Aliki Danezi Knutsen is an award-winning director, screenwriter and producer. She is the first Cypriot female director having made her first film at the age of 23. She is a Fulbright scholar of Film Studies at New York University, Tisch School of the Arts and has a master’s degree in Philosophy from the New School for Social Research. She has made three feature films screened at Thessaloniki International Film Festival, in Montevideo, Rome, the Panorama of Brussels Festival, and others, and she is currently at the stage of pre-production for her new feature film “Eastern Mediterranean”, scheduled to film in the fall of 2025. Aliki also works in theatre and has staged several performances in Greece and Cyprus. She teaches cinema and theatre, is a member of the Hellenic Film Academy, the Directors Guild of Cyprus and the European Writers Desk.