The acclaimed Spanish director and scriptwriter Félix Viscarret returns to Athens’ FeCHA Festival to present his film “STARING AT STRANGERS (No Mires a Los Ojos)”, based on the novel by “Desde la sombra” by Juan José Millás.

On Friday the 26th May at 19.00 at the Hellenic Open University (4-6 Gravias str. Athens) Félix Viscarret will present a masterclass on script writing that is based on a novel, drawing from his own experiences The masterclass is with free entry, will be in English with a total duration of 70’.

A few words about the director
The director has been awarded with a Goya in the Best Adapted Screenplay category for his movie “Bajo Las Estrellas”», has written and directed the Netflix mini-series, “Cuatros Estaciones en Habana”, based on the novels by Leonardo Padura. He has also directed the Goya-nominated documentary “Saura(s)”, a portrait of the great Spanish director Carlos Saura. Moreover he has directed the acclaimed HBO mini-series “Patria”. At FeCHA he will present his film “STARING AT STRANGERS (No Mires a Los Ojos)”, based on the novel by “Desde la sombra” by Juan José Millás, and is awaiting the release of his new film “Una vida no tan simple” with an original script by him.