Films

A Fistful of Love

2026

Things go downhill on the set of a documentary about disability when an intern suspects the director may be manipulating his subject.

Funded by Toronto & Canada Arts Councils

Selections & honors
Salute Your Shorts Film Fest — Official SelectionBend Film 2026 — Official Selection
Director
Paul Stavropoulos
Starring
Geoffrey Arend, Nadia Alexander, Meaghan Coates
Producer
Vic Brandt
Written & Co-Produced by
Paul Stavropoulos & Meaghan Coates
Cinematographer
Justin Black
Production Designer
Brianna Ingemi

Cristo Negro

2023

History, religion, and colonialism collide with spiritual awakening, miracles, and poverty in this portrait of a tight-knit Afro-Caribbean community that worships a black Jesus Christ.

Selections & honors
Palm Springs ShortFest 2024 — Official SelectionVancouver International Film Festival 2023 — Official SelectionBig Sky Documentary Film Festival 2024 — Official SelectionAtlanta Film Festival 2023 — Official Selection
  • Palm Springs ShortFest2024Best Doc Short Nominee
  • Atlanta Film Festival2023Best Doc Short Nominee
  • Vancouver International Film Festival2023
  • Big Sky Documentary Film Festival2024
  • Odense Film Festival2023Best Doc Short Nominee
Directed, Produced & Edited by
Brendan Mills & Paul Stavropoulos
Cinematographers
Paul Stavropoulos & Dean Gold

De-Streamed

2023

Filmed in a Toronto high school at the height of the pandemic, De-Streamed follows tenacious educators and their students as they radically overhaul a practice that quietly bars capable kids from their futures.

Funded by the Canada Council for the Arts and SSHRC

Selections & honors
Cleveland International Film Festival — Official Selection
  • Cleveland International Film Festival2023
  • Pan African Film Festival2023
  • Hamilton Film Festival2023
Director, DP & Producer
Paul Stavropoulos
Editor
Mike Gallant

Older projects

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Till You Love Me

In post-production

On a camping trip with his old high school buddies, Patrick is haunted by a feminine trickster spirit, poking at repressed fears surrounding his sexual orientation.

Director
Paul Stavropoulos
Starring
Sam Abraham, Paul Stavropoulos, Charles L. Smith II
Producers
Paul Stavropoulos, Sam Abraham, Jordan Oram
Cinematographer
Jordan Oram

Shehita: A Yiddish Horror Story

2019

A Yiddish-speaking Jewish community in Quebec begins to unravel after a horrific discovery stirs up demons of the past.

Selections & honors
  • HollyShorts Film Festival2019
  • DC Shorts Film Festival2019
  • Rhode Island International Film Festival2019
Director
Dean Gold
Producers
Jordan McDonald & Paul Stavropoulos
Editor
Brendan Mills

Sexual Being

2018

Chandler is an emerging porn star and self-described sexual deviant trying to make it big in Toronto. Meaghan is a socially attuned empath and aspiring actor making experimental art films in LA. They both happen to have cerebral palsy, and they’re sick of society’s normative standards of beauty getting in the way of their dreams.

Funded by Bell Media & BravoFACT · Hot Docs Short Film Pitch 2016, 2nd Place

Selections & honors
Miami Film Festival 35 — Official Selection, Zeno Mountain Award Nominee
  • Miami Film Festival2018Zeno Mountain Award Nominee
  • Atlanta DocuFest2018
  • Cinema Touching Disability2018Finalist
  • Thessaloniki International LGBTQ Film Festival2018
Director, DP & Producer
Paul Stavropoulos
Producer
Alexis L Wood
Co-Producer
Daniel Roher
Editor
Edmund Stenson

Commercial Editing

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Brands I’ve cut for
NetflixGoogleYouTubeMarvelWalmart
NestléPepsiSalesforceNBCSpin Master

Post Production

Post Supervisor

Assistant Editor

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About

Paul Stavropoulos with a film camera on a beach
hi, I’m Paul.
Paul Stavropoulos smiling, seated on a green leather couch
dressed up

I am passionate about authentic expression, community, spirit, mentorship, and making bold and transcendent work that upends viewers’ misconceptions and ingrained beliefs.

I have worked with many of the world’s biggest brands and my films have screened in acclaimed festivals worldwide. I am an artist constantly in progress, always expanding my experience into newer, more challenging realms.

  1. Admit one ✺ Admit one ✺ Admit one
    Stowe Story Labs2026
    Selected participantSeptember Narrative Lab
    Fantastic Fest2025
    Honorable mentionFilm Pitch
    Hot Docs2016
    2nd placeShort Film Pitch · Bravo & Bell Media
  2. 1 of 50Filmmakers selected for Werner Herzog’s Black Factory Cinema Bootcamp in Cuba, and chosen as one of Herzog’s top three films2017
    Selfie of Paul with Werner Herzog
    me + werner