Etienne Kallos Explained

Occupation:	Film director

Etienne Kallos (born 1972) is a South African filmmaker best known for directing the 2018 film The Harvesters.^[1]

Early life

Kallos was born in South Africa to parents from Greek immigrant families that had settled in Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) and the Belgian Congo (the Democratic Republic of the Congo).^[2]

Career

After studying theater in South Africa, Kallos attended the graduate film program at New York University.^[3] In 2006, his short film Doorman premiered at the Cannes Film Festival. The short debuted at North America at Sundance Film Festival the following year.

Kallos' graduate thesis project, titled Firstborn, became the first Afrikaans-language short film to be awarded the Corto Cortissimo Lion at the Venice Film Festival in 2009.

The Harvesters, Kallos' feature debut, premiered in the Un Certain Regard portion of the 2018 Cannes Film Festival.^[4]

Kallos began doctoral studies at Leiden University in 2021.

Personal life

Kallos identifies as queer.

Filmography

Year	Title	Notes
2006	Jane's Birthday Trip	Documentary short film
	Doorman	Short film
2009	Firstborn	Short film
2018	The Harvesters

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Nominated work	Results	Ref.
2009	Venice Film Festival	Short Film Competition	Firstborn
2010	Atlanta Film Festival	Jury Award for Best Dramatic Short
2018	Cannes Film Festival	Un Certain Regard	The Harvesters
		Golden Camera Award
	Chéries-Chéris	Grand Prix			^[5]
	El Gouna Film Festival	Best Narrative Feature			^[6]
	Mumbai Film Festival	Best International Feature			^[7]
	São Paulo International Film Festival	Best Film from a New Director			^[8]
	Thessaloniki International Film Festival	Best Feature			^[9]
	Transatlantyk Festival	New Cinema			^[10]
2019	Göteborg Film Festival	Best International Feature
	Miami International Film Festival	First Feature Award
	San Francisco International Film Festival	Best Feature from a New Director

Notes and References

1. Web site: Director: Etienne Kallos . Bord Cadre Films . 23 April 2024.
2. Web site: Yang . Jue . ‘What does it mean to come from places that no longer exist?’ – an interview with Etienne Kallos . Metropolis . 23 April 2024.
3. Web site: Etienne Kallos . Leiden University . 23 April 2024.
4. News: Van Hoeij . Boyd . ‘The Harvesters’ (‘Die Stropers’): Film Review . 23 April 2024 . The Hollywood Reporter.
5. Web site: Chéries-Chéris sacre "Les moissonneurs" . Le FIlm Français . 23 April 2024.
6. Web site: Film Selection 2018 . El Gouna Film Festival . 23 April 2024.
7. News: Ramachandran . Naman . ‘Wildlife,’ ‘The Bangle Seller’ in Competition at Mumbai Film Festival . 23 April 2024 . Variety.
8. Web site: The Harvesters (2018): Awards & Festivals . MUBI . 23 April 2024.
9. Web site: Murray . Jonathan . The Thessaloniki International Film Festival . Cineaste . 23 April 2024.
10. Web site: Sorrento . Matthew . States of Independence: the 8th Transatlantyk Festival, Łódź, Poland (July 2018) . Filmint . 23 April 2024.