I R I D A T I O N

Iris Baglanea grew up in Corfu, Greece. She is a director and performer. As a performer, she has won the Grand prix Europa 2015 with AndCompany&Co for the performance «Orpheus in der Oberwelt» and has participated in numerous International Theatre Festivals such as HAU Hebbel am Uffer (Berlin), Mousonturm (Frankfurt), Forum Freis Theater (Dusseldorf), Hippodrome (Douai, France), Steirischerherbst (Gratz, Austria), Belluard Bollwerk International (Fribourg, Switzerland). She has also participated in Dokumenta 14 (between Athens and Kassel) with the performance ROUND UP. Recognizing the therapeutic aspect of performing arts, she has expanded her knowledge by studying Dramatherapy in Berlin and has worked with mentally ill patients and unaccompanied refugee children in Greece. “As a director, has won best short film award from the Greek Society of Film Critics at the International Short Film Festival in Drama (Greece) and the Silver Athena Special Jury Prize at the Athens Int. Film Festival. Goads returned from Trieste film festival having received multiple special mentions one from Trieste film festival Jury:Namelly:The Pug Jury has decided to award a special mentionto Goads by Iris Baglanea: Death is the starting point of an introspective journey lived through the eyes of two little girls and a cynical father, in a mix of attitudes, the result of a script that is at times philosophical ” And one from the PAG JURY PRIZE :Namely: “The jury has decided to award a Special Mention for Filmmaking to Goads by Iris Baglanea: an imaginative, mature, deeply thought-out and wonderfully shot film. The jury was also impressed by the director’s remarkable skill to work with children and animals”. Goads  was named best short film at the BUFF film festival in Malmö, it was one of eight competing films about the Region Skåne's short film prize of SEK 100,000.It was also officially selected by Zinebi - Bilbao International Short And Documentary Film Festival (Spain) , Riga International Film Festival (Latvia) ,Go short international film festival Nijmegen (Holland) ,and continues its festival adventure.  Iris Baglanea talks about the different role models Ilife , the way she workes with location to build a sense of ambiguity and about trauma as a process of learning.