Konstantinos Aivaliotis

Konstantinos Aivaliotis (PhD, MA) is an Assistant Professor at the University of Aegean’s Cultural Technology and Communication Department. He holds degrees in Socio-Cultural and Visual Anthropology (Goldsmiths College, UK) and Anthropology of Education (Université de Rouen, France), and his work and academic interests focus on creative and ethnographic documentaries, film festivals, and film markets via an interdisciplinary approach to cultural industries. He has produced two feature-length and more than ten short documentaries and has directed four. From 2008 to 2016, he was a programmer at the Athens International Film Festival, and between 2017 and 2020, he served as Director of Promotion at the Greek Film Centre. Today, besides his academic duties, he is the co-founder and director of the Ethnofest organization and titular festival, Regional Project Manager at Thessaloniki Locarno Industry Academy, and Project Manager at Thessaloniki Agora Doc Lab.