FAIRYTALES : about me...

Monday, November 20, 2017

about me...

My name is Sofianna Paidousi (S. A. Paidousi), I'm a children book author, scriptwriter, director, narrator, a preschool teacher and an English teacher. I have graduated from The National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (Greece) in 2007 as a pre-school teacher and since then I work occasionally with kids as a teacher and an English teacher as well.

In 2007-2008 I studied script writing, directing and film production at New York College (Athens).

Also in 2015, I took one year course in fairytale writing and teen literature.
I have also specialized in graphic design and still image processing, and also, in Web Development (HTML & JavaScript) at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. Also this year, I have started my studies in theatrical writing.

Αpart from teaching and writing, I enjoy watching theatrical performances, photo shooting, painting, cooking, horse riding, watching Disney movies (of course) and travelling very much (especially to Disneyland!!!)😁

Μy debut fairytale is "O Parfes" (about school bullying) which is coming out really soon!

My script New Generation, (written back in 2008) was a short film in 2017, with the title "Schoolikomperdemata II, the New Generation", by three schools in Greece plus a teacher version, showing, for the first time nationwide, the school cooperative diversity in practice in cinema. The movie (by 4) aired in June 2017 at movie theaters, won rave reviews and participate in competitive and non-Festival in Athens, Thessaloniki and in other cities, with a simultaneous search of an independent distributor for nationwide showing.

In March ' 18, the cine movie version, of GEL Korinos, awarded by the Greek Open University (School of Humanities), in the twentieth anniversary, at the 2nd Festival “Synthesis” of educational short films in Athens, "with strictly pedagogical and artistic criteria", from a distinguished Committee of University and distinguished men of letters and the arts, as it was considered, among other things, that, through this, the value of participation (a general & a special School) is overemphasized and the elements, that make it useful as a learning tool, are emerging. The four versions of the film have been uploaded on the Internet from school Film Festival "Πάμε Cinema?" and have surpassed a total of 210000 views in just a few months.

Υou can check out one version here: