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About us
The Santorini Film Festival brings a unique cinematic experience to Aegean’s heart. With a rich programme of screenings and educational workshops, the annual summer event serves as an interactive platform for locals, travellers, film experts and cinephiles. Hosted every year at the scenic open-air Kamari Cinema, SFF aims to celebrate the island’s cinematic heritage and highlight its natural beauties.
Filling every year Cine Kamari with a wide audience, SFF is already established as a summer event where cinema lovers, filmmakers and industry professionals meet on an annual date filled with cinema gems. Our screening categories include both short and feature films and documentaries and cover a wide range of genres. It’s the Festival’s core philosophy to promote upcoming talents from Greece and around the world and showcase the power of independent cinema.
In addition, working together with the local community, we strive to promote the island’s cultural heritage and natural beauties. We are proud and honoured to do our part to bring Santorini’s history and traditions to the foreground.
Meet the team
IOANNIS TELLIS
GENERAL MANAGER
IOANNIS TELLIS
GENERAL MANAGER
APOSTOLIA KATSIANTRIDOU
HEAD OF OPERATIONS & PROGRAMMING
APOSTOLIA KATSIANTRIDOU
HEAD OF OPERATIONS & PROGRAMMING
GEORGE PANOPOULOS
FESTIVAL & PARTNER COORDINATOR
GEORGE PANOPOULOS
FESTIVAL & PARTNER COORDINATOR
ALIKI SEFEROU
PRESS & COMMUNICATIONS COORDINATOR
ALIKI SEFEROU
PRESS & COMMUNICATIONS COORDINATOR
VICKY KAMPOURIDOU
OPERATIONS COORDINATOR
VICKY KAMPOURIDOU
OPERATIONS COORDINATOR
NIKOS GRAVANIS
JUNIOR FESTIVAL COORDINATOR
NIKOS GRAVANIS
JUNIOR FESTIVAL COORDINATOR
KOSTAS KAMPERIS
CREATIVE DESIGNER
KOSTAS KAMPERIS
CREATIVE DESIGNER
ALKMINI NIKOPOULOU EXINTARI
BRAND COORDINATOR & COMMUNITY MANAGER
ALKMINI NIKOPOULOU EXINTARI
BRAND COORDINATOR & COMMUNITY MANAGER
OUR PROGRAMMERS
IOANNA MICHA
PROGRAMMER
Ioanna holds a BA in English and American Literature from Deree – The American College of Greece. Combining her passions for analysis and cinema, she chose the career paths of film criticism and programming. Her work can be found in online magazines such as Photogénie, Leiden Shorts, Cinema Year Zero and others and she has selected films for numerous short film festivals.
IOANNA MICHA
PROGRAMMER
PELIN CILGIN
PROGRAMMER
Pelin Çılgın (they/them) is a film critic, scholar, curator/programmer, and occasional filmmaker based in Istanbul, Turkey. They holds a BA degree in Business Chinese from Beijing Language and Culture University and is currently doing their MA in Film and Television at Istanbul Bilgi University. Pelin has curated film programmes for international organisations, festivals, and NGOs and has participated in numerous workshops including the 2024 Berlinale Talents program, the 2023 Talents Sarajevo program and the Cineuropa’s GoCritic! workshop at the 2023 Fest Anca Animation Festival in Slovakia.
PELIN CILGIN
PROGRAMMER
WELLINGTON ALMEIDA
PROGRAMMER
Wellington Almeida is an independent filmmaker and programmer and the co-founder and programmer of Soura Film Festival, a queer film festival focused on the MENA region. He works as a collaborator for the selection team at the Berlinale (Forum section) and the DTLA Film Festival in Los Angeles. He has contributed to The Huffington Post as a film writer and currently covers film festivals in Europe for the online magazine Cinema7Arte.com.
WELLINGTON ALMEIDA
PROGRAMMER
YANNIS KORRES
PROGRAMMER
Born in Athens in 1986, Yannis Korres studied filmmaking in the Film and Television Department of the New York College in his hometown. Ever since he has worked as an assistant director in short and feature films as well as in festivals and casting. His debut feature film as a writer and director is «Kissing?» and he currently develops more projects as a director and/or producer.