Konstantinos Aivaliotis

Konstantinos Aivaliotis is Assistant Professor at the Cultural Technology and Communication department of the University of Aegean. He holds degrees in Socio-cultural and Visual Anthropology (UK, Goldsmiths College) and Anthropology of Education (France, Univ. Rouen) and his work and academic interests focus on directing and screenwriting for creative documentaries, as well as documentary history and theory, audiovisual heritage, film festivals, and film markets, applying an interdisciplinary lens to the study of cultural industries. He has produced two feature-length documentaries, more than ten short documentaries and directed four. From 2008 to 2016 he was programmer at the Athens International Film Festival and from 2017-2020 he served as Director of Promotion at the Greek Film Centre. In addition to his academic duties, he is the co-founder and director of the ETHNOFEST organisation and titular festival, Regional Project Manager at Thessaloniki Locarno Industry Academy and Coordinator/Tutor at Thessaloniki Agora Doc/Boost Lab.