Nikos Kolioukos
Directing
Biography
Nikos Kolioukos (born 1996) is an Athens-based director. He graduated from the Department of Film at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. His first short film, entitled “The Chaos She Left Behind”, won 2nd prize in the La Cinef competition section at the 77th Cannes Film Festival. At its national premiere at the 46th International Drama Short Film Festival, the film received the awards for Best Direction and Best Actress in the National Student Competition. The film subsequently participated in the 64th Thessaloniki Film Festival and was selected for the official program of the 30th Sarajevo International Film Festival.
Known For
Six chapters describe the lives and perils of Thessaloniki’s Jewish community which was almost entirely exterminated by the Nazis in 1943. Past and present become an echo chamber in which the viewer experiences, aghast, the madness of humanity.
The City and the City
"My name is Simeon the Madman. From now on, I will only speak my true language. I will go back to the city I remember and with the power of God, I will mock the world".
My Mother Is a Saint
Anna, in her late twenties, feels like her life is sliding away from her hands. A ticket to a music school in Paris might be the last chance to pursue her dream unless her manipulative, self-destructive alcoholic father stands in her way.
The Chaos She Left Behind
Thessaloniki, October 1949. The Greek Civil War is supposedly over, but its impact is still felt by the people and a great divide exists between them. Antonis, the owner of the tavern “Makedonikon,” stays neutral and tries to distance himself from politics. But dreadful news summons his most feared childhood experience. While the war, the decade and a whole epoch come to an end, the band of musicians play their last classic rembetika songs. And for Antonis the time for revenge has come.
Sarmako - A Tale of the North
Panos is about to rob a seemingly empty house. But an unexpected meeting will make him reconsider the reason he's there.