about

Konstantinos Menelaou is a filmmaker with a strong background in art curation and creative production. He earned his MA in Fine Art from Central Saint Martin's in 2009, following his studies in Media Arts at the University of Westminster. His films and video works have been showcased at prestigious festivals and galleries worldwide, including BFI Flare London, Queer Lisboa, Thessaloniki Film Festival, Barbican Gallery, Kunsthall Charlottenborg, Centre Pompidou, and Reeling Chicago.

Menelaou began his career as a researcher and editor for White Cube Gallery (2008– 2009) in London before becoming a creative producer for Diane Pernet’s ASVOFF festival in Paris in 2012. From 2012 to 2015, he served as the art curator and creative producer for the Fringe! Film & Arts Festival in London. In 2013, he founded The Queer Archive, an arts platform dedicated to showcasing and promoting the work of queer artists through exhibitions and art events, as well as his own film productions and in 2020, in collaboration with the Onassis Foundation, he launched and curated The Queer Archive Festival in Athens, which ran until 2022.

In 2018, Menelaou wrote, directed, and produced his debut feature film He Loves Me, which was distributed internationally by Salzgeber & Co, TLA, and Optimale. The film was screened at festivals across the globe and won the Best Cinematography Award at QFest Texas.
Menelaou completed Female in 2025, an experimental film funded by the Greek Film Centre, exploring the life and work of Greek actress Aliki Vougiouklaki, and he is completing the documentary California Sober in collaboration with Tom of Finland foundation in Los Angeles. Simultaneously, he is developing Little boy, a film based on the true story of bullying victim Vagelis Yiakoumakis, as well as A shaded view: My life in fashion, a feature-length documentary on the life and work of Diane Pernet.