Alkistis Kafetzi is a Berlin based filmmaker. She studied Theatre and Film and 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.
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
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
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
Athens International Digital Film Festival AIDFF, December 2021
Capricorn Film Festival, January 2021, Yeppoon, Australia
NewBorn Short Film Festival, January 2021, Berlin, Germany
Goddess, Garbage & Gewalt (co-director) | Short Film (2022)
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