Maria Kontogianni was born in Athens, Greece. In 2004 she started working in the production of TV Commercials and Corporate Events and in 2010 she established the 1st Int/nal Film Festival of Patmos (IFFP). She then moved to Berlin where she coordinated and supervised more than 19 awarded feature co-productions on the side of Twenty - Twenty Vision and Pallas Film. In 2015 she returned to her hometown to set a new base for multi-disciplinary film projects in the digital era.As from 2021, Maria established the company WILD AT HEART aiming to create audiovisual works of unique cinematic vision and to foster long-lasting collaborations between foreign and national talent.She holds a BSc in Business Administration (ACG 2001) and a Master’s Degree in Audiovisual Management (Media Business School of the European Union, 2011). She is a member of the European Film Academy, the HFA (Hellenic Film Academy) and SAPOE (Audiovisual Producers’ Association of Greece). She was selected at the Cannes IFF (2024) as a Producer on the Move. She is an EAVE Producers alumna.