Despoina Kourti

Despoina Kourti was born in Rhodes. She studied Law and Film in Athens. Her first short, “The Doll” (2014), premiered at the Athens International Film Festival. Her second short, “Ourania” (2017), won four awards at the Drama International Short Film Festival and the Best Script award of the Athens IFF. She was supported by the inaugural ARTWORKS program of the Stavros Niarchos Foundation. Her short film, “Old West” (2020), had its national premieres at the Drama and the Athens International Short Film Festivals and its international premiere at the Short Shorts Film Festival 2021. Her new short film, “Numb,” premiered at the Drama International Short Film Festival 2024 (International and National Competition), where it received the Onassis Film Award.