About · Corfu, Greece
Mirjan Gjergjevica
Mirjan Gjergjevica is a self-taught film director based in Corfu, Greece, making documentaries, short films, music videos and commercials about memory, identity and place.
Born in Albania in 1989 and raised in Greece, Mirjan studied acting and video art at IEK Corfu and the Ionian University, then learned the craft on television crews before founding Mirjan Films, a Corfu-based studio for commercials, short films and documentaries.
The work keeps returning to cultural identity, heritage and history, and leans on image, music and sound as much as on words.
The Jews of Corfu (2022), made independently over seventeen months with no outside funding, was selected for the 24th Thessaloniki Documentary Festival and the 19th San Francisco Greek Film Festival, and was covered by ERT and LiFO. It was followed by Sound of Repentance (2025), a psychological short film written, directed and shot by Mirjan.
Timeline
- 1989
Born in Albania. Raised in Greece.
- Studies
Acting and video art at IEK Corfu and the Ionian University.
- Television
Camera and crew work for television productions.
- Mirjan Films
Founds a Corfu-based studio for commercials, short films and documentaries.
- 2016
First music videos: “Time Trap” (Konstantinos Papoutsis) and “Δαιμονίζομαι” (Endinos).
- 2022
The Jews of Corfu, selected for the 24th Thessaloniki Documentary Festival and the 19th San Francisco Greek Film Festival.
- 2024
The Jews of Corfu released in full on YouTube.
- 2025
Sound of Repentance, a psychological short film, premieres on YouTube.
Press
- “Οι Εβραίοι της Κέρκυρας”: Κερκυραϊκή υπογραφή στο 24ο Διεθνές Φεστιβάλ Ντοκιμαντέρ Θεσσαλονίκης ↗
- Οι Εβραίοι της Κέρκυρας: Ένα ντοκιμαντέρ για μια ξεχασμένη κοινότητα αιώνων ↗
- 24ο Φεστιβάλ Ντοκιμαντέρ Θεσσαλονίκης: Τα ελληνικά ντοκιμαντέρ ↗
- Όλες οι ελληνικές ταινίες του 24ου Φεστιβάλ Ντοκιμαντέρ Θεσσαλονίκης ↗
- ‘The Jews of Corfu’ at Thessaloniki Documentary Festival ↗
- «Οι Εβραίοι της Κέρκυρας» στο Φεστιβάλ Ντοκιμαντέρ Θεσσαλονίκης ↗
- Review: The Jews of Corfu ↗