was born in 1956 in Trikala, Greece. He is the director of the centre of migration in Munich, also known as the Greek House. At the age of 18 he moved to Nuremberg, later to Munich where he studied communication studies and modern German literature.

Gianacacos was the initiator and director of the Greek film festival in Munich called „Griechische Filmwoche“ which now occurs in its 29th year. He has been politically very active since being at university. He was a member of the board of the Greek Student Society. the Greek Community Munich, at the PoLo Art Club, at the Greek Writers Community, the Foreign Advisory Council Munich and between 2010 and 2014 a member of Munich´s city council. Additionally he functioned as a board member for the official Munich film association, he was the co-founder of the Greek-Bavarian Day of Culture and spokesman for the initiative Greek-Turkish Friendship named „Dialog“. He is married to the graphic designer Monika Aderbauer and has two children.

Adam Adamopoulos, (Ph.D.)², is a Assoc. Professor of Medical Physics at the Department of Medicine, Democritus University of Thrace, Alexandroupolis, Hellas. He was born in Patras, Hellas and studied Physics at the University of Crete, at Heraklion, and European Cultural Studies at the Hellenic Open University. He carried out a Ph.D. dissertation in Medical Physics on neural network models of epilepsy at the Department of Medicine of the Democritus University of Thrace and a second Ph.D. dissertation in Computational Intelligence and Artificial Life, at the Department of Computer Enginnering and Informatics of the University of Patras, Hellas. His work is mainly focused on Medical Physics, medical applications of Biomagnetism, Computational Medicine and Computational Intelligence. He has attended seminars, conferences and festivals on arts, cinema and philosophy and writes articles about films and books.

was born on 24th of February 1983 in Hamburg. She went to primary and secondary school there and finished her Abitur (German school-leaving ‪certificate) in 2003. She completed her undergraduate studies in linguistics, european ethnology and german literature studies at the Christian-Albrechts-University in Kiel and then chose to go to Berlin to finish her degree in cultural sciences. Her main focus has always been on film studies and she very early began to work in the sector of public relations. Over three years she was working as a freelancer for many pr agency´s and on different projects, for example being responsible for the editorial side of the Messe Berlin, Berlin´s biggest trade fair.

She has settled down in Berlin now and has been working for the “Erfinderhaus” (erfinderhaus.de) for the past 3 years, responsible for the internal and external communications until in November 2014 her daughter Ella Joone was born. Right now she is still in parential leave.

Advertising agency founded in 1992 and located in Prenzlauer Berg Berlin. Team structure: 6 full-time employees and 8 freelancers/specialists.

www.peppermint.de

Coming from a traditional Fine Arts background in Greece, Achilleas studied Post Production and Film Design in the UK, receiving distinction in both degrees. He has worked in the Art Department of major films such as “Harry Potter”, “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory”, “The Fifth Estate” and “Two Faces of January” as well as numerous BBC and ITV TV productions. Achilleas has also provided set and motion design on various events for big clients ranging from Mercedes Benz, HUGO BOSS, Jimmy Choo, O2, Samsung, Selfridges and Vodafone to Stolichnaya, Jameson, Absolut Vodka and more. Finally, he has also directed numerous music videos and created video content for various music artists ( e.g. Pet Shop Boys, James Blunt, FAUN, Erick Morillo, SKIN(Skunk Anansie) etc). He lives and works in Berlin since 2009.

www.hypnagogia.com

Galya Hristova is a bulgarian living in Berlin since 2001. She has obtained her Master’s Degree in Communication in Social and Economic Contests at the Berlin University of Arts.

She has gained experience in PR and Social Media Management in different enterprises. Not long ago she has created her own personal blog and writes passionately about self motivation and healthy lifestyle.

www.leanmonkey.de

Julia Jendroßek was born 1992 in Berlin where she still lives and works. Already in Kindergarten she discovered her passion for drama, performing in a couple of plays. At Highschool she was co-founder of a performing group under the direction of actor and director Max Hegewald. Together they wrote and performed many plays and films. After her leaving certification Julia took part in a voluntary service at the Deutsches Theater Berlin which lead to a triennial job as director assistant at theaters such as Deutsches Theater Berlin, Grips Theater and Schauspiel Hannover. Over this period Julia never lost her passion for drama and therefor resumed her acting career in 2013 by performing as main actress in the awarded motion picture „Schönefeld Boulevard“. By now she could establish herself as talented young actress in Germany and performed in many productions (f.e. Club der roten Bänder, Heute ist nicht alle Tage, Nacht der Angst).

Its her concern to combine performing both before and behind the camera and therefor joined the team of HELLAS FILMBOX in 2016. 

is an English actress and director. Her mother is Greek and her Father is English. She grew up in both England and Greece. She started performing in a very young age,in many highly regarded productions, portraying leading parts from the classical repertory. Chawishe was soon noticed by the critics for her talent, especially after playing Medea in the J. Gielgud Theatre (RADA) and the Abbey Festival. Rafika Chawishe made her professional debut in 2006 with the National Theatre of Greece at the theatre of Epidavre, playing Cassandra (graduating performance) in The Trojan Women. Over the following few years she played several of William Shakespeare’s plays in such roles as Immogen in Cymbeline, Juliet in Romeo and Portia in the Merchant of Venice. She collaborated with Bruce Myers twice. The first time they worked together on an adaptation titled, Fathers and Daughters in Shakespeare. They tried to stage this adaptation in Greece however they never managed to do that.

The second time they worked together was in the play “The Maids” staged at the National Theatre in 2015. Rafika Chawishe has also staged her own productions in London. She staged three different versions of Medea. In 2007 directed and acted in a short film that was screened in the Short Film Corner at the Cannes Film Festival Cannes Film Festival. In 2008 she directed another short film that participated in the International Film Festival of Seoul and in the Palm Springs Festival. In 2009 the Hollywood Foreign Press Association invited her to make her debut appearance in Golden Globe Awards as a newcomer.

She is exceedingly well-schooled in her profession with training from some of the most important and distinguished drama institutes in the world, including: The Royal Academy of Dramatic Art(Bronze, Silver, Gold Certificate in Acting Shakespeare), the National Academy of Dramatic Art in Greece, and a second Bachelor Degree in classics and linguistics from the National University, School of Philosophy.

Nefeli Myrodia was born in Athens in 1987. She studied International and European Economics and continued with Master’s degrees in International Political Economy and in Digital Arts. Since 2012 she has worked in the theatre as an assistant director and dramaturge and as cultural manager in various art projects.

In 2015 she was the project manager in Athens of Sound Development City and since October 2015 she is working in the production team of the Athens Biennale. She is the producer in Greece of the festival Culturescapes 2017. She was the International Relations coordinator of the artistic programme for Kalamata:21 ECoC Candidacy Office. She has directed three short-films and has participated in the creation of artistic workshops for minorities and vulnerable teams. She is a Humanity in Action 2015 Senior Fellow (Berlin).