Christos Karamanis is an awarded cinematographer, born in Thessaloniki in 1966. He studied in Stavrakos Film School in Athens and started working in the audiovisual sector in the beginning of the 90s. His first work as a DOP was in 2001 with ‘Athens Blues’ (feat. film by Y. Panousopoulos). Since then he has worked in more than 20 feature films, short films and documentaries as a DOP and more than 300 commercials, many of them awarded, including the award for Best Cinematography at the Virtuoso Awards for the ACTION AID spot ‘The Hand’. His work includes such film titles as ‘The Nan Movie’, ‘Monday’, ‘Soy Nero’, ‘Suntan’, ‘Tale 52’, ‘Wednesday 04:45’, ‘Norway’ & ‘Chevalier’.

FILMOGRAPHY

FEATURE FILMS

‘She loved blossoms more’ (pre-production) / 2022
d: Yiannis Veslemes

‘Burning Days’ (129′) / 2022
d: Emin Alper
Un Certain Regard Official Selection – Cannes Film Festival 2022
Un Certain Regard Official Selection – Cannes Film Festival 2022
Best Film – National Competition – Ankara International Film Festival 2022
Best Cinematography – Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival 2022
Best Film – SIYAD Jury Award – Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival 2022
Best Film – International Competition – Pula Film Festival 2022
Best Film – Croatian Minority Coproductions – Pula Film Festival 2022 
Audience Award – Balkan Survey – Thessaloniki Film Festival 2022
Nominated for Queer Palm – Cannes Film Festival 2022
Nominated for Best Feature Film – International Crime and Punishment Film Festival 2022
Nominated for Best International Feature Film – Jerusalem Film Festival 2022
Nominated for Best International Film – ARRI/OSRAM Award – Munich Film Festival 2022
Nominated for Best Film – Sydney Film Festival 2022
Nominated for Best Feature Film – Oslo Films from the South Festival 2022

‘The Nan Movie’ / 2022
d: Catherine Tate

‘Monday’ (116′) / 2020
d: Argyris Papadimitropoulos

‘Sow the Wind’ (91′) / 2020
d: Danilo Caputo
Nominated for Best Feature Film – Los Angeles Greek Film Festival 2021
Nominated for Victor Turov Memorial Award for Best Film – Minsk Intl FF “Listapad” 2020
Nominated for Golden Alexander – Thessaloniki Film Festival 2020

‘Cosmic Candy’ (100′) / 2019
d: Rinio Dragasaki
Nominated for Best Feature Film – Thessaloniki Film Festival Youth Jury Award

‘The field guide to evil – Whatever happened to Panagas the pagan’ (12′) / 2018
d: Yiannis Veslemes

‘In this land nobody knew how to cry’ (90′) / 2018
d: Yiorgos Panousopoulos
Nominated for Best International Film – Golden Rooster Awards
Nominated for Best Feature Film – LA Greek Film Festival
Nominated for Best Film – World Competition – Montreal World Film Festival

‘Soy Nero’ (120′) / 2015
d: Rafi Pitts
Best Film – Bucharest International Film Festival 2016
Nominated for Best Cinematography – ICFF “Manaki Brothers” 2016

‘Suntan’ (100′) / 2015
d: Argyris Papadimitropoulos
Best Cinematography – Hellenic Film Academy Awards 2017
Best International Film – Edinburgh International Film Festival 2016
Best Cinematography – Herceg Novi Film Festival 2017, Montenegro
Best Screenplay – FEST International Film Festival 2017
Best Movie – Oaxaca FilmFest, MX 2016

‘Chevalier’ (120′) / 2015
d: Athina Rachel Tsangari
Best Film – London Film Festival 2015
Special Jury Prize – Cartagena Film Festival 2016
Special Jury Mention – Sarajevo Film Festival 2015
Audience Award – Thessaloniki Film Festival 2015

‘Wednesday 04:45’ (116′) / 2014
d: Alexis Alexiou
Best Cinematography – Hellenic Film Academy Awards 2016
Best Film – Hellenic Film Academy Awards 2016

‘Norway’ (100′) / 2013
d: Yannis Veslemes
Nominated for Best Cinematography – Hellenic Film Academy Awards 2015
Nominated for East West Award – Karlovy Vary International Film Festival 2014
Nominated for Best Film – Fantasporto 2015
FIRPESCI AWARD – Thessaloniki Film Festival 2014

‘Bang Bang’ (100′) / 2009
d: Argyris Papadimitropoulos
Best First Film Director – Hellenic Film Academy Awards 2010

‘Tale 52’ (90′) / 2008
d: Alexis Alexiou
Best Screenplay Award – Sitges – Catalonian International Film Festival 2008
Tiger Award Nomination – Rotterdam International Film Festival 2008
Transilvania Trophy Nomination – Transilvania International Film Festival 2008
Brussels Fantastic Film Festival 2008
Pifan International Film Festival 2008

‘Athens Blues’ (100′) / 2001
d: Yiorgos Panousopoulos

SHORT FILMS

‘Such A Shame’ (15′) / 2015
d: Dimitris Papanastasiou

‘Properties of 2’ (15′) / 2013
d: Achilleas Kyriakides

‘Daddy, Lenin And Freddy’ (20′) / 2012
d: Rinio Dragasaki
Short Film Section – Berlinale 2012
Nomination for Best Short Film – Chicago Intl FF 2012
Nomination for Best Intl Short Film – Edinburgh Intl FF 2012

‘OSIKI’ (14′) / 2011
d: Yannis Veslemes

‘Syntagma’ (10′) / 2009
d: Christina Ioakeimidi

‘Busulla’ (20′) / 2008
d: Bujar Alimani

‘Circo de la vida’ (17′) / 2007
d: Maria Lafi

‘Gas’ (20′) / 2006
d: Bujar Alimani
Best Fiction Award – Tirana Intl FF

‘What Swims and Laughs?’ (18′) / 2003
d: Emmanuelle Fragiadaki

DOCUMENTARIES

‘I put a spell on me’ (102′) / 2001
d: Nicholas Triantafyllidis
Silver Award for Best Documentary or Animated Film / Greek Competition Award