Born in 2007 in Athens, Ilias Mathioudakis is an aspiring amateur independent teen filmmaker. He was experimenting with theater and cinema from an early age and in 2015 he made his first short film with a friend. He made 8 films since then. He has also adapted scripts for theatrical performances in his school, taken part in theatrical performances, been involved in photography and written film reviews in school newspapers, while also following classical piano studies and winning awards for his performances in piano competitions. His latest film, and most professional production by far, "Board Gap", which examines the gap between the generations and how this affects a conversation in a family dinner, won the Special Nikos Kavoukidis Award in the 21st Camera Zizanio, which offers technical equipment for his next film and screened in 2 international film festivals