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Board of Directors andVice President (since 2013).
He is a member of the European Film Academy
and exercises jury duties at numerous international
film festivals, including in Buenos Aires, Copen-
hagen, Dubai, Thessaloniki and Yerevan.
Despina Mouzaki, Producer - Director
Despina Mouzaki is a producer and director of au-
dio-visual works, as well as Associate Professor at
the Department of Cinema, Faculty of FineArts of
the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, teaching
Film Production and Production Direction. She is
holder of the following degrees: Degree in Chem-
istry from the University of Patra, MS in Commu-
nication and Cinema from Boston University and
Film Finance & Marketing from the Media Busi-
ness School in Spain. She studied Documentary
Filmmaking with Richard Leacock, Jean Rouch
and FrederickWiseman, as well as NewTechnolo-
gies at the MITMedia Lab.
She has been Vice President of the Greek Film
Centre (1998-2002) and Director of Thessaloniki
International Film Festival (2005-2010). She is the
producer/co-producer of renowned films, which
have achieved national and international awards,
such as
Peppermint
(1999) by Costas Kapakas,
A Touch of Spice
(Politiki Kouzina) (2003) by
Tassos Boulmetis and
Brides
(Nyfes) by Pantelis
Voulgaris. Among the internationally acclaimed
co-productions, the following films are included:
My only sunshine
(2008) by Reha Erdem,
Fugi-
tive Pieces
(2007) by Jeremy Podeswa,
Borrowed
Bride
(2005) by Atif Yilmaz
, O Jerusalem
(2006)
by Elie Chouraqui,
A tout suite
(2005) by Benoit
Jacquot and
Tu Honoreras ta mere et ta mere
(2011) by Brigitte Rouan. She is also the producer/
co-producer of various awarded documentaries
and TV series, such as the documentary
Assets
(Periousiaka Stihia) (2007), referring to the work
of poet Nikiforos Vrettakos and the TV series
Olive
Tree Routes
(Oi Dromoi tis Elias) (2009) for SKAI
TV channel and
Ten
(Deka) (2007), a TV adapta-
tion of M. Karagatsis’s work with the same title for
ALPHATV channel.
Despina Mouzaki is a member of the follow-
ing film and social organisations: European Film
Academy (she was a member of its Administra-
tive Board from 2009 until 2013; since 2013 she
has been a member of the Standing Committee
for the Best Feature-Length Documentary Annual
Award), the International Federation of Film Pro-
ducers Associations (FIAPF), the Association of
Greek Independent Audiovisual Producers (Presi-
dent of theAssociation from 2002 until 2004), and
member of the Plenary Session of the Hellenic Na-
tional Commission for UNESCO.
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