INFOS
BIOGRAPHY
[EN] Born in 1982, northern Greece. After studying the history of the Balkans in Greece, she moved to Paris in 2006 where she currently lives most of the time. In France, she did some research for her PhD on the the question of rhythm in cinema. Since 2008, she made several films, mostly on 16mm at different artist-run labs in France (such as L’Etna and L’Abominable) where she is still active as a member. Most of her films are distributed by Light Cone (Paris).
[FR] Née en 1982, en Grèce du Nord. Après un cursus universitaire en Grèce sur l’histoire des Balkans, elle s’est rendue à Paris en 2006 où, depuis, elle vit principalement. En France, elle a effectué des recherches doctorales consacrées à la question du rythme au cinéma. Depuis 2008, elle a réalisé des films, principalement en pellicule 16mm, au sein de laboratoires indépendants français (L’Etna, puis L’Abominable), dont elle toujours un membre actif. La plupart de ces films sont distribués par Light Cone.
CONTACT
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Vimeo account here.
PRIZES, FESTIVAL SELECTIONS & OTHER SCREENINGS
2016 SPECTRES ARE HAUNTING EUROPE
DCP / b&w and color / 99 min / Greece, France
Festival Awards :
• 20th Jihlava International Film Festival – Jihlava – Czech Republic – 2016 – Best world documentary 2016
Jury statement (Claire Atherton): «People walking, people waiting, standing or sitting, people in groups or people in lines… In this film full of respect and tenderness, images of present cross history, evoke the past and question the future. Spectres are haunting Europe creates a time and a space of interaction between us and the world we are living in.»
• 34th Torino Film Festival – Italy – 2016 – Special mention of the Interfedi Jury
Interfedi jury statement (Manuel Disegni, Beppe Valperga, Sergio Velluto): «Per il contenuto di stretta attualità e la forma originale con cui è stato trattato».
Official festival selections in competition :
• 19th Thessaloniki DFF – Greece – 2017
• DC Independent FF – Washington, USA – 2017
• Glasgow FF – Scotland – 2017
• 34th Torino FF – Italy – 2016
• 20th Jihlava IDFF – Czech Republic – 2016
• 38e Festival international du cinéma méditerranéen – France – 2016
Special screenings in festivals :
• Visions du réel IDFF – Nyon – Switzerland – 2017 (Doc Alliance selection)
• CPH:DOX Copenhagen IDFF – Copenhagen – Denmark – 2017 (Doc Alliance selection)
Other screenings :
• Spoutnik Cinema – Geneva – Switzerland – 2016
• Cinema Le Champo – Paris – France – 2017
• Museo Reina Sofia – Madrid – Spain – 2017
• Cinema Nova – Bruxelles – Belgium – 2017
• Forum des Images – Paris – France – 2017
• Parole Errante – Paris – France – 2016
• Rote Fabrik – Zurich – Switzerland – 2016
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2013 RETURN TO AEOLUS STREET (SIX POPULAR PAINTINGS)
16mm / b&w / sound / 14 min / Greece, France
Festival Awards :
• 60th Oberhausen International Short Film Festival – Oberhausen – Germany – 2014 – ARTE Prize for European Short Film
Jury statement: «A filmmaker performs cultural memory in her effort to reclaim a sense of belonging. With passionate use of appropriated filmic materials, poetry, text and music, this is a multilayered and evocative work of film art.»
• 15e Festival des Cinémas Différents et Expérimentaux – Paris – France – 2013 – Jury award
Official festival selections in competition :
• 21st Barcelona Independent FF, l’Alternativa 2014 – Barcelona – Spain – 2014
• 18. Internationale Kurzfilmtage Winterthur – Switzerland – 2014
• XXIV Message to Man International FF – St Petersburg – Russia – 2014
• 16th Festcurtas Belo Horizonte International Short FF – Belo Horizonte – Brazil – 2014
• 25th São Paulo International Short FF – São Paulo – Brazil – 2014
• 14th New Horizons International FF – Wroclaw – Poland – 2014
• 60th Oberhausen International Short Film Festival – Oberhausen – Germany – 2014
• 15e Festival des Cinémas Différents et Expérimentaux – Paris – France – 2013
Special screenings in festivals :
• Viennale – Vienna International Film Festival – Vienna – Autrich – 2015 (Greek Short Film Program)
• Liverpool Radical Film Festival – Liverpool – England – 2015
• ARKIPEL Jakarta International Documentary and Experimental Film Festival – Jakarta – Indonesia – 2015
• Portland International Film Festival – Oregon, USA – 2015 (Cinema Project Shortcuts VII: She Never Dreams of Places)
• 44th International Film Festival Rotterdam – Netherlands – 2015 (Signals : Regained Program)
• 8th Athens Avant-Garde Film Festival – Athens – Greece – 2014 (Film Fronts Program)
• Filmmaker International Film Festival – Milano – Italy – 2014 (Fuori Formato Program)
• Bucharest International Experimental Film Festival BIEFF – Bucharest – Romania – 2014 (The female Gaze Program)
• Underdox – Dokument und Experiment – Munchen – Germany – 2014 (Kurzfilme II Experimente Program)
• 26e Édition des États généraux du film documentaire – Lussas – France – 2014 (Special Screening)
• [S8] 5è Mostra de Cinema Periférico – Corogne – Spain (Focus on Artist-Run Film Labs)
• 9e Festival Les Inattendus – Lyon – France – 2014 (Special Screening)
• 35e Festival international du cinéma méditerranéen – Montpellier – France – 2013 (Experimental Program)
Cinema or other screenings :
• Austrian Film Museum – Vienna – 2016 (L’Abominable Program)
• Sfendoni Theater – Athens – Greece – 2016
• Serralves Museum – Porto – Portugal – 2016
• New York University – New York – USA – 2015 (Colloquium for Unpopular Culture’s Flugschriften series)
• Labor Neunzehn – Berlin – Germany – 2015 (Beyond the surface program)
• Liverpool Small Cinema – Liverpool – England – 2015
• Whitechapel Art Gallery – London – England – 2015
• Art-kino cinema – Rijeka – Croatia – 2015 (Oberhausen Program)
• Cinéma l’Entrepôt – Paris – France – 2015
• Cinemateca Portuguesa – Lisbon – Portugal – 2015
• ENS Lyon – Lyon – France – 2015
• Kino Tuškanac – Zagreb – Croatia – 2014
• Spoutnik Cinema – Geneva – Switzerland – 2014
• Le Fresnoy, Studio National des Arts Contemporains – Lille – France – 2014
• Cinéma Le Bretagne – Guichen – France – 2014
• Polygone Etoilé – Marseille – France – 2013
• Le Bal/Cinéma des cinéastes – Paris – France – 2013
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2012 PRELUDE 10 (ANALYSA)
16mm / b&w / sound / 8 min / USA, France
Special screenings in festivals :
• Festival des Cinémas différents et expérimentaux de Paris – France – 2014
• 37e Hestejada de las arts Uzeste – France – 2014
• Syros International Film Festival – Greece – 2014
• 60th Oberhausen International Short Film Festival – Germany –2014
Cinema or other screenings :
• Les Ateliers Claus de Bruxelles – Belgique – 2015
• DAÏMÕN, Centre de production et de diffusion de Gatineau – Canada – 2014 2012
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2008 – 2011 PRELUDES 02, 03, 06 & 07
16mm / b&w / sound / 7 min / USA, France
Special screenings in festivals :
• Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival (Light Cone Program) – Czech Republic – 2011
• 56th Oberhausen International Short Film Festival (Light Cone Program) – Germany – 2011
• International Film Festival of Rotterdam (Spectrum Shorts Program) – Netherlands – 2011
• 51st International Film Festival of Thessaloniki – Greece – 2010
• 12e Festival des Cinémas Différents et Expérimentaux de Paris – France – 2010
Cinema or other screenings :
• Bal Museum/Cinéma des cinéastes (Programme Fragments) – France – 2013
• Action Christine Cinema – France – 2010
• Mega-Pobec Theater (Programme Matière d’Images) – France – 2010
• Fondation Michael Cacoyannis (Cinema Speaking Program) – Greece – 2010
• Voutes de Paris (Programme de Light Cone) – France – 2010
LINKS
L’Etna
Atelier de cinéma expérimental | Experimental cinema workshop
71 rue Robespierre | 93100 Montreuil | France | etna.cinema@gmail.com
L’Abominable
Laboratoire cinématographique partagé | Artist-run film laboratory
30, rue de Genève | 93 120 La Courneuve | France | labo@l-abominable.org
Light Cone
Distribution, diffusion et sauvegarde du cinéma expérimental | Distribution, exhibition and conservation of expérimental film
157, rue de Crimée | Atelier 105 | 75019 Paris | France | tel : +33 (0)1 46 59 01 53
