Nikos Kolioukos (b. 1996) is a film director based in Athens. He graduated from the Film Department of the School of Fine Arts at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. His debut short film, The Chaos She Left Behind, was awarded 2nd Prize in LA CINEF at the 77th Cannes Film Festoval 2024. It also received the Best Student Film Iris Award from the Hellenic Film Academy and the Best Director and Best Actress awards in the national student competition at the 46th Drama ISFF. In 2024, Nikos Kolioukos was commissioned to create the official promotional campaign of the Greek Film Centre for the 64th Thessaloniki International Film Festival. He is currently preparing with Homemade Films his next short film, Amnesia, a queer love story set in the working-class Thessaloniki of the 1980s.
