Alkistis Kafetzi is a Berlin based filmmaker. She studied Theatre and Film at the National & Kapodistrian University of Athens and since 2014 she lives and works in Germany. She has been a steady collaborator of the Institute for Experimental Arts and the theatre director Tasos Sagris since 2011, working as a video artist for their theatrical productions („Dying as a Country” 2012, "Psychosis 4:48" 2013, "Night" 2017, „Metamorfosis”2020). She made her directorial debut with the short documentary “Unterwegs” in 2016 which was screened at Tirana International Film Festival. The last five years her work has been shown in several film festivals and art exhibitions around Europe. She is mostly interested in documentaries and experimental films with a poetic approach.
Projects, Film Festivals & Awards
Unterwegs | Short Documentary (2016)
Tirana International Film Festival (Docu) 2016
Accord Cine Fest April 2021 | Best Documentary Short Jury Choice
Phoenix Shorts | Best Documentary May 2021
UNPLUGGED VOL.1 | Video Art (2018)
Surfaces Festival - Places | Venice 2018
MISSING NATURE - Techne in Illuseum | 2020
Athens International Monthly Art Film Festival (AIMAFF) Honorable Mention | December 2020
Kalakari Film Festival | May 2021
Accord Cine Fest | April 2021 Finalist
Proxy Act Festival | 5-18 July 2021 at Schönow Castle in Passow, Germany
URBAN JUXTAPOSITIONS Solo Exhibiton | 10 September-10 December 2022 at EWA Frauenzentrum, Berlin.
Stille Amare (co-director) | Short Film (2020)
E&U European Short Film Festival 2021, Frankfurt am Main
If I go out walking with my dead friends | Video Poetry (2021)
9th International Video Poetry Festival, Athens, Greece
International Poetry Film Festival of Thuringia 2021, Germany
Duende Sessions Festival Barcelona, November 2021
Positively Different, Short Film Festival, March 2022, Athens
Bologna in Lettere 10th Videopoetry, May 2022, Bologna, Italy
Midwest Video Poetry Fest, October 2022, Madison, Wisconsin
Festival Fotogenia, November 2022, Mexico City
I can`t smell the soil in my head | Short Film (2021)
Lift-Off Global Network Sessions April 2021
Lift-Off First-Time Filmmaker Sessions 2021
Drim Short Film Festival 2021, July, Struga, North Macedonia
12th Balkans Beyond Borders Short Film Festival, October, Pristina, Kosovo
3in1 Film Fest 2021, November, Portugal
Torino Short Film Market 2021, Italy
Cinemaking International Film Festival, December 2021, Dhaka, Bangladesh, Award Winner
Athens International Digital Film Festival AIDFF, December 2021, Greece
Capricorn Film Festival, January 2021, Yeppoon, Australia
NewBorn Short Film Festival, January 2021, Berlin, Germany
Agrinio International Film Festival, June 2022, Agrinio, Greece
10th International Video Poetry Festival, September 2022, Athens, Greece
Goddess, Garbage & Gewalt (co-director) | Short Film (2022)
Only The Best Film Awards | Best Inspirational Film, Best Experimental Short Film, Only the Best Film Jury Award
Chania International Short Film Festival, October 2022, Greece
16th TiSFF* Thess Short Film Festival, October 2022, Thessaloniki, Greece
Movie Rooms, October 2022, Cologne, Germany
Cinemaking International Film Festival, December 2022, Dhaka, Bangladesh
8th NewBorn Short Film Festival, December 2022, Berlin, Best Experimental Film Award
Secrets of the Forest exhibition at Chromart Gallery in Berlin, 7-21 December 2022
Versi di Luce Festival, December 2022, Sicily, Italy
Bizzarya Short Film Festival, March 2023, Porto, Portugal
San Antonio Independent Film Festival, March 2023, Ecuador
The 5th Meihodo International Youth Visual Media Festival, March 2023, Japan
Urban Juxtapositions | Solo Photo Exhibition
10 September-10 November 2022
EWA Frauenzentrum, Berlin
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