Meet the Future 2023 – Participants

Presentation: Sunday, November 5, 17.00 – 18.00 @ Museum of Photography

 

Orfeas Peretzis
He has written & directed 6 shorts, 2 documentaries, and just completed his debut fiction feature film, “Riviera”. He studied Psychology (Stirling, Scotland), Film & Video (UCA, UK), and Screenwriting at London Film School. He is now developing a TV series, and his sophomore feature.

Selected Filmography

“Iodine: Greece on the Ruins of Missolonghi”, dir. Orfeas Peretzis, documentary-essay, 2023 (as writer and director)

“Into the Centre of the Wheel”, dir. Orfeas Peretzis, documentary feature, 2016 (as writer and director)

“Elvin”, dir. Orfeas Peretzis, short film, 2014 (as writer and director)

Upcoming Series project: “Dark Water”

 

Asimina Proedrou
Asimina is a Greek writer/director. Her debut feature, “Behind the Haystacks”, is chosen for the EFA Feature Film Selection 2023 and is nominated for the 2023 Casting Award by the ICDA. It won 10 awards at the Hellenic Film Academy awards including Best Film, and is the Greek entry for the 2024 Academy Awards. 

Selected Filmography

“Behind the Haystacks”, dir. Asimina Proedrou, feature film, 2022 (as writer and director)

“Red Hulk”, dir. Asimina Proedrou, short film, 2013 (as producer, writer and director)

“Facets of Loneliness”, dir. Asimina Proedrou, short film, 2012 (as producer, writer and director)

Current series project: Beneath the Surface

 

Yorgos Teltzidis
Yorgos Teltzidis has studied Film and European Culture. The films he has written and directed have been distinguished and viewed on a global scale (Canal+ award at La Semaine de La Critique of the Cannes Film Festival 2022). At the moment he is working as a head writer and director, on a 60 episodes series, «The First Of Us».

Selected Filmography

“The First Of Us”, dir. Yorgos Teltzidis, TV show, 2023 (as writer/director)

“On Xerxes’ Throne”,  dir. Evi Kalogiropoulou, short film, 2022 (as writer)

“Dye”, dir. Yorgos Teltzidis, short film, 2014 (as director)

Upcoming Series Project: The Bucks

 

Fokion Xenos
Fokion is a Director/Designer from Athens, Greece. As an animation filmmaker he is interested in playful and bold stories that focus on visual wit and emotional honesty. With a particular emphasis on color and form he is very keen into combining practical and digital techniques to create unique emerging visuals. 

Selected Filmography

“Travel Bugs”, dir. Fokion Xenos, short film & series pilot, 2022 (as writer & director)

“The Lazy Dragon”, dir. Fokion Xenos & Joan Zhonga, short film & music video, 2020 (as writer & co-director)

“Heatwave”, dir. Fokion Xenos, short film, 2019 (as writer & director)

Upcoming Series Project: “Travel Bugs”

 

Neritan Zinxhiria
Filmmaker; born and raised in the Balkans. Having as a center of inspiration the themes of loss and death, he continues to explore how the latter shapes our memory and culture. His last short film, “Light of Light”, was nominated for the Tiger Award, having its World Premiere at the International Film Festival Rotterdam.

Selected Filmography

“Light of Light”, dir. Neritan Zinxhiria, short film, 2023 (as writer and director)

“The Time of a Young Man About to Kill”, dir. Neritan Zinxhiria, short film, 2015 (as writer and director)

“Chamomile”, dir. Neritan Zinxhiria, short film, 2012 (as writer and director)

Upcoming Series project: The Boy Who Could Listen to The Soil (working title)