Evangelia Kranioti

Greece

Evangelia Kranioti is a visual artist and filmmaker who lives in Paris and works with film, photography, and installations. She studied visual arts (École nationale supérieure des Arts Décoratifs de Paris) and film (Le Fresnoy - Studio national des arts contemporains, Atelier Scénario La Fémis). In 2016, she received two Iris Awards from the Hellenic Film Academy (Best Directorial Debut and Best Documentary) for her first documentary, *Exotica, Erotica, Etc.* (73', 2015). The film premiered at the Berlinale Forum and screened at various international festivals (IDFA, BFI London, Göteborg IFF, Karlovy Vary IFF, Sarajevo IFF, etc.), receiving numerous awards (Emerging International Filmmaker Award at Toronto Hot Docs, Audience Award at Films de Femmes Créteil, etc.). Her second feature-length documentary, *Obscuro Barroco* (60', 2018), premiered at the Berlinale Panorama to critical acclaim and received the TEDDY Jury Award, as well as two Iris Awards from the Hellenic Film Academy (Best Documentary and Best Editing), among other honors. *Obscuro Barroco* was also nominated for the Glashütte Original Documentary Award (Berlinale), the Art Doc Award (Sheffield Doc/Fest), the Heterodox Award (Cinema Eye Honors), and the Outstanding Achievement in Documentary Award from the American Society of Cinematographers.
Nel 2019, la sua mostra personale The Living, the Dead and Those at Sea ai Rencontres d'Arles è stata premiata con il Madame Figaro Women in Motion Prize. Kranioti è stata borsista residente a Villa Medici, Académie de France à Rome (2021-22) e artista invitata all'edizione del 75° anniversario del Festival d'Aix-en-Provence (2023).
In 2019, her solo exhibition The Living, the Dead and Those at Sea at the Rencontres d'Arles was awarded the Madame Figaro Women in Motion Prize. Kranioti was a resident fellow at Villa Medici, Académie de France à Rome (2021–22), and a guest artist at the 75th-anniversary edition of the Festival d’Aix-en-Provence (2023).