First Swim

Alexandros Kostopoulos was born in Athens, Greece. He studied Filmmaking and Information Sciences. His short film “First Swim” was screened in international film festivals, including Trieste FF, In The Palace, Bengaluru ISFF, Foyle FF – special mention. In October 2022, “First Swim” was one of the seven short films / chapters of the feature film “Sharp”, screened in Greek cinemas (distribution company New Star). Moreover, it was broadcasted by France TV and distributed in several VoD platforms. He filmed the TV documentaries “Speed of Light” and “Touching the intangible”, produced by the Greek broadcaster. His animated short film “Zebra’s Island”, produced by the Greek Film Center and the Greek broadcaster, is at production stage. He has been awarded by the Scriptwriters’ Guild of Greece and by the Greek Directors’ Guild. He has written a feature film script, called “Inertia”, which participated in the Budapest Debut Film Forum and Torino Film Lab. He also wrote and directed the visual art performance “The New Adventures of Antigone”, based on the Greek tragedy (special mention in the Annual Greek Student Art Competition). He has served as a jury member for various international film festivals, and tutor of cinema workshops.