Thelyia Petraki

Thelyia Petraki, graduated from Cal-arts (USA) with a BA in Film, and from UCL (UK) with an MA in Visual & Material Culture Dept. of Social Anthropology. She has written and directed "PRAY" 2012 (Palm Springs, Uppsala, Austin, etc.) distributed by Premium Films, the medium-length documentary "Me And The Others" 2015 that participated in Thessaloniki International Documentary Film Festival co-produced with Cosmote TV and "Helga Är I Lund" 2017 that premiered at the Clermont Ferrand Film Festival. Her latest short film "Bella" 2020, participated at the Berlinale Short Form Station, premiered at the Visions du Reel where it was awarded with a Special Mention, won the E-Flux Prize at the Oberhausen Film Festival, became the grand winner of the Golden Dionysos in Drama Film Festival, is the Hellenic Academy Award Best Short Film winner, won the Grand Prix at the Busan International Short Film Festival, got the Jury Prize at the Vienna Shorts and is a European Film Awards nominee.