Athens, Greece
$500 - $1000 / Day
Myrto Papadopoulos works on long-form narratives investigating Documentary Photography and the limits of the medium itself. Pushing the traditional boundaries she seeks to construct a new language with her visual narratives, experimenting with new tools and other media (cross-media). Papadopoulos was born in Greece and began her studies as a fine art student majoring in painting and photography. In 2006, she applied for a documentary photography degree at the ICP (International Centre of Photography) in New York where she was granted a scholarship. She has been an IMEDD fellow for 2019 – 2020 supported by the Niarchos Foundation, has been nominated for the Prix Pictet and the Magnum Foundation grant. From early on in her career, she has collaborated with major media international outlets, and organizations such as Smithsonian Magazine, Nationalgeographic.com, TIME Magazine, GEO, The New York Times, WSJ, The Washington Post, DIE ZEIT, BBC, ARTE TV, among others. Her work has been awarded and presented in solo and group exhibitions e.g. – Mois off De La Photo 2008, Paris – PHOTOQUAI – Museé Quai Branly 2009, Paris – LOOK3 Between Festival 2010, Virginia – DUMBO Arts Festival 2011, NY – Athens Photo Festival 2011 – Solo exhibition, Athens – Flash Forward Exhibition 2013, Toronto & Washington DC – Lishui Photography Festival 2015, China – Tositsa Foundation 2016 – Solo Exhibition, Athens – IDFA Doc Lab 2017, Amsterdam – TBLISI Photo Festival 2018, Tbilisi – PHotoESPAÑA 2019 – official section, Madrid – Athens Photo Festival 2019 – official section, Athens She is represented by Redux Pictures in NY. E-mail: x DOCUMENTARIES: THE NEW PLASTIC ROAD, Director / DOP Latest showreel: https://vimeo.com/121016391 A documentary about the development of commerce and social change in Tajikistan // Co-production with ZDF/ARTE & MEDIA DEVELOPMENT support (completed) STRANGERS AT HOME: a short film in production / Director, DOP (ongoing) "A production of the Global Reporting Center SHARIA IN GREECE: a short film documentary / DOP, Director. ARTE reportage / WEST MORISSON Productions - EBU European Documentary Network, Amsterdam 2012 Selected to present the documentary in progress “The New Plastic Road” at the European Broadcasters Union in Amsterdam. - MIPDoc International Pitching, Cannes 2012 Selected out of six projects from all over the world, to present The New Plastic Road” at the MIPDoc International Pitch, in Cannes - EDN European Documentary Network, 2012 Selected to present the project in development “The New Plastic Road”at the pitching forum Docs 2012, which took pace in conjunction with the Thessaloniki Documentary Festival/ Images of the 21st Century.
Storytellers throughout Europe are documenting the growing feelings of xenophobia in their own countries. Strangers at Home features short films by a range of talented people in Europe – filmmakers, writers etc. Myrto Papalopudous, the award-winning Greek photographer, and filmmaker puts us on a tour bus of historic Athens through the eyes of the tens of the thousands of migrants arriving weekly.
"Breaking Waters" involves the stories and portraits of refugee women in Greece who have become pregnant during their flight from war (some in camps or in transit with their husbands) and / or who have recently given birth in Syria, Greece or Turkey under the most difficult circumstances.
THE NEW PLASTIC ROAD A documentary about the development of commerce and social change in Tajikistan // Co-production with ZDF/ARTE & MEDIA DEVELOPMENT support (completed)
This short documentary focuses on the Muslim minority group in the region of Thrace in northwestern Greece and the challenges they face under Sharia law.
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