Jacqueline Lentzou

Directing

Jacqueline Lentzou

Born 1989-06-06 · Athens, Greece

Jacqueline Lentzou (Athens, 1989) is a writer/director whose work revolves around unconventional family structures and their consequences, coming-of-age and the dream. Her filmic language involves discovering poetry in seemingly ordinary premises.

Acting credits

Behind the camera

Fox poster
6.5

On a very hot day in Athens, Stephanos, the eldest brother, is working out while his mother is planning a day out. After another intense argument, Stephanos is left alone to take care of his two younger siblings as well as Lucy, the family's sick dog. The day is spent pleasantly between summery laziness, pizzas, teenage flirting and phone calls that remain unanswered.

Fox

2016

Fox poster
6.5

On a very hot day in Athens, Stephanos, the eldest brother, is working out while his mother is planning a day out. After another intense argument, Stephanos is left alone to take care of his two younger siblings as well as Lucy, the family's sick dog. The day is spent pleasantly between summery laziness, pizzas, teenage flirting and phone calls that remain unanswered.

Fox

2016

Hector Malot: The Last Day of the Year poster
6.3

New Year’s Eve dawns in a moon-kissed car, and Sofia has a dream that she tells no-one: while walking on a desert, she gets to know that she is sick. She pretends she does not care. Has she lost heart?

Hector Malot: The Last Day of the Year

2018

Hector Malot: The Last Day of the Year poster
6.3

New Year’s Eve dawns in a moon-kissed car, and Sofia has a dream that she tells no-one: while walking on a desert, she gets to know that she is sick. She pretends she does not care. Has she lost heart?

Hector Malot: The Last Day of the Year

2018

Moon, 66 Questions poster
5.8

Artemis, a single 24-year-old living in Paris, France, receives a frantic phone call from her mother—her father Paris is in the hospital and she must return home to Athens to care for him. Resentful of the tasking as she grew up estranged from her father, she becomes reacquainted with him over one emotional summer, learning the secret as to why their relationship was stifled when she finds out Jacob, Paris' friend, who's been always around from her childhood, was actually her dad's lover.

Moon, 66 Questions

2022

Moon, 66 Questions poster
5.8

Artemis, a single 24-year-old living in Paris, France, receives a frantic phone call from her mother—her father Paris is in the hospital and she must return home to Athens to care for him. Resentful of the tasking as she grew up estranged from her father, she becomes reacquainted with him over one emotional summer, learning the secret as to why their relationship was stifled when she finds out Jacob, Paris' friend, who's been always around from her childhood, was actually her dad's lover.

Moon, 66 Questions

2022

The End of Suffering (A Proposal) poster
4.2

Sofia is panicky, again. The Universe decides to contact her. An other-wordly dialogue. A planet symphony for Mars, where people dream awake and fight for love.

The End of Suffering (A Proposal)

2020

The End of Suffering (A Proposal) poster
4.2

Sofia is panicky, again. The Universe decides to contact her. An other-wordly dialogue. A planet symphony for Mars, where people dream awake and fight for love.

The End of Suffering (A Proposal)

2020

A Day in the Life of Jo: Chapter Phaedra poster
NR

Jo, a 15-year-old tomboy, has a nightmare made of fog and aurora light: her dog is lost, her voice cannot be heard, and her surroundings seem completely unfamiliar. Has the tone of the day been set yet?

A Day in the Life of Jo: Chapter Phaedra

2026

A Day in the Life of Jo: Chapter Phaedra poster
NR

Jo, a 15-year-old tomboy, has a nightmare made of fog and aurora light: her dog is lost, her voice cannot be heard, and her surroundings seem completely unfamiliar. Has the tone of the day been set yet?

A Day in the Life of Jo: Chapter Phaedra

2026

Thirteen Blue poster
NR

An intimate character study of a young teenage girl who tries to make sense of her surroundings by diving in her own world.

Thirteen Blue

2013

Thirteen Blue poster
NR

An intimate character study of a young teenage girl who tries to make sense of her surroundings by diving in her own world.

Thirteen Blue

2013

Hiwa poster
5.0

Jay wakes up in Manila, yet he dreamed of Athens. He has a nightmare, during which he has a special quest: to save his two daughters from a dangerous surgery. In his attempt to rescue them, he roams around Athens’ cityscape, seeing things under a very different light.

Hiwa

2016

Hiwa poster
5.0

Jay wakes up in Manila, yet he dreamed of Athens. He has a nightmare, during which he has a special quest: to save his two daughters from a dangerous surgery. In his attempt to rescue them, he roams around Athens’ cityscape, seeing things under a very different light.

Hiwa

2016

Hiwa poster
5.0

Jay wakes up in Manila, yet he dreamed of Athens. He has a nightmare, during which he has a special quest: to save his two daughters from a dangerous surgery. In his attempt to rescue them, he roams around Athens’ cityscape, seeing things under a very different light.

Hiwa

2016

Pleiades (or Going Home) poster
NR

From the music of Argentine composer Gustavo Santaolalla, Greek filmmaker Jacqueline Lentzou crafts a story inspired by the Pleiades, seven sisters who are nymphs who were turned into stars. This short film is part of the 2x25 Project of Film Fest Gent and the World Soundtrack Awards. The project commissioned 25 composers to compose a short piece of music, after which 25 filmmakers made short films that are the ultimate symbioses of music and cinematography, fitting completely within the DNA of the festival. The result: 25 exceptional films where the music inspired the form, narrative and texture.

Pleiades (or Going Home)

2023

Pleiades (or Going Home) poster
NR

From the music of Argentine composer Gustavo Santaolalla, Greek filmmaker Jacqueline Lentzou crafts a story inspired by the Pleiades, seven sisters who are nymphs who were turned into stars. This short film is part of the 2x25 Project of Film Fest Gent and the World Soundtrack Awards. The project commissioned 25 composers to compose a short piece of music, after which 25 filmmakers made short films that are the ultimate symbioses of music and cinematography, fitting completely within the DNA of the festival. The result: 25 exceptional films where the music inspired the form, narrative and texture.

Pleiades (or Going Home)

2023

No artwork available
NR

An hi8 film for The Callas by Jacqueline Lentzou.

Marble is Cut With Water (or the Crying Game)

2022

No artwork available
NR

An hi8 film for The Callas by Jacqueline Lentzou.

Marble is Cut With Water (or the Crying Game)

2022

No artwork available
NR

A music video for La jalousie)The Callas) by Jacqueline Lentzou

La jalousie