Lucia Rikaki
Lucia Rikaki (Greek: Λουκία Ρικάκη; 14 July 1961, Piraeus – 28 December 2011, Athens) was a Greek film director, documentarist, writer and producer.[1] From 1979 to 1981 Rikaki studied art history, graphic design, cinema and photography at the Dartington College of Arts in Devon, England.[2] In 1984 she founded "Orama Films" producing art films, TV programes and theatrical plays. In 1995 she created "104 Art Theater Stage", and "The Comedy Club" the only stand-up comedy venue to date in Greece. She is best known for her documentaries about socially sensitive issues such as immigration, education and the lives of the disabled in Greece.[1]
Filmography
Feature films
- 2007 You Hurt my heart an essay collective film 47
- 2006 Hold me 35MM 94’ www.holdme.gr http://kratiseme.blogspot.com/
- 2001 Comedy Nights the film 35MM 94’
- 1999 Dancing Soul 35MM 94’ Bronze Award Worldfest Houston 2000
- 1994 Quartet in 4 movements 35MM music by Z.Preisner 109’ best selling European film in Greece
- 1991 A Trip to Australia 35MM 90’ SVT, TV2, AVRO, CINEPAQ
Feature documentaries
- 2009 Sing Along 68min
- 2008 Meant to leave 52 min
- 2006 Does humor travel 52 min
- 2006 Commons what we hold in common 54 min
- 2004 The Other 35MM 75min/52min
- 2003 The Aegean in the words of the poets 35MM 61min award for best script Minitsry of Culture
- 2002 Tonight at the Comedy Club 128’
- 2002 Words of silence 35MM www.wordsofsilence.gr Award for best Greek documentary Kalamata Film Festival 2002/ Szolnok Intl Film Festival Hungarian Film Association Award 2003
Short documentaries
- 2008 Small things that matter 30min
- 2002 Culture games 30min
- 2002 Bookreading- a game in schools 30’
- 2001 Greek illustrators 26min
- 2000 Falsified Expectations 30min on puberty and utopia
- 1992 In the Traces of the Argonauts 60’ shot in Georgia
- 1990 European House 60’ shot in Berlin
- 1989 Maria Farantouri - Leo Brouwer the film 30’
- 1993 Prellude to Africa 25’ shot in Africa
- 1986 The Path 20’ shot in India
- 1984 The Journey of Dionysos 60’ documentaries on theater http://www.luciarikaki.gr/theatre_GR.htm
- 1997 Memory Land 60’ on actors and acting methods
- 1996 SurrealEros 120’ the acclaimed original theater performance
- 1993 Quartet 60’ by Heiner Muller performed by Attis
- 1988 Medea Material 60’ by Heiner Muller performed by Attis
- 1987 Ancient Drama Contemporary Views 54’ various artists
- 1987 20th Century Dance 60’ various artists
- 1985 Bacchae 90’ performed by Attis theater company
Shorts
- 2009 Yes the Tied House 6min
- 2007 Our Own Pleasures 8min
- 2002 Window of time 3’
- 2000 Now we Travel 5’ Microcinema Award
- 2000 Embracing the Tree 9’ ARTE Award Lille
- 1999 Open a door for Nicola 8’ for the BBC
- 1982 Suzie’s Walk 4’
- 1984-88 14 documentary shorts films on contemporary arts and artists
Theatre
- 1995 Orgia by Pasolini directed by Lucia RikaKi
- 1996 SurrealEros written, translated and directed by Lucia Rikaki
- 1997 Musica II by Marguerite Duras translated and directed by Lucia Rikaki
- 1998 The blossom of the sea written and directed by Lucia Rikaki
- 1998 Ulysses Dialogues adapted and directed by Lucia Rikaki for the Athens Concert Hall
- 1995-2004 Comedy Nights at the only Comedy Club in Greece created by L.Rikaki
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Filmmaker Lucia Rikaki dies, age 50". Kathimerini. 28 December 2011. Archived from the original on 2012-01-07. Retrieved 2012-01-07.
- ↑ "Lucia Rikaki biography". The American college of Greece. Archived from the original on 2012-01-07. Retrieved 2012-01-07.