
Theo Panagopoulos
theopanagopoulos.com
My Own Personal Lebanon
[DIRECTOR / PRODUCER / CO-EDITOR]



You can read the reflective essay called "My Own Personal Lebanon: exploring the fragments of my identity" as part of TAPE Collective's "But Where are you really from" season.
Short Documentary | 15:44 | UK, Greece | 2020
My Own Personal Lebanon is a short documentary following the attempts of a young Greek filmmaker to connect with his distant Lebanese half by discovering his mother's secret stories of the war.
The film explores the emotional tension between national and personal identity through a conversation in a car, two installations in Athens, a book about Beirut and three spoken languages.
Were the stories meant to be silenced forever or did he not pay enough attention? Why did it take him so long to wake up to his family history?
Direction: Theo Panagopoulos
Executive Producers: Emma Davie, Amy Hardie,
Noé Mendelle
Cinematography: Giorgos Karalias
Editing: Andrada Neacsu, Theo Panagopoulos
Music: Alexandra Katerinopoulou
Sound: Simon Howard
Producer: Theo Panagopoulos
Official Selections & Screenings
Winner of Odysseus award - Beyond Borders International Documentary Festival Castelorizo 2021
Shortlisted for Best Student Film - Hellenic Film Academy 2021
Encounters Short Film Festival 2020
(Nominated for Best UK Student Film | Audience Award)
DocLisboa International Film Festival 2020
London Short Film Festival 2021
Greek Documentary Association festival 2021
Scottish Mental Health Art Film Festival 2021
Barnes Film Festival 2021
(Nominated for Best British Doc)
AegeanDocs 2021
Youth Film Access Scotland festival 2022
Glasgow Zine film festival 2022
Balkan Beyond Borders Film Festival 2022
Refugee Week Greece 2023
Screened at Tape Collective's Good Wickedry