Alexandra Matheou

Alexandra Matheou

Director · Writer

Biography

Alexandra Matheou is a screenwriter and director. Her work explores the intersection of the intimate and the social, with a focus on female subjectivity, class, and belonging. Set within shifting folds of reality, her films often inhabit the space between the ordinary and the absurd. Her short films have screened at festivals and museums worldwide. Her latest short film, Free Eliza (Notes on an Anatomical Imperfection), premiered at Quinzaine des Cinéastes in Cannes.

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Awards and Honors

Critical Favorites

24 Hours with a Jock (While He Is Trying to Buy Weed in a Pandemic)
2023Nominee

Career Highlight

24 Hours with a Jock (While He Is Trying to Buy Weed in a Pandemic)

A Summer Place
2021Nominee

Best Director

A Summer Place

Free Eliza (Notes on an Anatomical Imperfection)
2026Nominee

Best Director

Free Eliza (Notes on an Anatomical Imperfection)