Syllas Tzoumerkas  Syllas Tzoumerkas () is a Greek film director, screenwriter, and actor. Syllas Tzoumerkas was born in Thessaloniki. He studied theatre and directing for Film and Television at the and the University of Athens. In 2000, Syllas Tzoumerkas directed the short film "The Devouring Eyes" ("Ta Matia Pou Trone") that was selected by the Cinéfondation of the 2001 Cannes Film Festival and won the Jury Prize at the 2001 Karlovy Vary International Film Festival. His first feature film "Homeland" ("Hora Proelefsis") had its world première at the International Critics' Week of the 67th Venice International Film Festival. "Homeland" participated in several international film festivals and won 5 Awards of the Hellenic Film Academy (best first film director, best supporting role actress for Ioanna Tsirigouli, original music, editing and make-up). As an actor, Syllas Tzoumerkas participated in feature films "Wasted Youth" (2011) by Argyris Papadimitropoulos and Jan Vogel Rotterdam International Film Festival and The Eternal Return of Antonis Paraskevas (2013) by Elina Psykou (Berlin International Film Festival). The script for his second feature film "A Blast" won the Eurimages Co-production Award at the Cinelink co-production market of the 2012 Sarajevo film festival. "A Blast"', a Greek-German-Dutch-Italian 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), São Paulo International Film Festival (Competition New Directors), Rotterdam International Film Festival 2015 (Limelight), among others. It was theatrically released in several countries (Greece, Germany, Italy, Holland, Poland, Denmark, Australia, etc.) and was picked up for VOD and DVD release in the United States by Indiepix Films. In the international press, the critical reception of the film varied from great and mostly favourable reviews in Screen Daily, Indiewire, The Hollywood Reporter, Der Spiegel to mixed in Variety and negative in We Got this Covered. In 2016, Syllas Tzoumerkas co-signed the script and appeared as an actor in Argyris Papadimitropoulos' film "Suntan" (Rotterdam International Film Festival 2016, Best International Film - Edinburgh International Film Festival).