Yorgos Zois

Yorgos Zois is a Greek director born in 1982 and based in Athens He studied applied Math Nuclear Physics at the NTUA and film direction at UdK Berlin He started his career working as an assistant director to Theo Angelopoulos and with a scholarship from Costa Gavras His body of workfour shorts and two feature filmshas been selected at Afestivals worldwide CannesSemaine de La Critique BerlinaleEncounters VeniceOrizzonti Rotterdam Telluride etc and has been acknowledged with numerous awards and distinctions worldwide including a European Film Academy nomination In Greece he has won the Best Short Film Director and the Best Newcomer Feature Film Director awards from the Hellenic Film Academy His films have raised internationally acclaimed reviews about their metaaesthetics and daring narration and have been broadcasted by ARTE CANAL etc and prestigious platforms like Criterion He was also a member of the official Jury Lion of the Future at the 74th Venice IFF His second feature film Arcadia premiered in Berlinale 2024 won the Best Male Actor award in Hong Kong IFF the Best Director award in Sarajevo IFF and was included in the final list of the EFA nominations while the festival tour goes on