Cinematherapy is defined as the use of films to motivate and recognize emotions or to draw conclusions in the context of the psychotherapeutic process.

Cinematherapy is associated with the ancient art of storytelling as an educational tool.

A session led by Denise Nikolakou based on the short documentary film Toxic Magnus by Nasos Gatzoulis.

The director Nasos Gatzoulis will be participating in the discussion and presentation.

Event is FREE, registration is recommended.

Nasos Gatzoulis is a Greek Film Director based in Los Angeles. Born in Cleveland, Ohio and raised in Athens, Greece, he earned a degree in Political Science and Public Administration at the Kapodistrian University of Athens and Directing MFA at the American Film Institute.
His AFI thesis project called Tim of the Jungle has screened in many festivals including Camerimage International Film Festival, LA SHORTS International Film Festival and is an official pick in Short of the Week.
He received an honorary mention for his feature project called TWO RACCOONS at the Los Angeles Greek Film Festival as part of the IPDF Project of 2018.
His Documentary Toxic Magnus won the Best Documentary Award at the Drama International Short Film Festival in 2022.

Denise Nikolakou, head of the Cinematherapy program at the International Short Film Festival of Drama, is an Integrative Psychotherapist (MSc in Integrative Psychotherapy. Since 2014 she has been coordinating groups of self-knowledge, personal development, and therapy, in role-playing games, training in the skills of functional relationships using the art of cinema as a means of expression, psychoeducation, and therapy.

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