TiDF AGORA Producers Delegation
Rea Apostolides | Anemon Productions
Rea studied Αncient & Μodern History at the University of Oxford and produces documentaries and cross media projects for Anemon in Athens, with a focus on history, culture and gender. Recent work includes The Perfect Meal (2023, CPH:DOX, for ARTE, RTVE, RTS, Kokka Fund Korea and ERT), When Tomatoes Met Wagner (2019, Berlinale, Greek entry 2020 Academy Awards, Arte, NHK), Citizen Europe (2019, Arte, Screen Ireland, CNC, Bulgarian Film Center, RTE, ERT, RTP), Berlinale Teddy Award winner Obscuro Barroco (2018), and Dolphin Man (2018, ARTE, CNC, WOWOW, Greek Film Centre, Knowledge, TVO, ERT, CYBC, SVT, Yes DBS, TSR). Rea is also the co-founder of CineDoc, a network screening documentaries and films for children in cinemas across Greece since 2009.
Based in Athens, Greece, Anemon produces documentaries for the Greek and international market and focuses in projects that draw attention to the environment, history and gender. Anemon is currently developing its first live action film for children, Nico Finds a Treasure with co-producers in Germany and Holland (Eurimages Co-Development Award, Cinekid 2023), and Bugboy, a documentary for children aged 10+. In parallel, Anemon has steadily invested in building a documentary audience in Greece through CINEDOC, a distribution network that organizes monthly documentary screenings in cinemas and schools across Greece. Films currently in production as a minority producer include Athens, Cradle of Democracy (Yuzu, France) and Minoans: Mother of the Minotaur (Epo Film, Austria).
Dafni Kalafati | Filmiki Productions
Dafni has studied Intercultural Education and Film and holds a Master’s Degree in Art Therapy from the Buenos Aires School of Fine Arts. She has filmed documentaries in all the 5 continents and have worked as a documentary producer in the international market for several years. Her debute documentary Oneironauts (2009) won the Best Experimental Documentary Award at the Toronto HotDocs Festival. Today, she is the head of the documentary department of FILMIKI S.A., where she specializes in the co-development of international projects. Currently she is producing with Serendipity Point Films the film Maya and Samar, a co-production between Greece and Canada and the feauture length documentary Super Paradise, a Greek-German co-production.
FILMIKI was established in 1987 by two well-known Greek filmmakers. For 35 years, it has been one of the most respected companies in the Greek film industry. Filmiki has produced over 2,500 TVCs, 30 feature & short films, documentaries, TV series and numerous music videos. With some of the country’s most talented producers onboard and deep insight into the Greek cinematic landscape, the Athens-based company brings a wide range of content to life. The last years FILMIKI is supporting young Greek filmmakers on their debut films, building on co-productions, gaining presence on international festivals and is actively expanding its network of collaborators in Europe and beyond. One of Filmiki’s goals is to promote Greek cinema worldwide with a special focus on documentaries and co-productions.
Leonidas Liambeys | Long Run Productions
Leonidas has over 16 years of production experience on national and international co-productions, primarily in non-fiction films & TV productions, but also multimedia exhibitions and social media campaigns. As Associate and Line Producer, he worked on co-productions with HBO Europe, NatGeo, Eurimages, CE Media, Greek Film Centre (GFC), Italian Film Centre & more. As a producer he has completed award-winning documentaries for the Greek National Broadcaster (ERT), GFC and EKOME and is currently producing a dramatised doc series for SKAI TV, as well as several feature docs, one of which won top awards at both the TiDF 2021 Pitching & 2024 Docs in Progress and another that he took to the IMPACT Lab at WEMW 2024. He received the 2014 Focal Award for Best Use of Archive Footage in a History Production and above works were selected for CPH:DOX, Visions du Reel, European Film Awards and others.
Founded in 2020, Long Run Productions excels at crafting non-fiction stories, utilizing the strengths of various media. Through social media projects and partnerships with educational and research institutions, it connects audiences with historical and contemporary social issues. Known for its high-quality, award-winning narrative documentaries, Long Run has a proven track record in producing compelling docuseries, animations, and independent documentaries, including the acclaimed Secrets of the Owl, Venizelos, the Struggle for Asia Minor and co-producing Elina Psykou’s Stray Bodies. Additionally, they offer bespoke research, archival, and production services to both Greek and international clients. The company is committed to pushing the boundaries of visual storytelling, creating meaningful, impactful, and engaging works that can move, surprise and inform viewers.
Konstantinos Vassilaros | StudioBauhaus
Konstantinos Vassilaros co-founded StudioBauhaus in 2014, producing live action & animation shorts, docs & features. Recent highlights include Holy Emy, dir. Araceli Lemos (2021) – winning Locarno Special Mention and receiving an Independent Spirit John Cassavetes Award nomination (US, 2023). His recent minority co-production of Mihai Mincan’s film To the North (2022), premiered at Venice’s Orizzonti. He studied film production at University for the Creative Arts (UK, 2005), New York Film Academy (USA, 2003), and creative entrepreneurship at Goldsmiths (UK, 2007). He then worked for Slate Films, for the Oscar-winning animation company Breakthru Films, and later co-produced for 2 years on the weekly factual news show World Business (CNBC & BBC World). He also worked as a video producer at the French News Agency (AFP) covering Europe & Africa. He’s a member of the EAVE Network.
Based in Athens, founded in 2014 by producer Konstantinos Vassilaros & filmmaker Orfeas Peretzis, StudioBauhaus has in its filmography fiction & documentary films in collaboration with Nonetheless (USA), KG Productions & Utopie Films (France), Breakthru Films (Poland), and has secured financing from ERT, Greek Film Centre, Eurimages, Creative Europe & CNC. Currently in post-production for the 4th fiction film by Greek-Colombian auteur Spiros Stathoulopoulos (‘PVC-1’, 2007 Directors Fortnight). In terms of documentaries, StudioBauhaus recently produced Iodine: Greece on the Ruins of Missolonghi (2022, dir. O Peretzis), Audience Award at Thessaloniki & nominated at the Hellenic Film Academy. Currently in late financing for Thanassis Vasiliou’s debut doc Lo in co-production with France’s Les films de l’Aube Sauvage, winner of 2 awards at Thessaloniki’s Pitching Forum (2023).