Draft:Frida Liappa

Frida Liappa (Φρίντα Λιάππα) (Messina, Messinia, February 10, 1948 – Athens, November 28, 1994) was a Greek film director and poet.

She studied Philosophy at the University of Athens and cinematography at the London Film School. She was involved with poetry (initially) and directing. A member of the "democratic youth of Lambrakis", she was arrested and imprisoned for her involvement against the military Junta. After some short films, such as After forty days (1972), I always remember you leaving (1977 - which was awarded the 2nd prize at the Thessaloniki Film Festival and by the Union of Greek Cinema Critics) & Apetaxamin (1980), she directed her first feature film The roads of love are nocturnal, which won her the "New Director" award at the Thessaloniki Festival. Her subsequent feature-length works were It Was a Quiet Death (1986) and The Years of Great Heat (1992). In January of 1992, due to a shift in political agenda, the advisor to the Ministry of Culture, accused her of child abuse during the filming of one of her films. She was acquitted by the courts through the resolution number 2826/1993. Around the same time, Liappa was diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor, a disease from which she passed away on November 28, 1994, aged just 46.