Maria Leonida
Greece
Maria Leonida is a documentary film director, co-founder and Head of Programmes at Karpos, Centre of Education and Intercultural Communication. Karpos is a non profit organisation (est.2008 in Athens) focusing in media literacy running Greek and European Projects. Maria develops, coordinates projects and creates educational materials on media literacy focusing on various creative aspects of the media tools and texts for a range of learners in and outside schools.
She has designed and implemented workshops for national (My opinion, 2016, Photography for young refugees 2018, Opera and Animation, 2017, Training for Roma children 2013) and European projects: AppYourSchool 2016-18, Youth Docs, 2014-16, North Aegean Narratives 2011-12, Videomuseums (2010-12), Stranger Festival 2009, Ecowomen 2008, CH.I.C.A.M 2002-3. She has several collaborations in Germany (University of Frankfurt, the JOBAct project and the Theatre Pedagogue Association of Hessen) for media language workshops.
Her documentary work has been screened in Film Festivals and TV channels around Europe with various subjects on art and society. Maria trained in filmmaking in London and Denmark. She holds a BA in History and an MA in Art History.