Akis Kersanidis
Director / Producer
He was born in 1963 in Thessaloniki. He studied film at the Hatzikou Film School in Athens. In 1989 he began working as a producer, director of photography, and a director of short and feature films, commercials and documentaries. Since 1994 he has been working as a director in the field of creative documentary and experimental video. He has directed performances of mixed media with music, dance, painting, film and video, and he has also directed several theatrical plays.Since 2008 he is working as a director/producer in anemiCinema production company.
FILMOGRAPHY
1989 “J.de la Tour” 5΄
1990 “The other side” 40΄
1998 “Toroneos Crossing” 30’
2000 “Raptor Forest” 30’
1996 “The red church” 30΄
2001 “With light and death” 30
2001 “New life” 30'
2001 “Βalkan Gate” 30’
2003 “The Stigma” 30’
2003 “The Foreigner” 30’
2005 “Yellow zone” 15'
2006 “Wandering” 10'
2007 “Climate Change” 35’
2010 “Enraged December” 63’
2013 “The Chronicle of an Extermination” 90’
2017 “Abrupt awakening” 4 docs (t.v series) 50’
2018 “In Situ” 104'
2021 “Back to earth” 60'
Awards / distinctions
1993 “THE OTHER SIDE” 1/ Honourable Mention, Drama Short Film Festival. 2/Participation in the International Festival “CINEMA TROIA” Portugal.
1996 “ΑFRODITE SADOWS” International Theater Festival, Perugia Italy. Performance - live action.
1999 “Toroneos Crossing” 1st Thessaloniki International Documentary Festival.
2001 “The raptors forest” 2nd Best film Award, 2nd International Ecologic Festival “ECO CINEMA”.
2001 “With light and death” 3ο Thessaloniki International Documentary Festival.
2010 “ENRAGED DECEMBER” 1/ Honourable Mention, DOCFEST Greek Documentary Festival , Halkida. 2/ FilmHellenes Greek Film Fest Chicago 3/ Human Rights World Film Festival,Vienna 4/ 13th Thessaloniki International Documentary Festival.
2013 “THE CHRONICLE OF AN EXTERMINATION” 1/ DOCFEST, Greek Documentary Festival, Halkida. 2/ 15th Thessaloniki International Documentary Festival.
2017 “IN SITU” 1/ Berlin Film Box, Berlin. 2/ WOMEX 18, Ls Palmas, Spain 3/ Best Director Award, 12th DOCFEST Greek Documentary Festival, Halkida. 2021 “BACK TO EARTH” Greek Association of Film Critics Award, 23rd Thessaloniki International Documentary Festival
Links
RETURN TO EARTH trailer https://vimeo.com/manage/videos/554669016
IN SITU trailer https://vimeo.com/249570008
A SHARE AWAKENING trailer https://vimeo.com/manage/videos/282644843
THE CHRONICLE OF A DISASTER trailer https://vimeo.com/manage/videos/66718910
DRAGED DECEMBER https://vimeo.com/manage/videos/160584436 pas. DEC
2008 WANDERING https://vimeo.com/manage/videos/69069552
Contact:
Tel. ++ 306973468862
E-mail: anemicinema.lab@gmail.com