The Lovers from Axos
Biography of Nicos Ligouris
Born in Athens, Greece. Film critic for the magazine "Synchronos Kinimatographos" founded by Theo Angelopoulos.
Studied film at the Academy for Television and Film in Munich.
Lives in Berlin.
Filmography
OMIXLI KATO APO TON ILIO / FOG UNDER THE SUN
(Fiction, Greece/Germany 1980)
EREBOS / EREBUS
(Fiction, Germany, 1989)
HERZ AUS STEIN / HEART OF STONE
(Fiction, Germany, 1994)
Best screenplay at the Thessaloniki International Film Festival, 1995
KALOKERINES ASTRAPES / SUMMER LIGHTNING
(Documentary, Greece-Germany 2004)
Best Feature Documentary at the Thessaloniki Documentary Film Festival, 2004;
Best Mediterranean Film at the Environmental Film Festival -ECOCINEMA- Rhodos, 2004;
Special Mention of the Jury at the 26th Festival du Film Méditerranéen Montpellier, 2004.
I ERASTES TIS AXOU / THE LOVERS FROM AXOS
(Documentary, Greece-Germany 2007)
Fipresci Award at the Documentary Film Festival Thessaloniki 2008;
Greek Film Center Award at the Documentary Film Festival Thessaloniki 2008;
ERT 3 (Greek Public Television) Broadcasting Award at the Documentary Film Festival Thessaloniki 2008.