Alexandra Matheou is a screenwriter and director. Her work explores the intersection of the intimate and the social, with a focus on female subjectivity, class, and belonging. Set within shifting folds of reality, her films often inhabit the space between the ordinary and the absurd.

Her short films have screened at festivals and museums worldwide. Her latest short film, Free Eliza (Notes on an Anatomical Imperfection), premiered at Quinzaine des Cinéastes in Cannes and is shortlisted for the European Film Awards. Her previous short film A Summer Place (2021) was supported by the CNC and earned selections and awards at major international festivals across the world including AFI, Palm Springs, Uppsala, São Paulo and Tampere among others. The film was also nominated for Best Short Film at the Hellenic Film Academy Awards.

Alexandra is currently developing her debut feature with support from the Cyprus Film Fund, the Greek Film Centre and Creative Europe MEDIA. Most recently, the project was selected for Focus COPRO’ at the Festival de Cannes. Its development has also been supported by First Films First (Goethe-Institut), the Oxbelly Screenwriters and Directors Lab, the Mediterranean Film Institute and the Pelion Screenwriting Residency.

Alexandra holds an LLB and LLM from King's College London and an MA in Film Studies from University College London.

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