Marianna Kaplatzi (born in Athens, Greece) has an academic background in Cultural Studies, Film Theory & History and Translation. Since 2006, she has been working with film institutions, film festivals, cultural organisations and cinematheques in Greece & beyond (UK, Germany, Turkey) as a film curator, researcher, in communication/PR, among other positions. She joined the Athens-based “Balkan Can Kino” film collective in 2018. Her recent research interests focus on independent/grassroots cinema projects and alternative film curation, exhibition and distribution.