016), Rob (2017), George (2020), and Etymologies (2024). Filippou published his first novel, Someone talking to himself while holding a glass of milk, in 2007. Which was circulated in editions by the Greek Ministry of Public Health. He has earned numerous awards and was invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in 2016, reflecting his global impact on cinema and theater.

  • Title: Efthymis Filippou
  • Popularity: 0.2145
  • Known For: Writing
  • Birthday: 1977-01-16
  • Place of Birth: Acharnes, Grecia
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  • Also Known As: Efthimis Filippou, Ευθύμης Φιλίππου
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Efthymis Filippou Movies

  • 2024
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    Polydroso

    Polydroso

    1 2024 HD

    Sophia, the daughter, is returning to the Athenian suburb of Polydroso to take care of Sophia, the mother. Back in her neighbourhood, she will confront the reasons that made her leave in the first place. Polydroso is a mystical isolated suburb and both Sophias spend their time daydreaming about ghosts of the past. A film about tender people in a non-tender world.

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  • 2011
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    Alps

    Alps

    6.2 2011 HD

    A nurse, a paramedic, a gymnast and her coach offer a service for hire wherein they stand in for dead people by appointment, hired by relatives, friends or colleagues of the deceased, to assist with the grieving process.

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  • 2020
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    A window to the world

    A window to the world

    1 2020 HD

    A Window To The World is a creative collaboration between KesselsKramer, screenwriter Efthimis Filippou, and 62 artists from all over the world. Created together (apart), it stars 62 windows presenting one message to us humans.

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  • 2009
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    Dogtooth

    Dogtooth

    7.053 2009 HD

    Three teenagers are confined to an isolated country estate that could very well be on another planet. The trio spend their days listening to endless homemade tapes that teach them a whole new vocabulary. Any word that comes from beyond their family abode is instantly assigned a new meaning. Hence 'the sea' refers to a large armchair and 'zombies' are little yellow flowers. Having invented a brother whom they claim to have ostracized for his disobedience, the uber-controlling parents terrorize their offspring into submission.

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  • 2011
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    Alps

    Alps

    6.2 2011 HD

    A nurse, a paramedic, a gymnast and her coach offer a service for hire wherein they stand in for dead people by appointment, hired by relatives, friends or colleagues of the deceased, to assist with the grieving process.

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  • 2018
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    Pity

    Pity

    6.3 2018 HD

    The story of a man who feels happy only when he is unhappy: addicted to sadness, with such need for pity, that he’s willing to do everything to evoke it from others. This is the life of a man in a world not cruel enough for him.

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  • 2021
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    Apples

    Apples

    6.3 2021 HD

    As an unpredictable, sweeping pandemic causes people to develop sudden amnesia, a man finds himself enrolled in a recovery program designed to help him build a new life. His treatment: performing daily tasks prescribed by his doctors on cassette tape, and capturing those with a Polaroid camera.

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  • 2010
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    Attenberg

    Attenberg

    6.098 2010 HD

    Marina, 23, is growing up with her architect father in a prototype factory town by the sea. Finding the human species strange and repellent, she keeps her distance...that is until a stranger comes to town and challenges her to a foosball duel, on her own table. Her father, meanwhile, ritualistically prepares for his exit from the 20th century, which he considers to be "overrated."

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  • 2016
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    Suntan

    Suntan

    6.3 2016 HD

    Kostis is a 40-year-old doctor that finds himself in the small island of Antiparos, in order to take over the local clinic. His whole life and routine will turn upside down when he meets an international group of young and beautiful tourists and he falls in love with Anna, a 19-year-old goddess.

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  • 2018
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    The Favourite

    The Favourite

    7.498 2018 HD

    England, early 18th century. The close relationship between Queen Anne and Sarah Churchill is threatened by the arrival of Sarah's cousin, Abigail Hill, resulting in a bitter rivalry between the two cousins to be the Queen's favourite.

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  • 2019
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    Olla

    Olla

    6.517 2019 HD

    After answering an ad on a dating website for Eastern European women, Olla leaves Ukraine and heads to French suburbia to move in with Pierre, who lives with his elderly mother. However, the suburbia cannot temper her desires, and nothing goes as expected.

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  • 2013
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    Necktie

    Necktie

    6.35 2013 HD

    A short film made for “Venezia 70 - Future Reloaded”. 5 teens try to discover what happens when you die.

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  • 2015
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    Chevalier

    Chevalier

    5.559 2015 HD

    In the middle of the Aegean Sea, six men on a fishing trip on a luxury yacht decide to play a game. During this game, things will be compared. Things will be measured. Songs will be butchered, and blood will be tested. Friends will become rivals and rivals will become hungry. But at the end of the journey, when the game is over, the man who wins will be the best man. And he will wear on his smallest finger the victory ring: the Chevalier.

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  • 2015
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    The Lobster

    The Lobster

    7.035 2015 HD

    In a dystopian near future, single people, according to the laws of The City, are taken to The Hotel, where they are obliged to find a romantic partner in forty-five days or are transformed into animals and sent off into The Woods.

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  • 2024
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    Kinds of Kindness

    Kinds of Kindness

    6.477 2024 HD

    A triptych fable following a man without choice who tries to take control of his own life; a policeman who is alarmed that his wife who was missing-at-sea has returned and seems a different person; and a woman determined to find a specific someone with a special ability, who is destined to become a prodigious spiritual leader.

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  • 2012
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    L

    L

    5.4 2012 HD

    The protagonist, aged 40, lives in his car and receives his family at fixed times. His employer is a rich narcoleptic who can’t drive. The driver provides him with special honey. But when an even better driver comes along, he loses his job and decides to look for another means of transport.

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  • 2018
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    Baton

    Baton

    1 2018 HD

    A group of young individuals lives confined in a majestic building where a group of uniformed men induces them to perform a series of surreal actions.

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  • 1970
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    Rosebush Pruning

    Rosebush Pruning

    1 1970 HD

    In the claustrophobic confines of a rural estate, a family struggles with their tangled web of hereditary diseases. Among them is Alessandro, a young man with epilepsy and paranoid tendencies. Feeling burdened by the numerous afflictions that plague his family, he decides to murder them all.

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  • 2012
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    L

    L

    5.4 2012 HD

    The protagonist, aged 40, lives in his car and receives his family at fixed times. His employer is a rich narcoleptic who can’t drive. The driver provides him with special honey. But when an even better driver comes along, he loses his job and decides to look for another means of transport.

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  • 2018
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    Pity

    Pity

    6.3 2018 HD

    The story of a man who feels happy only when he is unhappy: addicted to sadness, with such need for pity, that he’s willing to do everything to evoke it from others. This is the life of a man in a world not cruel enough for him.

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  • 2017
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    The Killing of a Sacred Deer

    The Killing of a Sacred Deer

    7.009 2017 HD

    Dr. Steven Murphy is a renowned cardiovascular surgeon who presides over a spotless household with his wife and two children. Lurking at the margins of his idyllic suburban existence is Martin, a fatherless teen who insinuates himself into the doctor's life in gradually unsettling ways.

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  • 2020
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    Nimic

    Nimic

    6.6 2020 HD

    A professional cellist has an encounter with a stranger on the subway which has unexpected and far-reaching ramifications on his life.

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  • 2020
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    Video 2: Body parts, fabrics and sports

    Video 2: Body parts, fabrics and sports

    1 2020 HD

    A man describes in as few words as possible the human race, which may be already extinct.

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  • 2020
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    Video 2: Body parts, fabrics and sports

    Video 2: Body parts, fabrics and sports

    1 2020 HD

    A man describes in as few words as possible the human race, which may be already extinct.

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  • 2020
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    Video 2: Body parts, fabrics and sports

    Video 2: Body parts, fabrics and sports

    1 2020 HD

    A man describes in as few words as possible the human race, which may be already extinct.

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  • 2020
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    Video 2: Body parts, fabrics and sports

    Video 2: Body parts, fabrics and sports

    1 2020 HD

    A man describes in as few words as possible the human race, which may be already extinct.

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  • 2018
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    Icebergs

    Icebergs

    6 2018 HD

    Based on the book Scenes by award-winning screenwriter Efthymis Fillipou, these amusing stop-motion vignettes put a wicked spin on daily life.

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