Kostis Charamountanis

Kostis Charamountanis was born in 1994 in Athens. He is a self-taught, award-winning filmmaker. Since 2016 he has written and directed several acclaimed short films. He is best known for "Anthology of a Butterfly" (2020), "Dog of Chamomile" (2019) and "Kioku Before Summer Comes" (2018). His first feature film, "Kyuka Before Summer's End", produced by Heretic and co-produced with the Hellenic Film Centre, ERT and List Production, was shot in September 2022 and is currently in the final stage of post-production. In parallel with "Kyuka", he is working on the script of his next feature film titled "The Ecstatic Insanity of the Sorrowful Shepherd". The script is in early development and has received funding from the Greek Film Centre. Being a self-taught filmmaker, he has gained a wide range of experience exclusively through personal study and work in many areas and stages of filmmaking, including screenwriting, cinematography, photography, film production and organization, editing, sound design, color correction and animation, acting, music composition and graphic design.