Tzeli Hadjidimitriou was born and raised on the island of Lesvos, Greece, and is an award-winning filmmaker, fine art photographer, and writer. Tzeli has been filming and photographing the lives of the inhabitants of Lesvos since 1990.

Recent short films focus on gender, including SAPPHO’S GRANDDAUGHTERS, where the older women of Eresos tell their stories; MR DIMITRIS AND MRS. DIMITROULA, a record of a gender-nonconforming person from Sykamia, Lesvos, who tragically lost his/her life after being unjustly detained in a mental asylum; and SAPPHO SINGING, a joyful ode to Sappho, who revisits contemporary Lesvos.

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Filmography

Sappho Singing (2020), Sappho's Granddaughters (2019), In Search of Orpheus (2019)

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