Babis Makridis

Babis Makridis was born in Kastoria, Greece. His short film The Last Fakir (2005) won the Newcomer's Prize at the Drama short film festival, Greece. His debut feature L (2012) was presented in Competition at Sundance Film Festival, Rotterdam Tiger Awards and many other international festivals. It was awarded the first prize (Grand Prix) at the Molodist Film Festival, Kiev, Ukraine, in 2012. Pity (2018), his second feature also premiered in Competition at Sundance Film Festival and Rotterdam Film festival. The film has received various awards and was crowned Best Film at the Hellenic Film Academy Awards in 2019. It also won the Fipresci Award at the Torino film festival, and Best Film & Best Director at the Odesa international Film festival. His third feature film "Birds or (How to Be One)" premiere at International Film Festival of Rotterdam 2020