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Yiota Festa

Date of birth:

Place of birth: Athens, Greece

Known for: Acting

Also known as: Giota Festa, Γιώτα Φέστα

Yiota Festa

Biography

Giota Festa (Athens, 1957) is a Greek film, theatre and television actress. She was born in 1957 in Athens. She studied with a scholarship at the Drama School of the National Theatre and then two years of theatre and cinema in Manchester. She has two daughters with her partner Philippos Koutsaftis (director/cinematographer).

Movie Credits

Balkanisateur
3

Balkanisateur

1997-04-16

Two friends from a small Greek town travel to Bulgaria and Switzerland, hoping they can gain money f

The Woman Is... A Tough Person
2.4

The Woman Is... A Tough Person

2005-08-19

Johnny Maniatis (Anthony Kafetzopoulos) is a successful advertiser and ... womanizer. Georgia (Fay K

Stakaman!
2.3

Stakaman!

2001-02-02

A not yet recruited mathematician travels to Kastoria to accept the inheritance that his mother left

Mediterraneo: The Law of the Sea
3.3

Mediterraneo: The Law of the Sea

2021-10-01

Autumn 2015. Profoundly affected by the picture of a little boy who drowned in the Mediterranean Sea

Water on Mars
0

Water on Mars

2021-09-30

Mother and Son attend the exhumation of Husband/Father. The painful process holds an unexpected surp

The Song Of Return
2.5

The Song Of Return

1983-10-07

Two years after the establishment of the junta of the colonels, a resistance fighter leaves for Swed

Gamos sto Perithorio
0

Gamos sto Perithorio

1989-10-01

An 80-year-old widower, Mr. Elias, goes to his village (Perithorio, where he had been president of t

Farther Right Than the Right
0

Farther Right Than the Right

1989-10-01

The secret services of the junta use a resisting captain who is now their prisoner in order to trap

The Scent of Violets
0

The Scent of Violets

1985-10-04

A romantic girl, influenced by a popular magazine, has a series of brief adventures with her ambitio

The Cistern
3

The Cistern

2001-11-10

In 1974, a group of 11-year-old boys spend the last carefree summer of their childhood, unaware that

Three seasons
0

Three seasons

1996-11-01

An existential reflection on time and gender.

Revanche
2.6

Revanche

1983-10-01

During the night of the big earthquake that shook Athens in 1981, Yannis, a 30-year-old cinephile, f

Welcome to 'All Saints
3

Welcome to 'All Saints

2011-03-31

The trainee Orthopedic Doctor George Spyrou began his career in the fictional General Orthopedic Hos

Paperboat
0

Paperboat

2006-09-08

Sometimes coming home is not what you expect it to be.

Defunct
3.5

Defunct

2020-02-20

A 30-something failed businessman moves into his grandpa's house, the defunct WW2 veteran. His quest

About Love
0

About Love

1981-06-01

Composed of two independent, medium-length segments set against the backdrop of the early 1980s Gree

Crystal Nights
2.3

Crystal Nights

1992-09-02

In Occupied Athens, a German woman, the wife of a Greek officer, falls in love with a teenage Jewish

Modest Gods
0

Modest Gods

1987-09-16

Verandas
0

Verandas

1984-01-01

A Short Film by Christos Vakalopoulos

Roza of Smyrna
3.7

Roza of Smyrna

2016-12-22

An avid collector of Greek objects in Asia Minor, Dimitris, prepares an exhibition on multicultural