Ioanna Neophytou

Ioanna Neophytou is a visual artist, researcher and documentary filmmaker. She studied at the Athens School of Fine Arts and at Paris 8, Vincennes —Saint Denis. She is currently a PhD candidate at the University of Aix-Marseille, école doctorale LESA. As a visual artist, she has participated in many exhibitions both in Greece and abroad, while her short documentaries have been presented in international festivals and exhibitions, receiving significant accolades. Her first film, Painting…, co-directed with Dimitris Stamatis, was awarded the Audience Award of the 20th Thessaloniki Documentary Festival and the special committee prize at the 5th Peloponnese International Documentary Festival. Ever since she directed two more films, which received international distinctions.