Konstantinos Kardakaris

Konstantinos Kardakaris was born in Athens. He studied Cinema and he is enrolled in the Directing Department of the Drama School of the National Theater of Greece. Recently, he was selected for a full scholarship from the National Centre of Audiovisual Media and Communication (EKOME) to attend a program in Nu Boyana Film Studios in Sofia. He has worked as an assistant theater director in Athens & Epidaurus Festival and in the National Theater of Greece, he participated in "Transmedia Labworks" of the Greek National Opera and he has composed music for television and cinema productions. Last year he curated the program "Transitions" of the 17th Tirana International Film Festival and in 2017 the program "Focus on Belgium" for the National Contemporary Art Museum (EMST). The same year he was the Greek Ambassador of the LUX European Film Prize and he was selected in the Jury team of the Venice Days award of the 74th Venice International Film Festival. His last short film "Oxytocin" premiered at the Competition Programme of the Athens International Film Festival 2019.