GIORGOS ATHANASIOU
Giorgos Athanasiou studied at Kingston University Fine Arts specializing in Filmmaking in 2014. He currently works as a director, photographer and editor in Athens,Greece. He has directed the short films “NOZIA” and “Forever Never,” and his first feature-length fiction film, “Blossoms to Blossoms,” premiered at the Thessaloniki Film Festival in 2022. It also appeared at the Greek Festival in Berlin and the Los Angeles Greek Film Festival in 2023. The film received distribution and was screened in Greek cinemas throughout the summer of 2023 for 4 weeks. The film is now being distributed by Cinobo. He is currently in post-production of his 2025 feature film “The Anything” starring musicians of the underground music scene of Athens, and is in development of his feature film The Son, written by Giorgos Zafeiropoulos. The project is set to participate at Discovery Days, at Los Angeles Greek Film Festival 2025.
Mystery_96 Kores is an educational and performing initiative with music at its core. It began with the creation of a choral ensemble composed of women from Elefsina and the surrounding areas. (Kores – Greek plural meaning “maidens”; singular: kore – is the term for a type of free-standing ancient Greek sculpture from the Archaic period, depicting young female figures).
Founded in October 2022 within the framework of Mystery 96_Kores of 2023 Eleusis European Capital of Culture, the project focused on three main pillars: education, performance, and the building of a community of artists with broad artistic training.
Operating under the methodology developed for the CHÓRES group in Athens, Kores of Eleusis approached a diverse musical repertoire with a fresh and unconventional perspective — a hallmark of the ensemble’s steadily rising trajectory. Their work sheds new, unexpected light on traditional musical material, reinterpreting it in modern and innovative ways.
The documentary How to Build a Choir, directed by Giorgos Athanasiou, was released to mark the two-year anniversary of the Opening Ceremony of the institution 2023 Eleusis European Capital of Culture.
CREDITS
Teaching – Musical Direction (KORES of Elefsina): Simela Emmanouilidou/ Kinesiology (KORES of Elefsina): Stavros Alexandros Iqbal/ Production Organization (CHÓRES): Eleni Gianni, Veronica Krikoni
Artistic Direction (CHÓRES): Marina Satti
General Direction (CHÓRES): Charalambos Gogios
A production of 2023 Elefsina European Capital of Culture.
Project Coordination (2023 Elefsina European Capital of Culture): Isabella-Dimitra Karouti
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