Andreas Dermanis

Andreas Dermanis is a content maker based between the UK and Greece. He has collaborated with a number of channels across Europe and the USA including the BBC, Channel 4, France 2, MTV, Sky Arts, Sky Italia and Vice plus record labels Sony, Universal and Warner Music.

With an initial grounding in entertainment television in the UK, Andreas moved towards human story focussed content, creating a portfolio of work across the Balkan region. Premiered on Greek television in 2017, ‘Andi’ became his first feature documentary and tackled themes of identity and migration through the eyes of actor Nikos Gelia, part of a generation of Albanians that moved to Greece after the collapse of the Hoxha regime. 'Andi' was selected to play at Tirana International Film Festival.

His second feature ‘Lost Youth’ was made in collaboration with the Rosa Luxemburg Institute and filmed across Greece, Serbia and Turkey. The film explored the complex world of a group of young Afghan men chasing a western dream and premiered at Moviement Film Festival in Athens in 2019. ‘Lost Youth’ was later featured on Mubi and screened at Al-Riwaq Gallery, Bahrain and Hofkino Festival in Germany.

In 2020, following the explosion in Beirut, Andreas co-wrote, produced and edited ‘I Love Beirut’, a 95-minute streamed event which incorporated elements of documentary, readings and live performance. ‘I Love Beirut’ was watched online in over 120 countries and later televised in Canada, France, Italy and Lebanon.

More recently, Andreas enrolled in military service with the Hellenic Armed Forces where he directed video content for a base in Epirus. He has since continued to explore his interest in the Northern Greece by hosting and producing his first podcast. ‘Epirus Falls’ is now available to listen to on Spotify and has so far reached over 140,000 streams. The fourth series of the podcast is due to be recorded in October ‘24.