As part of the exhibition “I, Andreas Voutsinas,” the Hellenic American Union presents, on the penultimate day of the exhibition, a special farewell event
Two documentary films that illuminate different yet complementary aspects of the iconic personality of Andreas Voutsinas will be screened with free admission for the public. The evening functions as a cinematic epilogue to the tribute, inviting the audience to bid farewell to the exhibition through the image, voice, and vivid presence of Andreas Voutsinas, as captured on film. The following films will be screened:
“I, Andreas Voutsinas” (2023, 30’)
Written and directed by: Spyros N. Taraviras
Through the voices of his three “muses” — Filareti Komninou, Karyofyllia Karabeti, and Lydia Fotopoulou — the multifaceted, contradictory, and explosive life of Andreas Voutsinas (1932–2010) unfolds like a mosaic. From Khartoum and Athens to London, North America, and the France of May ’68, and from the Actors Studio to Epidaurus and the National Theatre, the film traces the path of a cosmopolitan creator who devoted his life to method acting and to the deeply experiential craft of the actor.
“Jane, 1962” (D. A. Pennebaker, 54’)
D. A. Pennebaker’s iconic documentary transports us to early 1960s New York, following the 25-year-old Jane Fonda and her director, Andreas Voutsinas, during rehearsals for the Broadway play The Fun Couple. With the camera in constant observation, the film captures not only the creative process and the intensity of rehearsal, but also the personal relationships, conflicts, and failures that accompany artistic creation. As Voutsinas himself noted, it is a rare document in which “everything has been captured”: theatre, life, and the fragile balance between them.
Earlier, at 18:00, a guided tour of the Galleries, open to the public, will be conducted by the three curators of the exhibition.