Syllas Tzoumerkas

Syllas Tzoumerkas

Syllas Tzoumerkas at the International Film Festival Rotterdam, 2015
Born 1978
Thessaloniki, Greece
Occupation Film
Years active 2000 in film – present

Syllas Tzoumerkas (Greek: Σύλλας Τζουμέρκας; born 1978) is a Greek film director and actor[1][2]

Life

Syllas Tzoumerkas was born in Thessaloniki.[3] He studied theatre and directing for Film and Television at the Stavrakos Film School and the University of Athens. In 2000, he directed the short film The Devouring Eyes (Ta Matia Pou Trone) that was selected by the Cinéfondation[4] of the 2001 Cannes Film Festival and won the Jury Prize at the 2001 Karlovy Vary International Film Festival.[3]

His first feature film Homeland (Hora Proelefsis) had its world première at the International Critics' Week of the 67th Venice International Film Festival.[5] Homeland participated in several international film festivals[6][7] and won 5 Awards of the Hellenic Film Academy (best first film director, best supporting role actress for Ioanna Tsirigouli, original music, editing and make-up).[8]

As an actor,[9] Syllas Tzoumerkas participated in feature films Wasted Youth (2011) by Argyris Papadimitropoulos and Jan Vogel Rotterdam International Film Festival[10] and The Eternal Return of Antonis Paraskevas (2013) by Elina Psykou (Berlin International Film Festival).[11]

The script for his second feature film A Blast won the Eurimages Co-production Award at the Cinelink co-production market of the 2012 Sarajevo film festival.[12]

His second feature film A Blast,[13] a Greek-German-Dutch co-production [14] had its world premiere[15] at the International Competition of the Locarno Film Festival 2014.[14] The film was consequently presented in many international film festivals,[16] most notably Sarajevo international film festival (regional premiere), BFI London Film Festival (Dare),[17] Sao Paulo International Film Festival (Competition New Directors),[18] Rotterdam International Film Festival 2015 (Limelight),[19] among others.

Filmography

Year Title Notes
2000 The Devouring Eyes (short film)
2000 All Souls' Day (short film), co-writer
2002 Rain (short film)
2010 Hora Proelefsis Nominated - Luigi de Laurentis Award (67th Venice International Film Festival)
Nominated - International Critics' Week Award (67th Venice International Film Festival)
Hellenic Film Academy Award for Best First Film Director
First film director award (Athens Film Festival)
Nominated - Grand Jury Prize (New Horizons Film Festival)
Nominated - Grand Prix (Voices International Film Festival)
2011 Wasted Youth Actor
2013 The Eternal Return of Antonis Paraskevas Actor
2014 A Blast Nominated - Pardo d' Oro (Golden Leopard) (Locarno International Film Festival)[20]
Nominated - Heart of Sarajevo (Sarajevo International Film Festival)
Nominated - Art Cinema Award (Hamburg Filmfest)[21]
Nominated - International Jury Award (São Paulo IFF)
Nominated - Golden Angel (TOFIFEST, Torun IFF)[22]

Theatre

References

  1. ↑ Σύλλας Τζουμέρκας: Μετά τις Κάννες η Βενετία. To Vima (in Greek) (tovima.gr). 2010-07-23. Retrieved 2010-07-23.
  2. ↑ Sakaridis, Yannis. "10 Greek Filmmakers to Watch". raindance.org. Retrieved 2 February 2011.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Karlovy Vary International Film Festival | Homeland". Kviff.com. 2012-07-07. Retrieved 2014-01-26.
  4. ↑ "2001 Cannes Film Festival Cinéfondation Films in Competition Lineup | Filmmakers, Film Industry, Film Festivals, Awards & Movie Reviews". Indiewire. Retrieved 2014-01-26.
  5. ↑ Settimana Internazionale della Critica. "Hòra proèlefsis | 28. Settimana Internazionale della Critica" (in Italian). Sicvenezia.it. Retrieved 2014-01-26.
  6. ↑ http://www.kviff.com/en/about-festival/history-past-years/2011/program/?s=341|title="Young Greek Cinema"
  7. ↑ "Wroclaw takes off to "new horizons"". Cineuropa. Retrieved 2014-01-26.
  8. ↑ "Hellenic Film Academy". Hellenicfilmacademy.gr. Retrieved 2014-01-26.
  9. ↑ "Interview with Syllas Tzoumerkas". Fantom Film Magazine (fantomfilm.cz). 2012-10-30. Retrieved 2012-10-30.
  10. ↑ "Wasted Youth - International Film Festival Rotterdam". Filmfestivalrotterdam.com. Retrieved 2014-01-26.
  11. ↑ "| Berlinale | Archive | Annual Archives | 2013 | Programme - I aionia epistrofi tou Antoni Paraskeua | The Eternal Return of Antonis Paraskevas". Berlinale.de. 2013-02-11. Retrieved 2014-01-26.
  12. ↑ Flix (2012-07-17). ""A Blast" by Syllas Tzoumerkas wins award at the Sarajevo Film Festival! | Flix". Flix.gr. Retrieved 2014-01-26.
  13. ↑ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3813916/
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 http://www.pardolive.ch/en/catalogue/film;jsessionid=222EAC89A3295E4CC0CCBBF5609F9B2D?fid=759044&finit=A&dinit=&cinit=&sid=&day=&vid=&eid=
  15. ↑ http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/locarno-film-festival-5-things-723374
  16. ↑ http://ablastfilm.com/festivals/
  17. ↑ https://whatson.bfi.org.uk/lff/Online/default.asp?BOparam%3A%3AWScontent%3A%3AloadArticle%3A%3Apermalink=blast
  18. ↑ http://38.mostra.org/en/filme/8300-A-BLAST
  19. ↑ https://www.iffr.com/professionals/news-2014-2015/the-first-titles/
  20. ↑ http://www.pardolive.ch/en/catalogue/film?fid=759044&finit=A&dinit=&cinit=&sid=&day=&vid=&eid=67
  21. ↑ http://www.filmfesthamburg.de/en/programm/Film/21845/A_Blast
  22. ↑ http://www.tofifest.pl/en/program-2014/f/22

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