Andrea Gatopoulos studied cinema with Werner Herzog and Radu Jude. His productions have been presented in more than 120 festivals including Directors’ Fortnight, Locarno Film Festival, Venice Critics’ Week, Camerimage, Rotterdam IFFR… His film Polepole (2021), screened at the EnergaCamerimage Festival and Visioni Italiane, while Happy New Year, Jim (2022), was presented at Directors’ Fortnight, Cannes.