Yorgos Zois was born in Athens. He studied applied Math and Nuclear Physics in N.T.U.A. and film direction at Stavrakou Film School, Athens and at U.d.K, Berlin. His debut short film, Casus Belli, premiered at the 67th Venice Film Festival in 2010 and participated in the official competition of numerous international film festivals (Rotterdam, Clermont Ferrand, Tokyo Short Shorts, Palm Springs, LA Short Fest etc) winning multiple awards and distinctions. His second short film, Out of Frame, premiered at the 69th Venice Film Festival in 2012 and won the EFA award for the Best European short film and was nominated for Best Short film of the European Film Academy Awards 2012. His first feature, Interruption, premiered at the Orizzonti Competition of the 72nd Venice Film Festival. His follow-up shorts, 8th Continent and Third Kind premiered as a special screening at the Venice IFF, and at the Cannes Semaine de la Critique and the Telluride IFF, respectively. His sophomore feature film, Arcadia had its world premiere at the Encounters Competition of the 74th Berlinale (2024), and went on to win the Best Actor Award for Vangelis Mourikis at the Hong-Kong IFF and the Best Director Award at the Sarajevo International Film Festival. OFFICIAL SITE: yorgoszois.com
