Konstantina Kotzamani

Onassis Scholar, Konstantina Kotzamani was born and raised in Greece, where she graduated from the Film Department of Thessaloniki University. Her short movies have premiered in major festivals, such as Cannes, Venice, Berlinale, Locarno, and have received numerous international awards, as well as being broadcast in Europe, Asia and the USA, and distributed on platforms like Criterion and Mubi.

She has been thrice awarded by the Hellenic Film Academy with the best short film award and twice nominated by the European Film Academy for the best short of the year (EFA award). Her film, “Electric Swan,” was declared Best Short of the Year by the French Critics’ Association. Her films have been the theme of retrospectives in festivals like BAFICI, Istanbul, Festival du Nouveau Cinema Montreal, etc., while she has been invited to be a jury member in multiple short film festivals.

Her films explore primordial themes such as love and dreams, mystery and the surreal in life, all the while creating alternative realities.

Konstantina Kotzamani will be traveling to Los Angeles as an Onassis Resident, where she’ll meet with members of the Hollywood film industry and seek inspiration for her next project. Part of the Thessaloniki International Film Festival’s “Meet the Future” initiative.