Recollection Actual Fear
2011
HDV
11:42 Cease & Desist (Work in Progress) Video Diaries The Thread of Home Taping Digtial Obsolescence Still The Difference Cosmopolis Ephemeral Untitled (Pyrex Break) Untitled (Camera Wrap) Everything in Between Reception Nyfi (The Bride)
Alana Kakoyiannis is a filmmaker and artist based in New York City and Nicosia, Cyprus. Her work ranges from interview-based documentary to abstract, image-dominated experimentalism. She has worked independently to produce several short films that have been broadcast nationally and screened internationally, including Current TV, The Anthology Film Archives and the 2006 Tribeca Film Festival. Her 2008 film 'Cosmopolis' garnered the Grand Jury Prize for Best International Documentary in the Migr@tions Online Festival held by Radio Canada International. Originally from Pennsylvania, she earned her M.F.A from Hunter College, CUNY in Integrated Media Arts and her B.A. in Communications from Denison University. In her professional experience, she has worked with various networks including MTV, NBC and CBS as well as regional film production companies in Greece and Cyprus.