Marios Psaras (PhD, MA) has taught film theory at Queen Mary, King’s College London, University of Greenwich, University of Nicosia, and has lectured widely across Europe. He has published articles, reviews and book chapters on contemporary Greek, European and global queer cinema, including the monograph The Queer Greek Weird Wave: Ethics, Politics and the Crisis of Meaning (London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2016). He has worked in education, radio and TV production, and has directed for the theatre and cinema. As a filmmaker, he has produced and directed four short films and two short documentaries, including award-winning The Call(2020). He is a member of the Hellenic Film Academy, of the editorial board of Filmicon: Journal of Greek Film Studies, and a regular reviewer for international publishing houses and academic journals. Psaras was Cultural Counsellor at the Cyprus High Commission in London and artistic director of the Cyprus Short Film Day – London festival between 2018-2022. Since September 2022, he works as a Cinema Officer at the Deputy Ministry of Culture of Cyprus.