Gabriel Tzafka was born in April 1986. He holds a postgraduate degree in film directing from the School of Film of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (2010) and is a graduate of the Super 16 film school in Copenhagen. He is an alumnus of Berlinale Talents and Sarajevo Talents. His short films Oblivion, Sailor and Euroman have been screened in numerous international festivals, winning over 30 international awards. In 2017, Thorn, his first feature film (a Danish-Greek co-production) received the Eurimages Lab Projects Award. His second feature film, Ode To Joy, was developed with the support of Creative Europe’s MEDIA Program and of the Nipkow Programm (Germany) and selected to participate in Cinéfondation’s L’Atelier program. In 2019, The Right One, his second feature film, was selected to participate in Cannes Film Festival’s The Factory program and screened during Director’s Fortnight. He is a member of the European Film Academy, the Danish Film Academy and the Danish Film Directors’ Association. He has been awarded the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Artist Fellowship by ARTWORKS (2022).