Vasilis Kekatos is a Greek film director and screenwriter.[1] He is most noted for his 2019 short film The Distance Between Us and the Sky, which was the winner of the Short Film Palme d'Or at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival.[2]

He previously directed the short films Retrograde, Zero Star Hotel and The Silence of the Dying Fish.

The Distance Between Us and the Sky, a gay-themed film, was also the winner of the Queer Palm for LGBTQ-related short films.[3] Kekatos dedicated his Palme d'Or win to the memory of his uncle, a gay man who emigrated from Greece to Australia in youth and whom Kekatos credited with having influenced his own attitudes toward homosexuality.[1]

In 2021, he entered production on Milky Way, a teen drama television series.[4] The series, centring on the tribulations facing a teenage girl who gets pregnant, premiered in 2023.[5] In the same year, his forthcoming feature film debut, Our Wildest Days, received production funding from Eurimages.[6]

In 2024, he was one of four industry figures whose selection for the Greek committee to select the country's submission to the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film was rescinded a few days after it was announced.[7]

In 2025, he directed his debut feature film Our Wildest Days, the film was selected in the Generation 14plus section at the 75th Berlin International Film Festival, where it will have its world premiere in February 2025.[8]

References

  1. ^ a b "Greek director Vasilis Kekatos dedicates Palme d’Or win to his late uncle – a Greek Australian". Neos Kosmos, June 26, 2019.
  2. ^ "Greek Filmmaker Vasilis Kekatos Wins Short Film Palme d'Or at Cannes". Greek Reporter. 26 May 2019. Retrieved 2 July 2019.
  3. ^ Hunter Harris, "Cannes Jury Awards Bong Joon-ho’s Parasite". Vulture, 25, May 2019.
  4. ^ Christopher Vourlias, "Cannes Short Film Winner Vasilis Kekatos Set to Begin Shooting TV Series ‘Milky Way’". Variety, November 8, 2021.
  5. ^ Christopher Vourlias, "Fifth Season Takes Global Distribution Rights to Groundbreaking Greek Teen Drama ‘Milky Way’". Variety, November 1, 2023.
  6. ^ Ellie Calnan, "David Cronenberg’s ‘The Shrouds’ among €8.3m Eurimages funding recipients". Screen Daily, April 3, 2023.
  7. ^ Zac Ntim, "Greek Oscar Committee Chaos Prompts Filmmakers To Withdraw Entries". Deadline Hollywood, August 22, 2024.
  8. ^ Abbatescianni, Davide (16 January 2025). "This year's Berlinale Generation titles "wrest meaning from the world"". Cineuropa. Retrieved 27 January 2025.


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