Nick Kremm

Nikos Kremmydas (born February 25, 2006), known professionally as Nick Kremm, is a Greek filmmaker, actor, musician and entrepreneur known for creating and being the CEO of the Akida International Film Festival.[1][2]

Nikos Kremmydas was born in Athens, Greece, and lived there until he and his family moved to Seville, Spain, in 2019. As a kid he made several short films with his friends. In 2022 he lived for a while on Bergen, Norway as an exchange student.[3]

In 2022, he met Dimitris Pontikakis, with whom he decided to write and produce his biggest project to date, "La Máscara de Janus", which took over 10 months to complete.[4]

By that year, Nick and Dimitris founded Akida Corporation, a youth media company, which later became the Akida International Film Festival by the next year.[5] At just 16 years old, Nick, with financial support from his parents, formalized the festival, sponsored by Unión Cine Ciudad.

The first edition of Akida took place from September 2 to 9, 2023, at Avenida 5 Cines and Multicines Metromar, marking a success for the first edition.[6]

Their short film "Janu's Mask" premiered on September 6, 2023, at the 1st Akida International Film Festival out of competition. A month later of its premiere, it was digitally released for rent on Prime Video in the US and UK.[7]

During his stay as an exchange student in Norway, he worked with the production company Rett Vest,[3] being the cinematographer of the cancelled short film "A Stylish Shirt" or starring as a lead actor in "Power Bank" and "The Road Not Taken", later retitled "Crossroad" both of them were selected for the Bergen International Film Festival on the 2023 and 2024 editions respectively.[8] [9] 

While in Norway, he was closely involved with the West Norwegian Film Centre and also produced a film podcast on Spotify with their sponsorship.[10] He was also part of the Amalie Skram Revyen band, one of Bergen's most important events each year, playing the saxophone.[11]

In 2024, he appeared in a TV interview on the Canal Sur program "Una De Cine" with Manuel Bellido.[12]