Ismene Daskarolis

Ismene Daskarolis was born in Wilmersdorf Berlin in 1989 and grew up in Wellington, New Zealand and Greece, her home country. She finished school in 2006 and enrolled in film school, in which she stayed for a year before going to the School of Fine and Applied Arts of the Aristotle University in Thessaloniki from which she acquired her MA in fine and applied art in 2012. During her studies she was greatly involved in the making of video art, installations and short films, but also co-wrote the script of a feature film for a production company in Athens, pursuing her childhood dream of becoming a film director. After she graduated she immediately became involved with the production of short independent films and video dances. She also quickly became involved in editing for various online magazines and websites surrounding art and film criticism something that lead her in 2013 to be appointed Chief Editor of the film department for Exostis Free Press, one of the most prestigious cultural press releases online in Thessaloniki. Her work has been shown in various international film festivals and exhibitions and she continues to work as a writer and film director to this day.