About
Yorgos Zois is 30 years old and was born in Athens where he
lives and works. He studied applied Math and Physics in
N.T.U.A. and film direction in Stavrakou Film School, Athens
and in U.d.K, Berlin where he was awarded a scholarship by
the Goulandris Foundation. His debut short film
“Casus
Belli” premiered in Venice in 2010 and participated
in the official competition of over 50 international film
festivals worldwide (Rotterdam, Clermont Ferrand, Tokyo Short
Shorts, Palm Springs, LA Short Fest, Era New Horizons,
Melbourne IFF etc) winning several first awards and
distinctions.?In Greece it won six awards at Drama Festival
2010 including first award, best script and newcomer director
and also won the award of Best Short Film of the Greek Film
Academy the same year. It was theatrically distributed in
Greece and France and was broadcasted by several TV stations
in Europe, Australia and US. He is currently working on his
first feature “Stage Fright”, the script of which was awarded
the development prize of CNC (French Film Centre) at the
Cinelink Co-Production Market of Sarajevo IFF 2011, while it
has been selected to participate at the Torino Film Lab
Framework 2012.
Filmography
Out of Frame (Titloi Telous), short, Greece
2012, c/r, 10'
Casus Belli, short,
Greece 2010, 35mm, c/r, 11'
