CRITICAL
OVERVIEW:
Christina’s
interests lie in fashion, film, art and visual culture. She grew up Greek in
suburban Melbourne in the middle of two cultures, and used television and the
movies to understand the world, dream big and escape reality. Her films focus
on themes of family, identity, culture and politics.
She is a founding member of the Hand Eye Collective, that hosted a series of discussions for L’Oreal Melbourne Fashion Festival in 2012. The Hand Eye Collective aim to create projects and festivals that involve makers and community.
Christina
is obsessed with the colour red, collects vintage buttons and has a
fashion/film blog titled, Every Dress Tells A Story.
FILMOGRAPHY:
THE ICON (1993, 4mins,
video)
(Writer
/ Director / Producer / Cinematographer / Art Director)
HERDS (1994, 7mins,
16mm telecine)
(Writer
/ Director / Producer / Editor / Music Composer / Art Director)
BYRON (1995, 4mins,
Super 8 telecine)
(Writer
/ Director / Producer / Cinematographer / Editor)
THE SCREAM (1995, 30 seconds, Hi
8 video)
(Writer
/ Director / Producer / Cinematographer / Editor)
A PERSONAL DIARY OF
STYLE AND TASTE (1996, 10mins, 16mm)
(Writer
/ Director / Producer / Editor / Art Director)
I AM (1996, 50
seconds, Hi 8 video)
(Writer
/ Director / Producer / Cinematographer / Editor)
ROUGE (1997, 2mins,
Video Documentary)
(Writer
/ Director / Cinematographer / Editor)
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OMELETTE - A MULTICULTURAL LOVE STORY |
TAXITHI (1997,
18mins, 16mm kine documentary)
(Writer
/ Director / Camera / Editor)
OMELETTE - A MULTICULTURAL LOVE STORY
(1998, 26 mins, video
documentary)
(Writer / Director / Camera
/ Co-Producer)
UNDER THE SKIN (1999, 7 mins, video
documentary)
(Writer / Director / Co-Producer)
DEAR BERT (2000, 26 mins, video
documentary)
(Writer / Director / Co-Producer)
WHEN I WAS THREE (2003, 5 mins, video
documentary)
(Writer / Director / Producer)
FESTIVALS /
SCREENINGS / AWARDS:
THE ICON
Neophytes
Art Exhibition, Gallery 101 Annex, Melbourne (1996)
The
Antipodes Film Festival, Melbourne (1996)
Melbourne
University as part of the Modern Greek Classes, Melbourne (1996)
HERDS
The
4th Annual Conference for Women in Beijing, China (1995)
The
4th Annual Student Film Festival at RMIT, Melbourne (1995)
The
National Student Film Festival, Sydney University, Sydney (1995)
Looking
at the World Through Women’s Eyes, Sydney (1995)
RMIT
Media Arts Film Festival, Melbourne (1995)
Neophytes
Art Exhibition, Gallery 101 Annex, Melbourne (1996)
The
Antipodes Film Festival, Melbourne (1996)
Out
West Short Film & Video Festival, Melbourne (1996)
The
National Gallery of Victoria, for Neophytes Retrospective (1997)
Manningham
Artspace as part of Neophytes Retrospective (1997)
BYRON
Neophytes
Art Exhibition, Gallery 101 Annex, Melbourne (1996)
The
Antipodes Film Festival, Melbourne (1996)
THE SCREAM
The
5th Annual Student Film Festival at RMIT, Melbourne (1996)
Melbourne
Fringe Festival, Melbourne (1996)
Experimenta
Media Arts Festival, Melbourne (1996)
Schmoozefest,
part of ANIMA Arts Festival, Melbourne (1996)
5
Minutes Of Fame, RMIT Union Theatre, Melbourne (1996)
The
National Gallery of Victoria, for Neophytes Retrospective (1997)
Manningham
Artspace as part of Neophytes Retrospective (1997)
Recovery,
ABC Television, Australia (1997)
A PERSONAL DIARY OF
STYLE AND TASTE
RMIT
Media Arts Film Festival, Melbourne (1996)
The
National Gallery of Victoria, for Neophytes Retrospective (1997)
Manningham
Artspace as part of Neophytes Retrospective (1999)
I AM
The
National Gallery of Victoria, for Neophytes Retrospective (1997)
Manningham
Artspace as part of Neophytes Retrospective (1997)
ROUGE
The
George Cinema, VCA Graduate Screening, Melbourne (1997)
The
Melbourne Fringe Festival, Melbourne (1998)
The
Melbourne Arts Festival, part of VCA 25 year retro, Melbourne (1999)
TAXITHI
(Postproduction
funding by The Australian Film Commission)
The George Cinema,
VCA Graduate Screening, Melbourne (1997)
The 5th International Documentary Conference, Brisbane. (1997)
The Edge Of The World Film Festival, Tasmania. (1998)
The Brisbane
International Film Festival, Brisbane. (1998)
KISS KISS BOOM BOOM
Presented by The Australian Film
Institute at : The George
Cinema, Melbourne (1998)
The
Chauvel Cinema, Sydney. (1998)
The
Palace Eastend Cinema, Adelaide. (1998)
The
Metro Arts Cinema, Brisbane. (1998)
The Cinema Paradiso,
Perth. (1998)
The
Museum Theatre, Darwin. (1998)
Awarded post production
funding by The Australian Film Commission, 1997.
Nominated
for Best Documentary, VCA screening 1997.
Nominated
for Best Director, VCA screening 1997.
Nominated
for most creative student, VCA screening 1997.
Finalist for The ATOM
awards, 1998.
Distributed
by The Australian Film Institute.
OMELETTE-A MULTICULTURAL LOVE STORY
SBS Television,
Australia (1998)
SBS Television,
Australia (1999)
SBS Television,
Australia (2000)
The Bathurst Film
Festival (1999)
Winner of inaugural
Dox Direct- Cinemedia and SBS Independent Accord
Competition
1998.
Awarded highly
commended/runner up best documentary Bathurst Film Festival 1999
UNDER THE SKIN
Melbourne
International Film Festival, Australia (1999)
ABC Television,
Australia (1999)
ABC Television,
Australia (1999)
DEAR BERT
SBS Television,
Australia (2001-2009)
St Kilda Film
Festival, Melbourne, Australia (2001)
Drifting Clouds Film
Festival, New Zealand (2001)
Winner of The United Nations Association of Australia Media Peace
Award, for Promotion of Multicultural Issues
2001.
WHEN I WAS THREE
Counihan Gallery in
Brunswick (2003)
The Library Space
North Fitzroy (2006)
©
Christina Heristanidis, December 2017.
Every Dress Tells A Story
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