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Dr. Maria Papadopoulou

Maria Papadopoulou – Short CV

Academic Role:  Researcher / PhD in Film Studies
Current Position: PhD in the Department of Film, School of Fine Arts, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and Adjunct Faculty Member at the Hellenic Open University
Scientific Areas: Film Studies, Audiovisual Arts, Video Art, Digital
and Interactive Arts, Augmented Reality, Interactive Installations, Intermediality, and Transmedia Storytelling.

Academic Profile

Maria Papadopoulou is a visual artist, filmmaker, and researcher whose interdisciplinary work lies at the intersection of cinema, visual arts, and digital media. She holds a PhD from the Department of Film, School of Fine Arts, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, where she has been seconded since 2026. She is a graduate of the School of Fine Arts at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, specializing in Painting, and holds postgraduate degrees in Audiovisual Arts in the Digital Age from the Ionian University, where her thesis was entitled Directing Another Reality: Augmented Reality; in Adult Education from the Hellenic Open University; and in Methodology and Special Education for Integration from Roma Tre University, with a focus on inclusion and inclusive education.

She teaches at the Hellenic Open University as an Adjunct Faculty Member in the programme Film Writing, Practice and Research, where she teaches the module Editing III: Editing as a Defining Element of Style. 

She also supervises Master’s dissertations in the postgraduate programme Graphic Arts – Multimedia, with research topics focusing on cinema, visual arts, Video Art, digital technologies, and interactive media.

Her research focuses on cinema and audiovisual storytelling, representations of identity and disability in film, the relationship between cinema and the visual arts, and contemporary forms of digital and interactive artistic practice. Her research also explores Video Art, Augmented Reality, Interactive Installations, Intermediality, and Transmedia Storytelling as forms of artistic expression and narrative.

She has also taught as an Academic Fellow at the Department of Digital Arts and Cinema of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens.

Her artistic practice encompasses film and experimental cinema, animation, Video Art, interactive installations, Augmented Reality projects, painting, and printmaking. She has presented nine solo exhibitions and participated in more than 150 group exhibitions and artistic projects in Greece and internationally.

Key Roles & Achievements

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    Awarded Artist in the FSU International Art Contest
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    Creator of the feature-length documentary The Autistic Character in Cinema (2022)
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    Received the First Prize for a Short Film Screenplay at the London Greek Film Festival
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    Presented research at international conferences on topics including Greek cinema, cinematic representation, animation, visual arts, Augmented Reality, and digital media
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    Created experimental short films including Katharsis (2026) and Once (2024), undertaking their production, direction, screenwriting, and editing
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    Created a series of Video Art works and video installations, including Vibrations, The Final Whisper, Guernica Moderna, Inspiration, Las Incantadas, City Walk, Water Shapes, Secret Dance, and On Board

Selected Interests & Research Areas

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    Film Studies and Cinematic Storytelling
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    Film Editing and Audiovisual Aesthetics
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    Video Art and Experimental Film
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    Digital Art and Interactive Installations
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    Augmented Reality and Immersive Media
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    Intermediality and Transmedia Storytelling
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    Relationships between Cinema and the Visual Arts
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    Digital Technologies in Contemporary Artistic Practice and Exhibition Spaces

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