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'''Telémachos Alexiou''' is a Greek-German filmmaker and visual artist.
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'''Telémachos Alexiou''' (born 3 January 1989 in Evvoia, Greece) is a Greek filmmaker and visual artist.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://queerlisboa.pt/en/director/telemachos-alexiou|website=http://queerlisboa.pt/en/director/telemachos-alexiou}}</ref>


== <big>'''Early Life'''</big> ==
==Early life==
Telémachos Alexiou was born in Chalkida, Evvoia, Greece. He is the son of Pavlina Alexiou, a local real estate agent, and Konstantinos Alexiou, a math professor. As a child he trained as a ballroom dancer. By the age of sixteen he had won all ballroom dance national titles.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.enet.gr/?i=news.el.article&id=319767|website=http://www.enet.gr/?i=news.el.article&id=319767}}</ref>
Telémachos Alexiou was born in [[Chalkida]], Evvoia, Greece. He is the son of Pavlina Alexiou, a local real estate agent, and Konstantinos Alexiou, a math professor. As a child he trained as a ballroom dancer. By the age of sixteen he had won all ballroom dance national titles.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.enet.gr/?i=news.el.article&id=319767|title=Τα καλά νέα έρχονται από έξω|work=Ελευθεροτυπία|accessdate=22 December 2014}}</ref>


At the age of seventeen Alexiou moved to London, UK, to study Communications & Visual Culture and later to Berlin, Germany, where he studied film theory and started working as a filmmaker and artist.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Alexiou|first1=Telémachos|url=https://vimeo.com/telemachos|publisher=vimeo}}</ref>
At the age of seventeen Alexiou moved to [[London]], UK, to study Communications & Visual Culture and later to [[Berlin, Germany]], where he studied film theory and started working as a filmmaker and artist.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://vimeo.com/telemachos|title=TELÉMACHOS ALEXIOU|work=Vimeo|accessdate=22 December 2014}}</ref>


== <big>'''Career'''</big> ==
==Career==
In 2009 Telémachos Alexiou directed his first medium-length experimental film, The Logic Of The Cat.
In 2009, Alexiou directed his first medium-length experimental film, ''The Logic Of The Cat'', which had a cinema release only two years later.


In 2010 Alexiou attracted international attention with his experimental video The Dream Of Norma, starring Vaginal Davis, which premiered at the Berlin International Film Festival.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.berlinale.de/en/archiv/jahresarchive/2010/02_programm_2010/02_Filmdatenblatt_2010_20101284.php|website=https://www.berlinale.de/en/archiv/jahresarchive/2010/02_programm_2010/02_Filmdatenblatt_2010_20101284.php|publisher=berlinale.de}}</ref>
In 2010, he attracted international attention with his experimental video ''The Dream Of Norma'', starring [[Vaginal Davis]], which premiered at the [[Berlin International Film Festival]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.berlinale.de/en/archiv/jahresarchive/2010/02_programm_2010/02_Filmdatenblatt_2010_20101284.php|title=- Berlinale - Archive - Annual Archives - 2010 - Programme - The Dream of Norma|publisher=Berlinale.de|accessdate=22 December 2014}}</ref>


After The Dream Of Norma Alexiou directed multiple short and medium-length films and video works, including the film Venus In The Garden, which have been presented in various film festivals and art spaces around the world such as Temporäre Kunsthalle Berlin, LA Outfest et al.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tiff.filmfestival.gr/default.aspx?lang=en-US&page=963&SectionID=187&MovieID=2070|website=http://tiff.filmfestival.gr/default.aspx?lang=en-US&page=963&SectionID=187&MovieID=2070}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.outfest.org/tixSYS/2012/xslguide/eventnote.php?EventNumber=3668|website=http://www.outfest.org/tixSYS/2012/xslguide/eventnote.php?EventNumber=3668}}</ref>
After ''The Dream Of Norma'', Alexiou directed multiple short and medium-length films and video works, including the film ''Venus In The Garden'', which have been presented in various film festivals and art spaces around the world such as Temporäre Kunsthalle Berlin and LA Outfest.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tiff.filmfestival.gr/default.aspx?lang=en-US&page=963&SectionID=187&MovieID=2070|title=TIFF52 - Sections Detail|publisher=Tiff.filmfestival.gr|accessdate=22 December 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.outfest.org/tixSYS/2012/xslguide/eventnote.php?EventNumber=3668|title=The Dream of Norma - 2012 Outfest|publisher=Outfest.org|accessdate=22 December 2014}}</ref>


In 2011 the Arsenal Institute for Film and Video Art in Berlin dedicated a mini-retrospective to his films and started archiving his work.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.arsenal-berlin.de/en/arsenal-cinema/past-programs/single/article/2224/2804//archive/2011/april.html|website=http://www.arsenal-berlin.de/en/arsenal-cinema/past-programs/single/article/2224/2804//archive/2011/april.html|publisher=arsenal berlin}}</ref>
In 2011, the {{ill|Arsenal Institute for Film and Video Art|de|Institut für Film und Videokunst}} in [[Berlin]], Germany, dedicated a mini-retrospective to his films and started archiving his work.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.arsenal-berlin.de/en/arsenal-cinema/past-programs/single/article/2224/2804//archive/2011/april.html|title=Arsenal: Telémachos Alexiou|publisher=Arsenal-berlin.de|accessdate=22 December 2014}}</ref>


In 2014 Telémachos Alexiou finished his first feature film, Queen Antigone (Vasilissa Antigoni), produced by Jürgen Brüning. It premiered at the Mumbai Int. Film Festival and is currently traveling to international film festivals<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tiff.filmfestival.gr/default.aspx?lang=en-US&page=1216&SectionID=257&MovieID=2762|website=http://tiff.filmfestival.gr/default.aspx?lang=en-US&page=1216&SectionID=257&MovieID=2762}}</ref>.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mumbaifilmfest.org/film_selection.html|website=http://www.mumbaifilmfest.org/film_selection.html}}</ref>
In 2014, Telémachos Alexiou finished his first feature film, ''Queen Antigone'' (''Vasilissa Antigoni''), a reconfiguration of the ancient tragedy [[Antigone (Sophocles)|Antigone]] by [[Sophocles]]. The film was produced by the legendary Berlin film producer Jürgen Brüning. It premiered at the [[Mumbai Film Festival]] in October of the same year and had its European premiere at the [[Thessaloniki International Film Festival]] a month later.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.c7nema.net/outras-criticas/item/42165-queen-antigone-por-andre-goncalves.html|title="Queen Antigone" por André Gonçalves|publisher=C7nema.net|accessdate=22 December 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.festivalscope.com/film/queen-antigone|title=Queen Antigone [Vasilissa Antogoni] - Festival Scope: Festivals on Demand for Film Professionals World Wide|publisher=Festivalscope.com|accessdate=22 December 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.avmag.gr/av/50650/10-queer-epiloges-gia-to-55o-festival-kinimatografou-thessalonikis/|title=Gay νέα και αφιερώματα: 11 Queer Επιλογές για το 55ο Φεστιβάλ Κινηματογράφου Θεσσαλονίκης - Antivirus Magazine|author=Μανώλης Βαμβούνης|work=Antivirus Magazine|accessdate=22 December 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cinemanews.gr/v5/salonica2014/movies.php?n=5163|title=55 (2014) - CinemaNews.gr|work=CinemaNews.gr|accessdate=22 December 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://tiff.filmfestival.gr/default.aspx?lang=en-US&page=1216&SectionID=257&MovieID=2762|title=TIFF55 - Sections Detail|publisher=Tiff.filfestival.gr|accessdate=22 December 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mumbaifilmfest.org/film_selection.html|title=Mumbai Film Festival - Film Selection|publisher=Mumbaifilmfest.org|accessdate=22 December 2014}}</ref>


==Personal life==
Apart from filmmaking Alexiou has worked with other filmmakers and artists, such as Bruce LaBruce, Zackary Drucker and Vaginal Davis and others, as a producer, assistant director, actor and cameraman.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm4541212/|website=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm4541212/|publisher=IMDB}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Arsenal|first1=Berlin|url=http://films.arsenal-berlin.de/index.php/Browse/modifyCriteria/facet/entity_facet/id/2722/mod_id/0/lang/en_US|website=http://films.arsenal-berlin.de/index.php/Browse/modifyCriteria/facet/entity_facet/id/2722/mod_id/0/lang/en_US}}</ref>
Alexiou identifies as gay and describes his films as partly autobiographical.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.avmag.gr/av/50650/10-queer-epiloges-gia-to-55o-festival-kinimatografou-thessalonikis/|title=Gay νέα και αφιερώματα: 11 Queer Επιλογές για το 55ο Φεστιβάλ Κινηματογράφου Θεσσαλονίκης - Antivirus Magazine|author=Μανώλης Βαμβούνης|work=Antivirus Magazine|accessdate=22 December 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.teddyaward.tv/de/video/?a-z=1&select=T&id_film=24|title=Teddy Award - The official queer award at the Berlin International Film Festival|author=|date=9 December 2010|publisher=Teddyaward.tv|accessdate=22 December 2014}}</ref>


==Languages==
== <big>'''Personal Life'''</big> ==
Alexiou identifies as gay and describes his films as partly autobiographical.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.teddyaward.tv/de/video/?a-z=1&select=T&id_film=24|website=http://news.teddyaward.tv/de/video/?a-z=1&select=T&id_film=24|publisher=Teddy Award}}</ref>
Telémachos Alexiou is also a polyglot. He currently speaks nine languages fluently and understands a dozen more.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.enet.gr/?i=news.el.article&id=319767%7cwebsite=http://www.enet.gr/?i=news.el.article&id=319767|title=Άρθρα - Ελευθεροτυπία|publisher=Enet.gr|accessdate=22 December 2014}}</ref>


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==Filmography==
== <big>'''Trivia'''</big> ==
Telémachos Alexiou is also a polyglot. He currently speaks nine languages fluently and understands a dozen more.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Venardou|first1=Evana|url=http://www.enet.gr/?i=news.el.article&id=319767|website=http://www.enet.gr/?i=news.el.article&id=319767|publisher=www.enet.gr|accessdate=23 October 2014}}</ref>

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== <big>'''Filmography'''</big> ==
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
!Title
!Title
!Year
!Year
|-
|-
|The Logic Of The Cat
|''The Logic Of The Cat''
|2009
|2009
|-
|-
|The Dream Of Norma
|''The Dream Of Norma''
|2010
|2010
|-
|-
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|2010
|2010
|-
|-
|An Interview With An Artist
|''An Interview With An Artist''
|2011
|2011
|-
|-
|Venus In The Garden
|''Venus In The Garden''
|2011
|2011
|-
|-
|Natural Bodily Practices
|''Natural Bodily Practices''
|2013
|2013
|-
|-
|Simón De La Columna
|''Simón De La Columna''
|2014
|2014
|-
|-
|Salomé's Dance
|''Salomé's Dance''
|2014
|2014
|-
|-
|Queen Antigone
|''Queen Antigone''
|2014
|2014
|-
|-
|The Erection Of Lazarus
|''The Erection Of Lazarus''
|2015 (in post-production)
|2015 (in post-production)
|-
|-
|Scena Finale
|''Scena Finale''
|2015 (in post-production)
|2015 (in post-production)
|}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://vimeo.com/telemachos|title=TELÉMACHOS ALEXIOU|work=Vimeo|accessdate=22 December 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.closeupmag.gr/exodos/art-culture/%CF%84%CE%B7%CE%BB%CE%B5%CE%BC%CE%B1%CF%87%CE%BF%CF%83-%CE%B1%CE%BB%CE%B5%CE%BE%CE%B9%CE%BF%CF%85.html|title=ΤΗΛΕΜΑΧΟΣ ΑΛΕΞΙΟΥ: ΤΟ ΝΕΟ ΑΙΜΑ ΤΟΥ ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΟΥ ΣΙΝΕΜΑ ΕΡΧΕΤΑΙ ΑΠΟ ΤΟ ΒΕΡΟΛΙΝΟ|work=CLOSEUP|accessdate=22 December 2014}}</ref>
|}
<ref>{{cite web|last1=Alexiou|first1=Telémachos|url=https://vimeo.com/telemachos|website=https://vimeo.com/telemachos|publisher=vimeo}}</ref>





==References==
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*http://tiff.filmfestival.gr/default.aspx?lang=en-US&page=1216&SectionID=257&MovieID=2762
*http://www.mumbaifilmfest.org/film_selection.html
*http://www.imdb.com/name/nm4541212/
*https://mubi.com/cast_members/373437
*http://news.teddyaward.tv/de/video/?a-z=1&select=T&id_film=24
*https://www.berlinale.de/en/archiv/jahresarchive/2010/02_programm_2010/02_Filmdatenblatt_2010_20101284.php
*http://www.outfest.org/tixSYS/2012/xslguide/eventnote.php?EventNumber=3668
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Telémachos Alexiou is a Greek-German filmmaker and visual artist.

Early life

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Telémachos Alexiou was born in Chalkida, Evvoia, Greece. He is the son of Pavlina Alexiou, a local real estate agent, and Konstantinos Alexiou, a math professor. As a child he trained as a ballroom dancer. By the age of sixteen he had won all ballroom dance national titles.[1]

At the age of seventeen Alexiou moved to London, UK, to study Communications & Visual Culture and later to Berlin, Germany, where he studied film theory and started working as a filmmaker and artist.[2]

Career

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In 2009, Alexiou directed his first medium-length experimental film, The Logic Of The Cat, which had a cinema release only two years later.

In 2010, he attracted international attention with his experimental video The Dream Of Norma, starring Vaginal Davis, which premiered at the Berlin International Film Festival.[3]

After The Dream Of Norma, Alexiou directed multiple short and medium-length films and video works, including the film Venus In The Garden, which have been presented in various film festivals and art spaces around the world such as Temporäre Kunsthalle Berlin and LA Outfest.[4][5]

In 2011, the Arsenal Institute for Film and Video Art [de] in Berlin, Germany, dedicated a mini-retrospective to his films and started archiving his work.[6]

In 2014, Telémachos Alexiou finished his first feature film, Queen Antigone (Vasilissa Antigoni), a reconfiguration of the ancient tragedy Antigone by Sophocles. The film was produced by the legendary Berlin film producer Jürgen Brüning. It premiered at the Mumbai Film Festival in October of the same year and had its European premiere at the Thessaloniki International Film Festival a month later.[7][8][9][10][11][12]

Personal life

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Alexiou identifies as gay and describes his films as partly autobiographical.[13][14]

Languages

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Telémachos Alexiou is also a polyglot. He currently speaks nine languages fluently and understands a dozen more.[15]

Filmography

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Title Year
The Logic Of The Cat 2009
The Dream Of Norma 2010
Deux 2010
An Interview With An Artist 2011
Venus In The Garden 2011
Natural Bodily Practices 2013
Simón De La Columna 2014
Salomé's Dance 2014
Queen Antigone 2014
The Erection Of Lazarus 2015 (in post-production)
Scena Finale 2015 (in post-production)

[16][17]

References

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  1. ^ "Τα καλά νέα έρχονται από έξω". Ελευθεροτυπία. Retrieved 22 December 2014.
  2. ^ "TELÉMACHOS ALEXIOU". Vimeo. Retrieved 22 December 2014.
  3. ^ "- Berlinale - Archive - Annual Archives - 2010 - Programme - The Dream of Norma". Berlinale.de. Retrieved 22 December 2014.
  4. ^ "TIFF52 - Sections Detail". Tiff.filmfestival.gr. Retrieved 22 December 2014.
  5. ^ "The Dream of Norma - 2012 Outfest". Outfest.org. Retrieved 22 December 2014.
  6. ^ "Arsenal: Telémachos Alexiou". Arsenal-berlin.de. Retrieved 22 December 2014.
  7. ^ ""Queen Antigone" por André Gonçalves". C7nema.net. Retrieved 22 December 2014.
  8. ^ "Queen Antigone [Vasilissa Antogoni] - Festival Scope: Festivals on Demand for Film Professionals World Wide". Festivalscope.com. Retrieved 22 December 2014.
  9. ^ Μανώλης Βαμβούνης. "Gay νέα και αφιερώματα: 11 Queer Επιλογές για το 55ο Φεστιβάλ Κινηματογράφου Θεσσαλονίκης - Antivirus Magazine". Antivirus Magazine. Retrieved 22 December 2014.
  10. ^ "55 (2014) - CinemaNews.gr". CinemaNews.gr. Retrieved 22 December 2014.
  11. ^ "TIFF55 - Sections Detail". Tiff.filfestival.gr. Retrieved 22 December 2014.
  12. ^ "Mumbai Film Festival - Film Selection". Mumbaifilmfest.org. Retrieved 22 December 2014.
  13. ^ Μανώλης Βαμβούνης. "Gay νέα και αφιερώματα: 11 Queer Επιλογές για το 55ο Φεστιβάλ Κινηματογράφου Θεσσαλονίκης - Antivirus Magazine". Antivirus Magazine. Retrieved 22 December 2014.
  14. ^ "Teddy Award - The official queer award at the Berlin International Film Festival". Teddyaward.tv. 9 December 2010. Retrieved 22 December 2014.
  15. ^ "Άρθρα - Ελευθεροτυπία". Enet.gr. Retrieved 22 December 2014.
  16. ^ "TELÉMACHOS ALEXIOU". Vimeo. Retrieved 22 December 2014.
  17. ^ "ΤΗΛΕΜΑΧΟΣ ΑΛΕΞΙΟΥ: ΤΟ ΝΕΟ ΑΙΜΑ ΤΟΥ ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΟΥ ΣΙΝΕΜΑ ΕΡΧΕΤΑΙ ΑΠΟ ΤΟ ΒΕΡΟΛΙΝΟ". CLOSEUP. Retrieved 22 December 2014.
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