I have developed a body of creative work that includes independent documentaries, community-based media projects, cross-platform and nonfiction projects. My work demonstrates deep engagement with documentary and community-based media production. As an educator, I am committed to linking theory with the practice of nonfiction media with an emphasis on local communities, cultures, and social/historical contexts.
I have experience producing, shooting, editing, researching and directing a wide range of short documentaries and non-fiction films. I have worked with many artists, corporate brands, musicians and local communities and collaborated on innovative educational, historical and artistic projects. I love working and collaborating with local communities and have worked with various underrepresented groups and voices.
My latest documentary, “The Strangers Home” (2024), exploring how sailors from across the British empire and beyond built a community around the Royal Docks in the late 19th and mid-20th centuries, premiered at the Totally Thames Festival 2024. My hybrid non-fiction film ‘Grand Tour – A film in debt(ed)’, was part of Thessaloniki Documentary Festival (2021), finalist at the UFFS (Universal Film Festival Samothraki – 2023) and official selection in the Times in Between Festival (2024). My poetic documentary ‘Beach of Dreams’ (2021) about dreaming and walking participated in the World Trails Film Festival (2022).
I have created work for innovative artistic projects such as Arts Council-funded projects ‘Night Visit’ and ‘The Frog Princess Punked’ by Sally Pomme Clayton (motion graphics, directing and live VJing); ‘The Three Snake Leaves’ by The Company of Storytellers; ‘War Correspondents’ by Helen Chadwick Group and ‘Persephone’ at ‘Yohji Making Waves’ for The Wapping Project.
I love working with local communities and music projects and have worked with various underrepresented groups and voices and collaborated with local arts organizations such as Kinetika, T100 Thurrock, Together Productions and Thames Festival Trust.
My creative work and academic research constantly explore innovative ways of making films to tell engaging stories that are deeply rooted in people and explore social issues.
London College of Communication,
University of The Arts Research Profile
Dr Fotis Begklis
Contact me at: fbeglis@hotmail.com
