Uploaded February 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Do I embody or pretend? Do I give body and life to a role, or do I merely act as if I were someone else? With a filmography centered on characters, heroes and heroines — and therefore on the actors and non-actors who take on these roles — Yorgos Tsemberopoulos, guest of honor at the 66th TIFF, discusses how he draws out the performances he needs and admires, and how he himself embodies the personalities of his scripts in order to form, together with his actors, an unbreakable team. The director will use specific examples from his career and engage in conversation with the audience. Moderated by TIFF Head of Greek Program, Eleni Androutsopoulou.
Do I embody or pretend? Do I give body and life to a role, or do I merely act as if I were someone else? With a filmography centered on characters, heroes and heroines — and therefore on the actors and non-actors who take on these roles — Yorgos Tsemberopoulos, guest of honor at the 66th TIFF, discusses how he draws out the performances he needs and admires, and how he himself embodies the personalities of his scripts in order to form, together with his actors, an unbreakable team. The director will use specific examples from his career and engage in conversation with the audience. Moderated by TIFF Head of Greek Program, Eleni Androutsopoulou.
