Tonia is a Cypriot filmmaker and producer who loves making films that deal with social and women’s issues. She is a member of the European Film Academy and the European Women’s Audiovisual Network, Berlinale Talents alumna and one of the artistic directors of Cyprus Film Days International Festival and vice president of the Directors Guild of Cyprus. Her short films Dead end and Lullaby of the butterfly competed in more than 60 International Film Festivals together, including Locarno, Palm Springs, Cork, Busan, Dresden, Sarajevo, Encounters, Drama, and winning several awards for Best Director and Best Film. Dead end is represented by SND Films (Amsterdam) and has been sold to Japan, China, USA, Belgium, Russia and France. Her debut feature Pause (2018), a Cyprus/Greece co-production, represented by Film Republic Sales (UK), has been selected to make its world premiere at the 53rd Karlovy Vary International Festival. She is now developing her second and third feature films Hambis and the Goblins and Nala, the former of which is being developed through Sources2 scriptwriting workshop with funding from the Cyprus Ministry of Education and Culture.