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Telémachos Alexiou (born 3 January 1989 in Evvoia, Greece) is a Greek filmmaker and visual artist.[1]

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.[2]

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.[3]

Career

In 2009 Telémachos Alexiou directed his first medium-length experimental film, The Logic Of The Cat.

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.[4]

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.[5][6]

In 2011 the Arsenal Institute for Film and Video Art in Berlin dedicated a mini-retrospective to his films and started archiving his work.[7]

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.[8][9][10][11][12][13]

Personal life

Alexiou identifies as gay and describes his films as partly autobiographical.[14][15]

Trivia

Telémachos Alexiou is also a polyglot. He currently speaks nine languages fluently and understands a dozen more.[16]

Filmography

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)

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References

  1. ^ http://queerlisboa.pt/en/director/telemachos-alexiou http://queerlisboa.pt/en/director/telemachos-alexiou. {{cite web}}: External link in |website= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. ^ http://www.enet.gr/?i=news.el.article&id=319767 http://www.enet.gr/?i=news.el.article&id=319767. {{cite web}}: External link in |website= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. ^ Alexiou, Telémachos. vimeo https://vimeo.com/telemachos. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. ^ https://www.berlinale.de/en/archiv/jahresarchive/2010/02_programm_2010/02_Filmdatenblatt_2010_20101284.php. berlinale.de https://www.berlinale.de/en/archiv/jahresarchive/2010/02_programm_2010/02_Filmdatenblatt_2010_20101284.php. {{cite web}}: External link in |website= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. ^ http://tiff.filmfestival.gr/default.aspx?lang=en-US&page=963&SectionID=187&MovieID=2070 http://tiff.filmfestival.gr/default.aspx?lang=en-US&page=963&SectionID=187&MovieID=2070. {{cite web}}: External link in |website= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. ^ http://www.outfest.org/tixSYS/2012/xslguide/eventnote.php?EventNumber=3668 http://www.outfest.org/tixSYS/2012/xslguide/eventnote.php?EventNumber=3668. {{cite web}}: External link in |website= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
  7. ^ http://www.arsenal-berlin.de/en/arsenal-cinema/past-programs/single/article/2224/2804//archive/2011/april.html. arsenal berlin http://www.arsenal-berlin.de/en/arsenal-cinema/past-programs/single/article/2224/2804//archive/2011/april.html. {{cite web}}: External link in |website= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
  8. ^ Goncalves, André. http://www.c7nema.net/outras-criticas/item/42165-queen-antigone-por-andre-goncalves.html http://www.c7nema.net/outras-criticas/item/42165-queen-antigone-por-andre-goncalves.html. {{cite web}}: External link in |website= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
  9. ^ https://www.festivalscope.com/film/queen-antigone. https://www.festivalscope.com/film/queen-antigone. {{cite web}}: External link in |publisher= and |website= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help); Missing or empty |url= (help)
  10. ^ http://www.avmag.gr/av/50650/10-queer-epiloges-gia-to-55o-festival-kinimatografou-thessalonikis/ http://www.avmag.gr/av/50650/10-queer-epiloges-gia-to-55o-festival-kinimatografou-thessalonikis/. {{cite web}}: External link in |website= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
  11. ^ http://www.cinemanews.gr/v5/salonica2014/movies.php?n=5163 http://www.cinemanews.gr/v5/salonica2014/movies.php?n=5163. {{cite web}}: External link in |website= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
  12. ^ http://tiff.filmfestival.gr/default.aspx?lang=en-US&page=1216&SectionID=257&MovieID=2762 http://tiff.filmfestival.gr/default.aspx?lang=en-US&page=1216&SectionID=257&MovieID=2762. {{cite web}}: External link in |website= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
  13. ^ http://www.mumbaifilmfest.org/film_selection.html http://www.mumbaifilmfest.org/film_selection.html. {{cite web}}: External link in |website= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
  14. ^ http://www.avmag.gr/av/50650/10-queer-epiloges-gia-to-55o-festival-kinimatografou-thessalonikis/ http://www.avmag.gr/av/50650/10-queer-epiloges-gia-to-55o-festival-kinimatografou-thessalonikis/. {{cite web}}: External link in |website= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
  15. ^ http://news.teddyaward.tv/de/video/?a-z=1&select=T&id_film=24. Teddy Award http://news.teddyaward.tv/de/video/?a-z=1&select=T&id_film=24. {{cite web}}: External link in |website= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
  16. ^ Venardou, Evana. http://www.enet.gr/?i=news.el.article&id=319767. www.enet.gr http://www.enet.gr/?i=news.el.article&id=319767. Retrieved 23 October 2014. {{cite web}}: External link in |website= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
  17. ^ Alexiou, Telémachos. https://vimeo.com/telemachos. vimeo https://vimeo.com/telemachos. {{cite web}}: External link in |website= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
  18. ^ 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 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. {{cite web}}: External link in |website= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)


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