Who We Are

Neoklis Mantas

Film Commissioner – Head of Investment Promotion & Development

Neoklis Mantas is a Cultural Manager with an expertise in the sectors of Creative Industries and Place Marketing. In 2010, he had his bachelor’s degree and Integrated Master as an Urbanist and his master’s degree in urban and cultural geographies (Master of Arts “Cities & Cultures”, Geography School of Queen Mary University of London). In 2020, he successfully defended his psychogeographic PhD thesis named “Emerging oneirotopias in contemporary city: in the quest of metamodern urban identity and image through the cinematic palimpsest”. He has worked in the field of cultural and creative industries (Communications Executive Michael Cacoyannis Foundation, Head of Cultural Development and Director of Communications & Marketing in 2023 Eleusis European Capital of Culture). His scientific interests are: Urban Image and Identity, Place Μarketing and Branding, Cinematic Cities, Tourism and Cultural Planning, Metamodern Imaginative Geographies, with an emphasis on cinema.

Stavroula Geronimaki

International Investments & Sustainable Film Development Manager

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Stavroula joined GREEK FILM CENTRE in 2003 where she held various positions of increasing scope and responsibility (Sales and Promotion Executive, national representative of Hellenic Film & Audiovisual Center at European Film Promotion). She joined the HELLENIC FILM COMMISSION in October 2018. She loves to facilitate and connect talents by consulting incoming producers on all aspects of filmmaking in Greece and serves as a liaison between them and the Greek film industry. Originally a media researcher, Stavroula has worked at the Hellenic Audiovisual Institute (responsible of European and International Program), the European Children’s Television Centre, the Greek Film Archive, and has cooperated with the University of West Attica as a tutor. Stavroula studied Mass Media & Communication and Cultural Management at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (GR) and at the John Moores University of Liverpool (UK).

Chara Lianou

Regional Policy & Audiovisual Infrastructure Manager

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+30 2144106025

Chara Lianou is an actress, director, and screenwriter. She has a BA in Acting, and an MA in Acting and Directing. She also holds a degree in Biology resulting in a unique approach to theatre and filmmaking. As an actress she has worked with acclaimed directors in theatre, cinema, television and commercials. She has voiced animated characters both in Greek and English, for TV and streaming platforms. She has also written and directed two short films.

She has joined the Hellenic Film Commission as Head of the Facilitation Department helping creators and producers to realise their audiovisual works in Greece.

Myrto Tselenti

Project Manager

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Myrto Tselenti joined the Hellenic Film & Audiovisual Center in 2024, where she serves as a Project Manager with the Hellenic Film Commission. In this role, she supports international productions filming in Greece by connecting them with local industry professionals and guiding them through permitting procedures and location scouting funding opportunities.She holds a degree in Cultural Technology and Communication from the University of the Aegean and an MBA from Alba Graduate Business School. Myrto has worked as a Cultural Manager at the Hellenic American Union and at Shedia NGO, where she organized more than 560 cultural events, including film, comics, and literary festivals, concerts, and art exhibitions. She has also worked as a journalist for O Kosmos tou Ependiti weekly newspaper.

She is the author of a book on manga and anime and has written numerous articles on Japanese pop culture published in both Greece and the United States.

Katerina Nikolaidou

Project Officer

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Katerina Nikolaidou specializes in Cultural Management. Currently a doctoral candidate in Film Tourism at the University of West Attica, she holds an MSc in Tourism and Local Development from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, an MA in Museum Studies from the University of Leicester, a Diploma in European Studies from the Université Libre de Bruxelles, and a BA in History and Archaeology from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.

Katerina has served in the civil service since 2000 as scientific staff at the Hellenic Ministry of Culture’s Archaeological Service, primarily managing cultural heritage projects co-financed by the European Union. She has also functioned as an independent international consultant for UNESCO and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) on their Joint Programme “Culture and Heritage for Social and Economic and Development”. She also collaborates with the European Commission since 2009 as a panel expert for project evaluation in cultural and research framework programmes (Creative Europe/Culture, Horizon).

In addition to her professional work, she is the author of crime fiction novels and short stories, published in Greek. She is fluent in English and proficient in French.

She joined the Hellenic Film and Audiovisual Center in 2025 through national civil service contest, initially serving at the Investment Projects Unit, in the Monitoring and Audit of the Hellenic Cash Rebate Programme’s investment schemes. At the Hellenic Film Commission/ Investment Promotion and Development Unit, she serves as project manager for the promotion and implementation facilitation of audiovisual projects.