
Directing
Alkis Papastathopoulos
Alkis Papastathopoulos is a filmmaker from Greece who holds an MA degree in Film studies of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. They are a Sundance Alumnus and have directed five shorts. Their film “en flicka” premiered and won a special mention in the Outview Film Festival. In 2014 their experimental short “en pojke” premiered at MIX NYC Queer Experimental Film Festival and continued its journey in many international festivals (Berlin Porn Film Festival, Pink Screens FF, Leeds Queer Film Festival, Queer City Cinema, Outview FF). In 2018 their short film/music video “Gomenaki” won the Best Music Video award at the IndieMemphis Film Festival. Later that year they won the HBO Europe award for the Best TV Series project at Midpoint TV Launch for the dramedy series in development “Sleepover” they co-write with Maria Hatzakou. In 2019 “Sleepover” was selected to be part of Sundance institute’s New Voices Lab becoming the first European series ever to participate in that lab. Their most recent short film is Honeymoon (2023).
Acting credits
Behind the camera
5.5Sandra is travelling with Fay, helping her take the bus out of the country. A transphobic attack leaves them both stranded in the middle of nowhere. A sensitive and vibrant response to intolerance in the form of a gritty and realistic road movie.
Honeymoon
2023
5.5Sandra is travelling with Fay, helping her take the bus out of the country. A transphobic attack leaves them both stranded in the middle of nowhere. A sensitive and vibrant response to intolerance in the form of a gritty and realistic road movie.
Honeymoon
2023
NRSigma masturbates. I woke up in the room like in a dream. He goes out of his room and finds himself on a snowy mountain.
En flicka
2013
NRSigma masturbates. I woke up in the room like in a dream. He goes out of his room and finds himself on a snowy mountain.
En flicka
2013
NRSigma masturbates. I woke up in the room like in a dream. He goes out of his room and finds himself on a snowy mountain.
En flicka
2013
NRJesse and Malcolm find themselves after a long time due to the death of their father. They decide to spend time together trying to recreate the last remaining family bond. Things are going smoothly until a secret shakes everything up.
Pic Nic Days
2019
NRJesse and Malcolm find themselves after a long time due to the death of their father. They decide to spend time together trying to recreate the last remaining family bond. Things are going smoothly until a secret shakes everything up.
Pic Nic Days
2019
NRVera is anxious about her first night out with Lola. Lola is trying to be there for Vera but gets easily distracted. While they’re both struggling to connect, their minds will escape to the beginning of the night, where things between them were still intimate.
Hyped
2019
short film by Alkis Papastathopoulos
En Pojke: A video diary of self-portraits
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