Konstantinos Stragalinos

Konstantinos Stragalinos is a director, screenwriter, and producer with an internationally awarded body of work, distributed internationally via Prime Video, Qatar Airways, Emirates, and more. He directed, wrote, and co-produced the feature film The Big Father and has also created award-winning short films (De Architectura, Check In, Invidia, Sto Kentro, among others). Prominent critic Ninos Mikelidis describes Stragalinos’s directing style as characterized by "irony, dark humor, a Buñuelian tone, and a Cassavetes-like gaze," highlighting a creator with "sincerity, immediacy, inventiveness, drive, and passion." His work has also been praised by critics Alexis Dermentzoglou, Stratos Kersanidis, Angelos Polydoros, Dimitris Panagopoulos, Giannis Krousinsky, and others. He has received numerous nominations and awards at international festivals including the Los Angeles Culver City Film Festival, Panorama of European Cinema, Toronto COMMFFest, South-East European Film Festival, Ariano International Film Festival, and Santa Cruz Film Festival, as well as at Greek festivals in Thessaloniki, Drama, and Cyprus. He has worked as a director in television and production companies, directing documentaries, music videos, and commercials. He graduated from the Athens Law School and studied at the Athens School of Fine Arts. He earned a Master of Arts (MA) in Directing, Screenwriting, and Producing from the Northern Media School (UK, 2011) with a scholarship from the State Scholarships Foundation (IKY). He has also served as a jury member at film festivals, coordinator of film seminars at the Cinematography Sector of Athens University (POFPA), and film critic for websites.