Marina Siotou
Actress I Director I Playwright
The Chaos She Left Behind (2023)
Dir. Nikos Kolioukos
33'
Drama
Producers: Nikos Kolioukos, AUTH.
Anna, in her late twenties, feels like her life is sliding away from her hands. A ticket to a prestigious music school in Paris might be the perfect last chance to pursue her dream career in piano. Success seems not so elusive unless her self-destructive alcoholic father stands in her way.
International Premiere: 77th Festival de Cannes - La Cinef 2024.
Greek Premiere: 46th Drama International Short Film Festival (2023).
Won: 2nd Prize La Cinef - Festival de Cannes (2024).
Best Student Film - Iris Award at Hellenic Greek Film Academy (2024).
Best Directing Award, Best Leading Actress Award in National Student Competition in DISFF.
Distriducted on: ARTE.TV
The City and The City (2022)
Directed by: Christos Passalis, Syllas Tzoumerkas,
Production: Homemade Films
87'
Drama, History, War
Six episodes from the life and sufferings of the Jewish community of Thessaloniki are united cinematically with the city of today, creating a multifaceted cinematic narrative, in which two cities coexist in the same context: the city of Thessaloniki of the last century and the city of Thessaloniki as it is now.
Greek Film Centre - Official Spots
"The Centre is on our side" - Official Spot (2023)
Greek Film Centre assigned director Nikos Kolioukos the official representative spot of the organisation at 46th Thessaloniki International Film Festival (TIFF), using the oprical identity and the stars of his awarded film "Chaos She Left Behind" (Marina Siotou, Yiannis Tsortekis).
"Cinema With Emotions" (2024)
Greek Film Centre commissioned director Nikos Kolioukos for the official spot of the Greek National Cinema Day Campaign, 26th of March.
Cast: Yiannis Tsortekis, Marina Siotou, Alexandros Vardaxoglou.
The Beast Who Walks Like a Man (2024)
in pre production
Director: Nikos Kolioukos
Script/ Creators: Marina Siotou & Zoe Sigalou
Production: Open Boarders Productions
Approx. min. 17'
Adventure, Drama
A pack of children living in the woods, prepare their youngest member to encounter the beast of the forest. Alpha, a twelve year old girl, will have to face her fears and pass into adulthood, in a whirlwind of drums, howlings and fire.
The film got funded by the Greek Film Centre.
The script won the Hellenic Broadcasting Cooperation (ERT) prize at the 3rd Creative Ideas Pitching Lab at Olympia International Film Festival.
Ode à Afrodite (2020)
A comig of age film about dreams.
Dir: Marina Siotou & Zoe Sigalou
Script: Marina Siotou & Zoe Sigalou
Official election at Thessaloniki Queer Arts Festival
Corona Australis (2020)
A young girl creates a world of her own during the pandemic.
Dir: Marina Siotou & Zoe Sigalou
Script: Marina Siotou & Zoe Sigalou
The script was awared by Thessaloniki Intrantional Film Festival in 2021.
