Alkis Papastathopoulos is a filmmaker from Greece who holds an MA degree in film studies of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. He is a Sundance Alumnus and has directed five short films. In 2013 his short film «en pojke» won a special mention at Outview Film Festival. In 2014 his experimental short «En pojke» premiered in MIX NYC Queer Experimental Film Festival and went on to participate in many international festivals (Berlin Porn Film Festival, Pink Screens FF, Leeds Queer Film Festival, Queer City Cinema, Outview FF). In 2018 his short film/music video «Gomenaki» won the Best Sound Music Video award at IndieMemphis Film Festival. The same year he won the HBO Europe award for the Best TV Series project at Midpoint TV Launch for the dramedy series in development «Sleepover» he co-wrote with Maria Hatzakou. In 2019 «Sleepover» was selected to be part of Sundance Institute|Youtube New Voices Lab becoming the first European series ever participating in that lab. His latest short film «Hyped» premiered at the official competition program of the International Film Festival of Athens where it won the award for best actress (Artemis Tzortzoglou, Anna Papageorgiou).