KEY CREATOR BIOS Yannis Bletas (How to Train an Antihero) was born and raised in Kozani, Greece and lives in Rethymo. He studied Greek Literature at the Department of Philology / University of Crete, and acting at the Greek Art Theatre ‘Karolos Koun’ (Theatro Technis). He attended directing workshops at London Film School and trained in “Anoihti Techni”. In 2015 he participated in the theater show “Thelo mia Chora / I Want a Country”, which was presented at the Athens Festival. In 2017 he participated in his own “To Vima tis Gatas / The Cat’s Step” produced by the theater company Blue Noel. Other directing credits include “Store 999”. Marc Brew (Uath Lochans) is an acclaimed International disabled choreographer who trained as a professional dancer at the Victorian College of the Arts Secondary School and The Australian Ballet School. He has been working Internationally for over 24 years as a director, choreographer, dancer, teacher and speaker. Marjorie Burnett (Jury and dancer Gimp Gait) is a founding member of Karen Peterson and Dancers where she created and performed many original roles, between 1990 and 2017. She performed in New York City, Washington D.C. and Oberlin College as well as multiple venues throughout Florida. She was also involved in other projects produced by “The Contemporary Arts Museum”, such as: “Company, Company” by: “Jerome Bell”; along with fellow cast member of KPD, Sun Young Park. Marjorie is in the process of developing her own foundation: “Inclusive Dance And Music Advancement” (IDAMA), which means: Leadership, Visionary & Powerful in Arabic. All of her inspiration came from her recently late mother & Karen Peterson, as she will go on dancing & performing, probably forever & beyond. Alexandros Chantzis (Who is Honorine Platzer?) was born in Agrinion, Greece and graduated from the University of Athens with a degree from the Department of Informatics and Telecommunications. Since 2004 he has worked in several movies as an assistant and casting director. He directed Student Occupation, Chelsea- Barcelona and I’ll take a deep breath and I’ll tell you, Bullying Diaries, In 2014, his feature script What a silly boy was selected for the !f Istanbul-Sundance Screenwriters Lab. In 2020, he was selected in Talents Sarajevo, with his feature script The Village in the Woods which also received the Greek Film Center script development grant. KEY CREATOR BIOS - 23
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