Giorgos Lanthimos (Greek: Γιώργος Λάνθιμος; born 1973) is a Greek filmmaker and theatre director. He studied film and television direction at Stavrakos Film School in Athens. Since 1995 he has directed feature films, theatre plays, videodance and a large number of TV commercials. He was also a member of the creative team which designed the opening and closing ceremonies of the Athens 2004 Olympic Games. In 2009, his film Dogtooth won the Prix Un Certain Regard at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival. –Wikipedia
his new film "The Lobster" looks like another potential masterpiece: http://flix.gr/en/the-lobster-find-out-what-yorgos-lanthimos-new-mov.html
I totally agree with you Marta. I've been watching a lot of Haneke's films lately, and I just stumbled upong Kynodontas. It has the same familiar oppresive feeling of The Seventh Continent