Theo Panagopoulos

Known for

Directing

Biography

Theo Panagopoulos is a Greek-Lebanese-Palestinian filmmaker, film programmer, educator and PhD researcher based in Scotland. His creative and academic work explore themes of collective memory, displacement, fragmented identities and resistance often through anti-colonial, participatory and archival methodologies.

His most recent film is a documentary essay called “The Flowers Stand Silently, Witnessing”, has screened in more than 150 festivals worldwide. It has own the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance in 2025, the Best Short Film at IDFA in 2024, was nominated for a BAFTA award in 2025, has been nominated as a short film candidate for the European Film Academy 2026 as well as winning major awar...