Yorgos Zois

Yorgos Zois (b. 1982) is a Greek director based in Athens. He studied applied Mathematics & Nuclear Physics at the National Technical University of Athens and film direction at UdK Berlin. He started his career as an assistant director to Theo Angelopoulos and received a scholarship from Costa-Gavras. His body of work—four shorts and two feature films—has been selected at A-festivals worldwide (Cannes, Semaine de La Critique; Berlinale, Encounters; Venice, Orizzonti; Rotterdam; Telluride, etc.) and has been acknowledged with numerous awards and distinctions internationally, including a European Film Academy nomination. In Greece, he has won the Best Short Film Director and the Best Newcomer Feature Film Director awards from the Hellenic Film Academy.

His films have received international acclaim for their meta-aesthetics and daring narration, and have been broadcast by ARTE, CANAL+, etc., as well as on prestigious platforms like Criterion. He was also a member of the official Jury “Lion of the Future” at the 74th Venice IFF. His second feature film, “Arcadia,” premiered at the Berlinale 2024, won the Best Male Actor award at the Hong Kong IFF, the Best Director award at the Sarajevo IFF, and was included in the final list of the EFA nominations, while the festival tour goes on.