Yorgos Mavropsaridis: Splicing into Strange Worlds

In collaboration with the Croatian Film Editors Association (HFM), a masterclass will be held for the Zagreb audience by Yorgos Mavropsaridis, one of today’s most prominent film editors. Mavropsaridis is best known for his long-standing collaboration with acclaimed director Yorgos Lanthimos, having edited all his films. Dogtooth, The Lobster, The Favourite, Poor Things, and Bugonia are just a few of the titles shaped in his editing room. Twice nominated for both an Oscar and a BAFTA, Mavropsaridis will, through examples and a conversation with editor Iva Ivan, discuss his craft and how he builds story and emotion through editing.

The masterclass will conclude with the announcement and screening of the best trailer made during the ZFF Trailer Editing Workshop.

language: English | open to the public

Yorgos Mavropsaridis

Yorgos Mavropsaridis is a film editor based in Athens, Greece, known mainly from his work with director Y. Lanthimos. He is a graduate of the ‘Theatrical Workshop’ Drama School in Athens and The London Film School. In his long career he has been twice nominated for the BAFTA and the Academy Award (for the edit of The Favourite and Poor Things) and has received numerous awards including best editor for the year 2019 by the European Film Academy (The Favourite), the American Cinema Editors Award (The Favourite, best edited comedy) and the British Film Editors Award (Poor Things, best edited British film) He recently completed the edit of Y. Lanthimos Bugonia which was in competition in Venice.

Moderator

Iva Ivan

Iva Ivan (Zagreb, 1984) graduated in Psychology from the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences and in Film Editing from the Academy of Dramatic Art in Zagreb. She has edited numerous documentary series and award-winning fiction and documentary films, including Horticulture, Currents, Babajanja, Pelican, and Good Children. She teaches as an external associate at the Academy of Dramatic Art, is a member of the Croatian Film Editors Association, and co-founder of the arts organization Plafon.