Nina Rapi is an award-winning playwright. She is also a short story and essay writer. Also, she has just made her first film.
Nina Rapi's plays include: Did Persephone have the Stockholm Syndrome? (Athens 2023), What reality? (New York 2021), Angelstate (published in English, Greek, Slovakian and Italian); Splinters (Athens, Thessaloniki and University of Oxford); Un/Certainties, Wild Beats, Kiss the Shadow, Reasons to Hide, Edgewise, the libretto Raven Revisited and many shorts.
Her plays have been presented or produced in Athens (e.g. Theatre of Piraeus, National Theatre, Theatro Technis, Onassis Cultural Centre, Theatro Voyiatzis) and in London (e.g. Southbank Centre, Riverside studios, Soho Theatre Studio, Oval House Theatre).
Essays by her on aesthetics and sexuality and essays by academics on her work have been published by Oberon, Routledge, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, Mimesis Editione, Sokolis.
She has taught Creative Writing/Playwriting at Birkbeck, University of London and at the University of Greenwich. Her latest collection of short stories is Katastasi Fougas. She was the founding Editor in Chief of BRAND Literary Magazine throughout its duration.
  • Director (1 Credit)
    STAY STILL SO YOU DON'T HURT (the sick body and its shadow)2021
    Experimental, Short, Web / New Media
OFFICIAL SELECTION
STAY STILL SO YOU DON'T HURT (the sick body and its shadow)
CALCUTTA INTERNATIONAL CULT FILM FESTIVAL
CALCUTTA
2022
WINNER, BEST EXPERIMENTAL SHORT
STAY STILL SO YOU DON'T HURT (the sick body and its shadow)
INDIE CINE TUBE AWARDS
CALCUTTA
2022
FINALIST
STAY STILL SO YOU DON'T HURT (the sick body and its shadow)
SEOUL INTERNATIONAL MONTHLY FILM FESTIVAL, 2022
SEOUL
2022
WINNER, EXPERIMENTAL SHORTS
STAY STILL SO YOU DON'T HURT (the sick body and its shadow)
VIRGIN SPRING FESTIVAL, 2022
CALCUTTA
2022
OFFICIAL SELECTION
STAY STILL SO YOU DON'T HURT (the sick body and its shadow)
SANTA CRUZ INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
SANTA CRUZ, 2022
2022
HONORABLE MENTION
STAY STILL SO YOU DON'T HURT (the sick body and its shadow)
ATHENS INTERNATIONAL MONTHLY ART FILM FESTIVAL
ATHENS
2021
SEMI FINALIST
STAY STILL SO YOU DON'T HURT (the sick body and its shadow)
BODEN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
BODEN
2021
BEST SHORT FILM AWARD
STAY STILL SO YOU DON'T HURT (the sick body and its shadow)
CRIMSON HORYZON INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
KOLKATA
2021
WINNER, BEST EXPERIMENTAL SHORT Film
STAY STILL SO YOU DON'T HURT (the sick body and its shadow)
INTERNATIONAL MOTION PICTURE FESTIVAL OF INDIA , 2021
PONDICHERRY
2021
AUDIENCE AWARD, BEST EXPERIMENTAL SHORT
STAY STILL SO YOU DON'T HURT (the sick body and its shadow)
PARIS SHORT FILM FESTIVAL
PARIS
2021
OFFICIAL SELECTION, Screened 3-7 Sept. 21
STAY STILL SO YOU DON'T HURT (the sick body and its shadow)
PRAGUE BIENNALE/RECONNECT ART
PRAGUE
2021
College
London School of Economics
BSc Sociology (Honours)
College
University of Essex
Masters in Literature (Drama)
Birth City
Argos Orestiko, Kastoria, Greece
Current City
Athens and London
Nina Rapi is an award-winning playwright. She is also a short story and essay writer. Also, she has just made her first film.
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