Athina Rachel Tsangari

Athina Rachel Tsangari (Greek: Αθηνά Τσαγγάρη) is a Greek filmmaker and projection designer. Athina Rachel Tsangari studied literature at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, performance studies at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts, and film directing at the University of Texas at Austin. Her first experience working in film was with a small role in Richard Linklater's 1991 film Slacker. Her first feature, The Slow Business of Going (2000) premièred at the Thessaloniki International Film Festival in 2000 and won best film at the New York Underground Film Festival in 2002. The film was described by Domitila Bedel in Senses of Cinema as "a permanent erection for the eye". She was the founding and artistic director of the Cinematexas International Short Film Festival, which ran from 1995 to 2006. She was also a member of the creative team headed by Dimitris Papaioannou which designed the Opening and Closing ceremonies of the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, serving as...