Pantelis Mantzanas was born in 1976 in Athens Greece. He studied cinematography at L.Stavrakos Film School.
He has worked as cinematographer and as lighting designer for theater and dance performances.
His cinematography credits include many awarded feauture films, short films and documentaries who have been selected in numerous film festivals around the world, tv commercials and music video clips.
He has worked as cinematographer and as lighting designer for theater and dance performances.
His cinematography credits include many awarded feauture films, short films and documentaries who have been selected in numerous film festivals around the world, tv commercials and music video clips.
FILMOGRAPHY
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2023-2024 To Proxenio tis Ioulias (tv series)
2021 Genia tou 30 (feature/doc series) 2021 The Battle of Lepanto (feature/documentary) 2019 I will cross tomorrow (feature film) 2019 Fugue (short film) 2018 Last Partisan (documentary) 2017 9-5 (short film) 2017 True blue (documentary short) 2016 90 Years of PAOK (documentary) 2015 Nikolaos Dragoumis (documentary) 2015 SMAC (feature film) 2015 Mana (documentary) 2014 A-BLAST ! (feature film) 2014 Red Rose (feature film) 2013 Guns!Guns!Guns! (documentary) 2013 Tha paro mia vatheia anasa kai tha sou po (short film) 2012 Giorgos Filippidis (documentary) 2012 Chelsea - Barcelona (short film) 2012 Katinoula (documentary) 2011 Kolonos (documentary) 2011 Sto xeri mas einai (documentary) 2011 Kiosk (short film) 2011 Tribes of Athens “Poland” (documentary) 2011 Filoxenoumenoi “Albania” (documentary) 2011 Filoxenoumenoi “Japan” (documentary) 2011 Filoxenoumenoi “Nigeria” (documentary) 2011 Filoxenoumenoi “Lebanon” (documentary) 2011 Filoxenoumenoi “Egypt” (documentary) 2010 Homeland (feature film) 2010 Don’t you forget about me (short film) 2009 Student Occupation (short film) 2008 General's Widow (short film) 2007 Communal Kitchen (documentary) 2005 The Memory Still (short film) 2004 Kyriakatikes Diadromes (short film) 2002 Day Of Pleasures (short film) 2000 Polymnia (short film) 2000 The Devouring Eyes (short film) |
N.Kritiklos/A.Morfonios
Y.Gkikappepas A.Chantzis S.Farsi L.Neri A.Hdjipateras F.Tsapekis 11 H.Raftogiannis N.Triantafyllidis 10 K.Flessa E.Dimitriou. 9 V.Kontakos S.Tzoumerkas 8 S.Farsi 7 S.Tzoumerkas A.Chantzis S.Tzoumerkas A.Chantzis 6 M.Tsapa J.Gaitanidis M.Papadeogiorgou G. Spanos A.Alexiou M.Tsapa M.Tsapa M.Tsapa M.Tsapa M.Tsapa S.Tzoumerkas. 5 E.Micheloudakis A.Chantzis. 4 D.Kanellopoulos 3 Y.Boudali E.Angelopoulou E.Psykou 2 S.Tzoumerkas I.Sismanoglou S.Tzoumerkas 1 |
AWARDS / FESTIVALS
- 1 The Devouring Eyes (short film)
Formal entry Cannes Film Festival 2001
Jury Award Karlovy Vary Film Festival 2001 Best Director Award, Drama Film Festival 2000 Distinction Award, National Film Awards 2000 - 2 Kyriakatikes Diadromes (short film) E.T.E.K.T award, Drama Film Festival 2004
- 3 General's Widow (short film) Best Actress , Drama Film Festival 2008
- 4 Student Occupation (short film)
Honorary Award For The Most Promising Director, Drama Film Festival 2009 - 5 Homeland (feature film)
World premiere 67th Venice IFF 2010 Critics’ Week National premiere Athens Film Festival 2010 Festival/Awards Monaco CIFF (international competition – Best Director award) Hellenic Film Awards (12 nominations and 5 awards, including Best Editing,
Best First Film Director and Best Actress in a Supporting Role award)
Karlovy Vary International Film Festival,Tallinn Black Nights IFF,Goteborg IFF, Cape Winelands IFF,Istanbul IFF, Voices IFF, Manaki Brothers CIFF, Era New Horizons IFF, FIC Valdivia,Mar Del Plata IFF
- 6 Chelsea - Barcelona (short film)
Silver Dionisos , Drama Film Festival 2012 (second best film award)
Best Actror , Drama Film Festival 2012
Best Screenplay , Drama Film Festival 2012
El Rey Award for Excellence in Cinematography, Barcelona Film Festival 2013 Best short film nomination, Hellenic Film Awards 2012 - 7 Red Rose (feature film)
World premiere Toronto International Film Festival 2014 Regional premiere Athens Film Festival 2014
Festival/Awards Haifa IFF,Warsaw IFF,Chicago IFF,Kolkata IFF,Tallinn Black Nights IFF Goa IFFI,Sao Paulo IFF,Marrakech IFF,Febiofest IFF - 8 A-Blast! (feature film)
World premiere Locarno Film Festival 2014-International Competition Regional premiere Sarajevo Film Festival 2014
National premiere Athens Film Festival 2014
Festival/Awards BFI London IFF(Dare),Rotterdam IFF (Limelight), Hamburg IFF (Free port), Kaunas IFF,Sao Paulo IFF (Competition New Directors),TOFIFEST Torun IFF (Competition) All About Freedom-Gdansk IFF,Australia Greek Film Festival,Kolkata IFF,Thessaloniki IFF Tallinn Black Nights IFF, Exground Filmfest, Festival de Cinéma Européen des Arcs - 9 SMAC (feature film)
World premiere Thessaloniki Film Festival 2015
Regional premiere Sofia Film Festival 2015– International Competition Festivals / Awards Best Actress Award (Greek Film Academy Awards)
Best Film (by the students jury of Unisalento at Otranto film festival)
Audience Award (Athens Outview film Festival)
Audience Award (Cyprus Film Days IFF)
Nominated for Best Greek Film, Best Screenplay, Best Director (Greek Film Academy Awards) Athens Outview IFF (international Competition), Cyprus Film Days IFF (international Competition), Split IFF (International competition), Otranto IFF (International competition), Madrid – El Ojo cojo IFF (International competition), Skopje – Philosophical IFF (International competition), Tripoli IFF- Lebanon (International competition), Dublin Greek FF San Fransciso Greek FF Greek FF of Australia Munich Greek Film Week Berlin – Hellas Film Box - 10 90 Years of PAOK (documentary)
World premiere Thessaloniki Film Festival 2016
Festivals / Awards Hellenic Association of Film Critics Award - Best Film - 11 9-5 (short film)
Best cinematography, NY Film Awards 2017
Best Director, NY Film Awards 2017
Best original story, NY Film Awards 2017
Best cinematography (nominee), Bucharest ShortCut Cinefest 2017
