Maria Kontogianni has built her career on set since 2004, producing TV commercials and corporate events. In 2010, she established the Int/nal Film Festival of Patmos, and soon after moved to Berlin where she supervised 19 internationally awarded co-productions on the side of Twenty Twenty Vision and Pallas Film. In 2015, she returned to Greece to lay the foundations for multi-disciplinary film projects tailored to the digital era.
In 2021, she founded WILD AT HEART dedicated to producing original, author-driven stories with a “wild heart”; daring, emotionally resonant and culturally layered audiovisual works of unique cinematic vision that foster long-lasting collaborations between Greek and international talent.
She holds a BSc in Business Administration from the American College of Greece (2001) and a Master’s Degree in Audiovisual Management from the EU Media Business School (2011).
She is a member of EFA (European Film Academy), HFA (Hellenic Film Academy) and SAPOE (Audiovisual Producers’ Association of Greece).
She is a Producer on the Move (Cannes IFF 2024) and an alumna of EAVE Producers Workshop 2025.