Panagiotis Evangelidis
Biography
Panagiotis Evaggelidis (Greek: Παναγιώτης Ευαγγελίδης) was born in Athens, where he lives and works. He is a film director, screenwriter, author and literary translator. He has published four novels. He translates almost exclusively from Japanese. He has written scripts for Greek cinema, including True Life, Strella and Xenia in collaboration with director Panos Koutras for the films of the same name. He mainly makes anthropocentric observational documentaries. Portraits of people, chamber films. His films: Chip and Ovie, The Life and Death of Celso Junior, Glow in the Dark, Diptych, The Pure Life, Irving Park, The Tilos Weddings, Sibyl, Portrait of a Collector in Mature Age, Sylvia Robin.
Known For & Full Filmography4 Titles
Movie - 2024, 2h 15m • as Self
In the year 2008, the mayor of the island of Tilos in the Aegean Sea agreed to perform the first gay and lesbian civil marriages ever held in Greece. The film follows the story of these two civil marriages through visual material that was shot ad hoc, but also through footage from the Gay Pride of the same year, Press conferences and other demonstrations regarding the same topic.
Movie - 2015, 2h 15m • as Self
Paola Revenioti and the filmmaking team Paola Team Documentaries present their first documentary feature. Kaliardáwas the secret language of the homosexual community in Greece, from the 40s until the first years following the fall of the dictatorship in the mid-70s. Paola became acquainted with the use of kaliardá towards its end, in the 80s. We started out with an aim to record the history of kaliardá, but along the way we realized we were recording the history of the homosexual community in Greece during the twentieth century. Themes started emerging, such as love, sexuality, hangouts, problems faced by people at the time and how conditions gradually changed. In the documentary, we speak with academics and people from the street who have first-hand experience of our topic.
Movie - 2014, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
Brother and sister live in Athens; then they start a road trip.
Movie - 2026, 2h 15m • as Παύλος
An outstanding performance featuring brilliant storytelling, high stakes drama, and unforgettable character arcs.