Dimitris Moutsiakas
Directing
Biography
Dimitris Moutsiakas was born in 1986 and studied at the Lykourgos Stavrakos Film School. With his first film, Who is Santa Claus? (2011), he competed in the national and international sections of DISFF. The film also participated in international festivals around the world and won the Odysseus Award for Best Short Film at LGFF and the Silver Reel Award at the Lucerne Film Festival. In 2020, he shot his second short film, Terma, which also competed at DISFF, the Athens International Film Festival and other festivals abroad. His latest work, Gekas, won three awards at the 47th DISFF for Best Screenplay, Best Cinematography and the Best Short Film Award in the national competition. Since 2013 he has been working as an assistant director in advertising and cinema.
Known For
Over a spring Athenian afternoon, a teenage boy learns how to cry for the first time, as he and his girlfriend process his permanent departure from the city, and the end of their relationship and first-love.
Atlantic
Vasilis lives with his father in a village in rural Greece. When he turns 12, his father buys him a gun and a young hunting dog, Max, and sets out to train him to become a hunter.
Gekas
Anestis is waiting at a rural bus stop. Once it arrives, he embarks at an unusual journey to the end.