Directing
Renée Marie Petropoulos
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Directing
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7 titles
Renée Marie Petropoulos is a queer filmmaker based in Sydney, on Gadigal land. She holds an MFA from Columbia University. Her short films have screened at festivals including the Berlin International Film Festival and SXSW, and her work has received nominations from the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) and the Australian Directors' Guild (ADG). Her short Tangles and Knots (2017), produced by Yingna Lu, screened at the Berlin International Film Festival, SXSW and the Melbourne and Sydney film festivals. Souvenir, a further collaboration with Lu, won the Narrative Short Film Jury Award at SXSW in 2026. Alongside her directing work, Petropoulos works as a script coordi…
Known for
NRWhile stuck on a family vacation, a young, closeted teen, Keira, must confront the unnerving hold her girlfriend has over her after she takes unwarranted photos of her during sex.
Souvenir
2025
6.1Set in the height of summer in Sydney, Australia, the story follows a unique, intimate relationship between a mother, Michelle and her teenage daughter, Laura. They act more like girlfriends together than parent and child. This relationship becomes threatened when the mother helps her daughter throw a house party to impress new, more popular friends. She gains admiring looks from her daughter's guests. Both of them notice it, and it makes them uncomfortable. As their relationship unravels throughout the night, a much more sinister threat emerges that will jeopardize their bond forever.
Tangles and Knots
2017
No synopsis available yet.
Beneath the Waves
2011
Behind the camera
NRWhile stuck on a family vacation, a young, closeted teen, Keira, must confront the unnerving hold her girlfriend has over her after she takes unwarranted photos of her during sex.
Souvenir
2025
NRWhile stuck on a family vacation, a young, closeted teen, Keira, must confront the unnerving hold her girlfriend has over her after she takes unwarranted photos of her during sex.
Souvenir
2025
6.1Set in the height of summer in Sydney, Australia, the story follows a unique, intimate relationship between a mother, Michelle and her teenage daughter, Laura. They act more like girlfriends together than parent and child. This relationship becomes threatened when the mother helps her daughter throw a house party to impress new, more popular friends. She gains admiring looks from her daughter's guests. Both of them notice it, and it makes them uncomfortable. As their relationship unravels throughout the night, a much more sinister threat emerges that will jeopardize their bond forever.
Tangles and Knots
2017
6.1Set in the height of summer in Sydney, Australia, the story follows a unique, intimate relationship between a mother, Michelle and her teenage daughter, Laura. They act more like girlfriends together than parent and child. This relationship becomes threatened when the mother helps her daughter throw a house party to impress new, more popular friends. She gains admiring looks from her daughter's guests. Both of them notice it, and it makes them uncomfortable. As their relationship unravels throughout the night, a much more sinister threat emerges that will jeopardize their bond forever.
Tangles and Knots
2017
No synopsis available yet.
Beneath the Waves
2011
No synopsis available yet.
Beneath the Waves
2011
No synopsis available yet.
Beneath the Waves
2011