Marina Siotou

(b. 1995, Athens - Greece), is an artist that uses theater and writing to unwind stories and scenarios inside her head. She studied International and European Studies at the University of Pireaus and Performing Arts in Arhi Drama School. She’s an actress, director and playwright.

In theater she staged her first directorial debut along with Zoe Sigalou called Perseids or How to Party Hard at Onassis Stegi Foundation, FUTURE NOW Festival in March - April 2023.  The text of the perfomance Perseids or How to Party Hard  had  been conducted  by the Goethe Institut "New Stages Southeast" Program under the supervision of Jens Hillje and Prodromos Tsinikoris. Currently she is working on her second theater play "Dreamy Years" and prepares the text of her performance with Zoe Sigalou "Intergalactica". 

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In cinema, she made her first debut in the feature film The City and the City - Berlinale Encounters 2022, dir. Christos Passalis & Syllas Tzoumerkas. She starred in the short film The Chaos She Left Behind, dir. Nikos Kolioukos which won the 2nd Prize in La Cinef Selection in the 77th Festival de Cannes. For her performance in the film she won the Best Leading Actress Award at the 46th Drama International Short Film Festival, one of the major short film festivals in Greece, in the National Student Competition. She appeared in two official spots of the Greek Film Centre Organisation, which were commisssioned to director Nikos Kolioukos after the success of his short film. Now she is in shootings of the feature film "Don't Laugh They'll See Us" dir. by Nicholas Dimitropoulos.

​Currently she is working on her first mini series along with Zoe Sigalou in pre production with Argonauts Production Company.

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Marina was selected in greek list of Forbes Under 30 magazine 2024-2025. 

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ACTRESS

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Theater

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2023 - Perseids or How to Party Hard (role: Lia), directed by Marina Siotou & Zoe Sigalou for Onassis Stegi Foundarion, FUTURE NOW Festival 2023.

2020 - The Persians (role: Chorus), directed by Rinio Kyriazi, Arhi Theater, Athens.

2020 - Cherry Orchard (role: Yepikhodov), directed by Vicky Georgiadou at Arhi Theater, Athens.

2019 - Naked by Mike Leigh (role: Sophie), theatre adaptation and study, directed by Syllas Tzoumerkas at Arhi Theater, Athens.

2019 - Yerma (adaptation), directed by Marina Siotou & Zoe Sigalou. 

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Cinema

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Feature Films:

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2026 - My Soul Startled, dir. Syllas  Tzoumerkas, production, Homemade Films.

2026 - Women of Smyrna, dir. Aris Kaplanidis, Ilias Roumeliotis production Soul Productions.

2025 - Don't Laught They'll See Us, dir. Nicholas Dimitropoulos production Laika Productions.

2022 - City And The City, dir. Christos Passalis & Syllas Tzoumerkas - Berlinale Encounters 2022, production Homemade Films.

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Short Films:

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2025 - Amnesia, dir. Nikos Kolioukos production Homemade Films

2023 -The Chaos She Left Behind, dir. Nikos Kolioukos - La Cinef - Festival de Cannes 2024. 

2019 -The Last Day Everyday, dir. Monika Lima in Oxbelly Screenwriter and Director’s Lab.

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Spots

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2024 - Cinema with Emotion, dir. Nikos Kolioukos - Official Spot for Greek Film Centre - Greek Cinema National Day Campaign.

2023 - The Centre is on our Side, dir. Nikos Kolioukos - Official Representative Spot for Greek Film Centre Organisation at the 64th Thessaloniki International Film Festival. 

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SCRIPTWRITER

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2025 - 2026: Mini Series 10 episodes - Argonauts Production.

2021 - The Beast Who Walks Like a Man - Short Film.

2020 - Corona Australis - Short Film.

2020 - Ode à Aphrodite - Short Film.

2020 - Tranparent - Short Film.

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PLAYWRIGHT

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Perseids or How to Party Hard - Theater Play conducted by Goethe Instut Thessaloniki "Newstages Southeast" Program 2021- 2022. 

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DIRECTOR

Theater:

2023 - Perseids or How to Party Hard - Onassis Foundation, FUTURE NOW Festival 2023.

2020 - Meta-Amour - Conteporary Dance/ Performance.

2019 -Yerma - Theater Adaptation.

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Film:

2020 - Corona Australis - Short Film

2020 - Ode à Aphrodite - Short Film ​

2020 - Tranparent - Short Film

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AWARDS

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2023 - Best Leading Actress Award for her performance in The Chaos she Left Behind at the 46th Drama Internation Short Film Festival in National Student Competition. 

2020 - Best Script - Hellenic Broadcasting Coorporation (ERT) Award and Grant, for The Beast Who Walks Like A Man at Olympia International Film Festival.

2020 - Corona Australis Short Film Script Award at Thessaloniki International Film Festival

2020 - Transparent Short Film Excellence at Nespresso Talents 2020

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PRODUCTION

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2021 - Early Comes the Quiet Dusk - Short Film, pre -production for Akran Production Company, dir. Galaxy Spanos

2020 - Corona Australis - Short Film

2020 - Ode à Aphrodite - Short Film

2020 - Tranparent - Short Film

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TRANSLATION 

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(2020) Translation (english, greek) One for Sorrow - Theater Play by Cordelia Lynn

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INTERSHIP

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(2017) Internship at the Representation of European Commision in Greece

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RESIDENCIES

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(2021) London Screenwriters Festival, Scriptwriting Online Residency 

(2021) Nowy Teatr Summer School in collaboration with Athens Epidaurus Festival 

(2021) Londons Screenwriters Festival, Scriptwriting  Online Residency.

(2019) Collaboration with Ernst Bush Academy of Dramatic Arts & Arhi Drama School Summer Student Exchange.

WORKSHOPS

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(2020-2021) Nicolai Demidov theater technique by Vicky Georgiadou.

(2020) Discourse on Artistic Research in the Field of Dance,TWIXTlab.

(2020) Improject Improvisation Workshop by Sofia Mavragani.

(2020) Theatre Directing Seminar by Alexis Alatsis

(2020) Hellenic American Union: Theater Master Class with  Andreas Manolikakis.

(2017) Physical Theater with Yorgos Karamalegos.

(2011) Acting Workshop For 16-18 Years Old, University of the  Arts London: Central Saint Martins.

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