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

International Migration & Environmental Film Festival (IMEFF), June 2023

Special screening programs of Video Art Miden in collaboration with Re:Think GAIA Festival, June 2023, Kalamata Greece.

Agrinio International Film Festival, June 2023, Greece

Urban Juxtapositions | Solo Photo Exhibition

10 September-10 November 2022

EWA Frauenzentrum, Berlin



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