Alexandra Matheou is a screenwriter and director. She holds a Law LLB and LLM from King’s College London, as well as an MA in Film Studies from University College London (UCL). Her short films have screened internationally and her latest A SUMMER PLACE(2021) a Cyprus-France co-production with the support of the CNC has enjoyed selections and awards at major film festivals across the world.

Alexandra’s first feature film SHIBBOLETH is currently in development with the support of Onassis Culture, the Cyprus Film Fund and MEDIA mini slate. With SHIBBOLETH, Alexandra won the top award at Crossroads Co-Production Forum (Thessaloniki International Film Festival) as well as the Producer’s Network Award (Cannes Film Festival 2022).

Alexandra is an alumna of Talents Sarajevo 2018 and in 2019 launched This is the Girl Films, an independent film production company based in Cyprus. She is also an alumna of the First Films First script development programme (Goethe-Institut), the Oxbelly Screenwriters and Directors Lab 2022, and the Mediterranean Film Institute(MFI) Script 2 Film Workshop 2023.

Alexandra’s sophomore feature STRINGA (co-written and co-directed with Maria Hatzakou) is also in early development with the support of the Greek Film Centre.