Background
Syllas Tzoumerkas was born in Thessaloniki.
Syllas Tzoumerkas was born in Thessaloniki.
He studied theatre and directing for Film and Television at the Stavrakos Film School and the University of Athens.
His first feature film Homeland (Hora Proelefsis) had its world première at the International Critics" Week of the 67th Venice International Film Festival. As an actor, Syllas Tzoumerkas participated in feature films Wasted Youth (2011) by Argyris Papadimitropoulos and January Vogel Rotterdam International Film Festival and The Eternal Return of Antonis Paraskevas (2013) by Elina Psykou (Berlin International Film Festival). His second feature film A Blast, a Greek-German-Dutch co-production had its world premiere at the International Competition of the Locarno Film Festival 2014.
The film was consequently presented in many international film festivals, most notably Sarajevo international film festival (regional premiere), BFI London Film Festival (Dare), Sao Paulo International Film Festival (Competition New Directors), Rotterdam International Film Festival 2015 (Limelight), among others
2012 Debate (co-writer and co-director with Youla Boudali, actor), Bios (Athens).