Evangelia Kranioti (France)

Evangelia Kranioti is a Greek-born director and visual artist based in Paris, working with film, photography and installations. She has studied law at the National and Kapodistrian university of Athens (1997-01), piano at the National conservatory of Athens (1987-01), visual arts at the École nationale supérieure des Arts Décoratifs of Paris (2002-07) and cinema at Le Fresnoy–Studio national des arts contemporains in France (2012-14). She is currently developing the screenplay of her debut feature fiction film at the Atelier Scénario of La Fémis in Paris.

The recipient of various grants and prizes (LooOOp-Barcelona award, and the Hyères special jury photography prize among others), her artistic work is regularly showcased internationally (Biennale of Moving Images, Palazzo Grassi, Palais de Tokyo, ACFNY, Centre d’art contemporain Geneva, Paris Photo, FAENA art, etc). Her debut documentary feature Exotica, Erotica, Etc. premiered at the Berlinale Forum 2015 and screened in film festivals worldwide, receiving numerous awards: the Emerging International Filmmaker Award at the Toronto Hot Docs IFF, the Audience award for Best Documentary at the Films de Femmes Créteil IFF, the Fathy Farag Prize at the Film Critics’ Week of the Cairo IFF and two Iris awards from the Hellenic Film Academy, (Best Documentary & Best Newcomer) among others.