Biography

Romanna Lobach was already acting in films at 11 years old and by 2013 she had graduated from Athens Conservatoire Drama School with a B.A. in acting. She has performed in over 25 feature films and shorts that have premiered in festivals such as Cannes, Venice, Rotterdam, and New York, among others, winning awards at festivals in Greece and abroad for some of her most recent work; Olla (Ariane Labed, 2019), I don't want to forget anything (Vaggelio Soumeli 2021) and March 4 (Dimitris Nakos, 2015). Her work at the McCann advertising agency as a copywriter and also working for various production companies in a multitude of different posts, equipped her with invaluable experience and training. In 2018, she founded AKRAN Creative Company, a boutique production house where as a producer and creative director she's developing multiple projects with emerging directors of bold and unique voice. The past two years, she attended European Short Pitch, Torino Short Film Market, Brussels Co-Production Forum and Crossroads Co-Production Forum at Thessaloniki IFF with projects in development, while she has finished 9 films in two years, with the most recent of Manolis Mavris, Midnight Skin, which premiered in 62nd Semaine de la Critique in Cannes 2023. Romanna is an alumna of Berlinale and Sarajevo Talents, Locarno Industry Days and New Producers Room in Cannes Court Métrage, spotlit producer at Marche du Film 2023 and a member of the Hellenic Film Academy and Hellenic Producer's Association.