Dancing Through Decay: Sofia Exarchou’s On ’Animal’

This week on #LocarnoMeets, Greek filmmaker Sofia Exarchou discusses her second feature film, "Animal", which looks at the lives of so-called "animators" at beach hotels in Greece.

The film explores the challenges these employees face in a demanding job that requires constant high energy and unwavering smiles. These people use their bodies to convey raw emotions, making their physical movements a central aspect of the film's storytelling and choreography.

In our conversation, Exarchou touches on the difficulties of funding creative films like "Animal", capturing the physicality of the scenes and her sensitive portrayal of the tourism industry in her native Greece.

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