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Athena Xenidou

Associate Lecturer in Media Production


[email protected]

+357 24694000

Qualifications

MA in International Relations ‘Global Media, Local Sensitivities’ (University of Nicosia, 2010)

MA training as a Film Producer, American Film Institute, Los Angeles (1998)

BA in Film Studies (University of California Santa Barbara, 1997)

Studies in Music and English Literature (University of Switzerland, Fribourg, 1992-93)

Specialization

Producing, Screenwriting, Directing and Acting for Film and Television and Theatre

Employment Track

Head of Filmmaking Workshops, Cyprus Film Days International Film Festival 2022-2024

Artistic Director Cyprus Film Days International Film Festival, 2024

Founder/Artistic Director of The Film and Stage Studio 2008-present

Producer, Advertising Campaigns, MOI Worldwide, 2017-2019

Director, TV series, Kryfos Kaiadas (45 episodes), Sigma TV 2016

Director, TV series, Osa Den Ksereis (35 episodes) CYBC 2015

Director, TV series, Roua Mat (3 episodes) ANT1 2014

Director, Reality TV shows (Survivor, The Farm) Greece, Fremantle Media, 2001-2006

Memberships (Academic/Professional)

Jury Member, International Emmy Awards, Academy of Television Arts and Sciences

Vice-President, Board of Directors, Cyprus Symphony Orchestra Foundation 2021-2024

Head of Television, BD, Directors Guild Cyprus 2021-2023

Member of FERA, Federation of European Screen Directors

Women in Film and Television, Greece 2023

Scholarships/Awards

Award, Best Micro Film, Roma Short Festival for Saving Joy 2021

Distinction, Stockholm Film Festival for Insidious, Invisible 2021

International Women’s Day Award for my contribution in Arts and Culture 2016

Award for Best Performance, The Shadow Box, National Theatre Awards 2008

Special Jury Award for Best Documentary, Worldfest Houston for Unwitnessed Memories, 2001

Best Documentary Award, Cyprus International Documentary Film Festival, for Unwitnessed Memories 2001

Best Cinematography Award, Reel Loud Film & Arts Festival Santa Barbara, USA for The Made Guy 1997

Best Project, Arts and Humanities Award and Scholarship, University of California, Santa Barbara, for Dead End, 1996

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