Andreas Dermanis
Director | Producer | Editor
Hellenic Armed Forces 22.11.21
Currently enrolled in military service with the Hellenic Armed Forces, Epirus Unit directing and editing video content.
Kinoniko EKAV 19.10.21
At the beginning of 2021 I wanted to put down my camera and find a way to continue working with refugees in Greece. I was introduced by a friend to Kinoniko EKAV and have become involved with a house and education facility in Piraeus which takes care of 35 minors. The organization do some incredible work and with their trust, I have been able to run a number of events with the children. So far we have organized trips around Athens, gym and pottery classes, picnics and most recently video making workshops. Here is some additional information regarding the organization and the important work they do…
Kinoniko EKAV (a Greek acronym for Kinoniko "Hellenic Social Welfare Assistance Unit" [in Greece, the "EKAV" is the National Direct Aid Center of the public health system]) is an independent social organization aiming at combating any form of social exclusion.
Kinoniko EKAV aims at reaching out and helping people who have lost the capacity to meet their basic needs by themselves (accommodation, food, health care, etc.), and often even the capacity to ask for help, being in deep desperation.
Such groups are, for example, street children, homeless individuals, unaccompanied minor refugees, isolated women, refugees with disabilities, unemployed without support, etc. With Greece remaining in a prolonged crisis, their numbers are growing; social marginalization is now hitting people who belonged to the well-off social groups until recently.
Kinoniko EKAV is an action organization, independent from any government, political party, or other political or religious body, and with direct reference to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, as well as to the values of Freedom, Equality, and Solidarity, as set out in the Organization's Charter of Principles.
Hoffkino Berlin 30.08.21
Thank you to the Rosa Luxemburg Institute and in particular Franziska Albrecht for making this event happen! We sold out and it was a real pleasure bringing the film to a German audience.
More topical and relevant than ever, Lost Youth will feature at Hofkino Berlin 30.08.2021.
There will be a panel discussion with various guests on the current situation in Afghanistan as well as a Q&A with myself plus Lida Ahmad, Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan, Qais Alamdar, Activist & Photographer and Philipp Ruch, Zentrum für politische Schönheit.
Lost Youth will be viewable for a two month period on streaming service Mubi plus a single screening at Al-Riwaq art gallery in Bahrain. Shasha is an independent streaming service for South-West Asian and North African cinema. Each month they present 20 films, selected by their experienced team of programmers from the region. Films are available to watch by all, anywhere in the world. All films are in original language with English subtitles.
23.06.21
MIKA x Indeed x Pride: A Soundtrack of Empathy. Available now to watch on YouTube.
Andi (2017)
Shooting b-roll in Athens for ‘Andi’.