Syllas Tzoumerkas

Syllas Tzoumerkas was born in 1978 in Thessaloniki. He grew up in Thessaloniki, Kilkis, and Nisyros. His feature films, “Homeland” (2010), “A Blast” (2014), and “The Miracle of the Sargasso Sea” (2019), had their world premieres in the Venice, Locarno, and Berlin International Film Festivals, respectively, participated in over 200 festivals around the world, and were released in theaters and streaming platforms in many countries. He co-wrote the scripts of Argyris Papadimitropoulos’ “Suntan” (Rotterdam IFF & SXSW 2016) and “All This Victory” by Ahmad Ghussein (Venice IFF 2019). In theater and multi-platform works, he has collaborated with Youla Boudali, the blitz theater group, the Erasers, Onassis Stegi, the Greek National Opera, and others.