Biography

Born in Greece in 1977, Elina studied filmmaking and sociology in Athens. Her first feature, The Eternal Return of Antonis Paraskevas, won the Works in Progress Award at the Karlovy Vary IFF in 2012, premiered at the Berlinale Forum in 2013 and participated in more than 40 international film festivals. During that same year, trade publication Variety singled her out as one of the "10 European Directors to Watch" and in 2014, she won the first-time director award from the Hellenic Film Academy. Her second feature, Son of Sofia, premiered in competition at the Tribeca FF in 2017 and won the Best International Narrative Feature Award. Son of Sofia also won 5 awards from the Hellenic Film Academy, including the best feature film, best director and best screenplay. Both her films were part of European Film Awards' selection list in 2013 and 2017 accordingly. Her first documentary, Stray Bodies, premiered at the CPH:DOX in 2024. She is at the pre-production of her fourth feature, Patrimonial Fears and other Illusions, and at the development of her first drama-series, The Coroner's Assistant, which participated at Berlinale Co-Pro Series 2024.
- IMDb mini biography by: Elina Psykou