Yorgos Lanthimos: 'Kinetta' screening and Q&A, Tate Modern

If you have seen director Yorgos Lanthimos’s Dogtooth (2009) or his later Alps (2011), you know how beautiful -and sometimes disturbing- the work of this acclaimed Greek director’s work can be. His vision is black  and nightmarish, but perfectly formed. He might be provocative like Von Trier and Haneke, but Lanthimos occupies an aesthetic that elevates his subjects. His cinematography is dreamlike, half-lit and surprisingly delicate. 

The most original voice to have emerged from Greek cinema recently, Lanthimos has been revered by the European film world since his debut feature Kinetta, (2005) which the Tate will screen on September 21. 

In this rarely-shown slow burner of a film, migrant workers in an off-season holiday resort in Greece re-enact murders in a deserted hotel. The unnamed trio – a chambermaid, plainclothes policeman and a photoshop assistant - record their efforts, taking a fetishistic delight in the re-staging of the grisly ends met by unfortunate local women. 

Followed by a Q&A with Lanthimos himself and costing only £5 per ticket, this is an event that film buffs won’t want to miss.