Biography

Stelana Kliris is a South African-Cypriot writer, director and producer known for Committed (2014) and Find Me Falling (2024). Stelana is developing several new projects under her production company Meraki Films, including her next feature film Apart from Her and the series Unexpected which participated in the 2019 Midpoint TV Launch Programme and won Best Pilot at the 2022 Owl Screenwriting Workshop. Kliris is a member of the European Women's Audiovisual Network (EWA) and the Directors Guild of Cyprus, as well as a graduate of the 2018 EAVE Producers Workshop and an EFP Producers on the Move alumna. She is inspired by stories with heart and humanity and has a wealth of tales from her multi-cultural upbringing in countries with complicated political situations, like South Africa and Cyprus.