National Competition 2024

47th Drama International Short Film Festival

1. Name day, Kostas Dimitriadis
2. Skeleton tree, Haris Zalavras
3. Pakistani, Christos Zeniou
4. Mauve, Jo Kapralou
5. Treadmill, George Kimissis
6. Golden Fingers, Fivos Kontogiannis
7. Numb, Despina Kourti
8. Non-essential Movement, Nikoleta Leousi
9. Theater, Anastasia Lola
10. Pigeons are Dying, When the City is on Fire, Stavros Markoulakis
11. Roger, Thanos Mitsios
12. Gekas, Dimitris Moutsiakas
13. Zange, Iris Baglanea
14. 36 Roses Street, Kristian Xipolias
15. Honeymoon, Alki Papastathopoulos
16. Mira, Orfeas Peretzis
17. Ms Nitsa, Nefeli Rapti
18. Hunter, Pavlos Sifakis
19. Halcyon Days, Alexandros Skouras
20. Phoebe, Vaggelio Soumeli
21. Pave Paradise, Alcaeus Spyrou
22. Spiti, Sofia Sfyri
23. MJ, Yiorgos Fourtounis
24. My First Wedding, Andreas Chalikias
25. The Longest Day of the World, Dimitris Charalampopoulos
26. 7Hz, Maria Hatzakou
27. Vioma, Angel Saft

The posters of the films of the national competition program 2024

Name day, Kostas Dimitriadis

Skeleton tree, Haris Zalavras

Pakistani, Christos Zeniou

Mauve, Jo Kapralou

Treadmill, George Kimissis

Golden Fingers, Fivos Kontogiannis

Numb, Despina Kourti

Non-essential Movement, Nikoleta Leousi

Theater, Anastasia Lola

Pigeons are Dying, When the City is on Fire, Stavros Markoulakis

Roger, Thanos Mitsios

Gekas, Dimitris Moutsiakas

Zange, Iris Baglanea

36 Roses Street, Kristian Xipolias

Honeymoon, Alki Papastathopoulos

Mira, Orfeas Peretzis

Ms Nitsa, Nefeli Rapti

Hunter, Pavlos Sifakis

Halcyon Days, Alexandros Skouras

Phoebe, Vaggelio Soumeli

Pave Paradise, Alcaeus Spyrou

Spiti, Sofia Sfyri

MJ, Yiorgos Fourtounis

My First Wedding, Andreas Chalikias

The Longest Day of the World, Dimitris Charalampopoulos

7Hz, Maria Hatzakou

Vioma, Angel Saft

The Jury of the National Competition Program

Αchilleas Kyriakidis

Αchilleas Kyriakidis

Eirini Vachlioti

Eirini Vachlioti

Alexis Vassiliou

Alexis Vassiliou

Lida Galanou

Leda Galanou

Marina Siotou

Marina Siotou

Αchilleas Kyriakidis (President)

Αchilleas Kyriakidis was born in Cairo in 1946. He is a writer, translator, film critic, screenwriter, and short film director. He was bestowed the title of the Commandant des Arts et des Lettres of the French Republic. He is Doctor Honoris Causa of the Ionian University (Corfu, Greece) and of the Aristotle University (Thessaloniki, Greece). He is also a member of the Hellenic Film Critics’ Association, and of the Greek Authors Society. He received the National Award for Best Short Fiction in 2005, as well as two National Awards for Best Translations (2006, 2020). He has written eleven short story collections, four novellas, one novel, and four collections of essays on literature and cinema. He has translated more than 140 works by writers such as Jorge Luis Borges (all collected prose and selected essays), Luis Sepúlveda (the integral prose work), Julio Cortázar, Juan Gabriel Vásquez, Raymond Queneau, Georges Perec, Jean Echenoz, William Faulkner, Graham Greene, Patrick Modiano, Alejandro Zambra et al. Achilleas Kyriakidis is the writer and director of eleven short films, awarded both in Greece and abroad.

Eirini Vachlioti

Eirini Vachlioti was born in Athens. She studied Filmmaking in London where she also worked in post-production. She is an award-winning director of fiction films and documentaries. Her short fiction film Skipper Straad won 13 awards and was distributed in Greece and abroad. Her recent works include the awarded feature documentary for BBC, Written by Mrs Bach, and the documentary series for COSMOTE TV Ancient Greek Technology – from God to Man.

Alexis Vassiliou

Alexis Vassiliou was born in 1978 (Cyprus). He studied Dance at Trinity-Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance, UK (Diploma in Dance Studies), Music at the University of East Anglia, UK (Β.Α in Music), and Composition of Music for Films and Theatre at the University of Bristol, UK (MA). In 2008, he was awarded a scholarship (Dance-Web) as part of the 25^th ΙmpulsTanz Vienna International Dance Festival. During 2012 and 2013, he was selected to participate (artistic residency) in two European programmes (E-motional Bodies and Cities and Act Your Age). In 2014, with his work Please Be Gentle, Alexis was selected in the final twenty artists of the Aerowaves network. He directed and choreographed various works shown at festivals locally and abroad (Blissfully Happy (2009), Peep Hole (2010), Snap (2011), Blame It On Me (2012), Generation Y (2012), Please Be Gentle (2013), Stay With Me (2014), sheisheisheis.him/work in progress (2015), Noon (2015), SAKRA (2022), THIRAMA (2023), and the short film titled EGATA (2021). From 2016 until October 2023, he was the general and artistic director of Dance House Lemesos, where he curated events and participated in conferences, selection committees, and networks, both in Cyprus and internationally. He curated the artistic programme of Open House, the international dance and performance festival of Cyprus, and designed interdisciplinary artistic programmes. He was also in charge of designing and implementing the content, events and activities of various European programmes. In October, he was appointed Chief Executive of the Rialto Theatre in Limassol.

Leda Galanou

Leda Galanou was born in Athens and has been watching films long before she realised that Cinema is an actual job. She studied English Literature at the University of Athens and History at Deree College. She graduated with an MA in Film Criticism from City University of London. She worked for the Greek “Cinema” magazine as an editor and film critic, and for Athens International Film Festival – Nychtes Premieras, as a programmer and later on as communications officer. She has collaborated with various film distribution companies in marketing and publicity. She regularly collaborates with Thessaloniki International Film Festival. Until 2023, she had worked as a film critic for EFSYN (Efymerida ton Syntakton) daily newspaper. She is the co-founder, co-owner, and editor of Flix.gr.

Marina Siotou

Marina Siotou (b. Athens) is an actress. She graduated from the Department of International and European Studies of the University of Piraeus, and from ARCHI Drama School – Nelly Karra. She made her cinematic debut in The City and the City (Berlin Film Festival, Encounters, 2022), directed by Christos Passalis and Syllas Tzoumerkas. She played the lead in The Chaos She Left Behind, directed by Nikos Kolioukos, which received the 2^nd Prize La Cinef at the 77^th Cannes Film Festival. Marina won the Best Female Performance Award for her lead role in this film at last year’s 46^th DISFF, in the national student competition section. In Theatre, she co-wrote and co-directed with Zoi Sigalou, the play Perseids or How to Party Hard, which was staged at Future N.O.W., the Onassis Stegi’s theatre festival for young creators, in 2023.

Yannis Sakaridis

Yannis Sakaridis
Head programmer in the National Competition of the 47th Drama International Short Film Festival. Artistic director of the festival, Film director. national@dramafilmfestival.gr