Kallia Papadaki is a Greek author and screenwriter. 

She studied economics in Bard College and Brandeis University, USA and directing in the Hellenic Cinema and Television School Stavrakos. 

Her novel Δενδρίτες (Dendrites, Polis Editions) was awarded the Young Author Award from the Greek literary journal Clepsydra in 2016, and the European Union Prize for Literature (EUPL) in 2017. It has been translated in English, French, Spanish, German among many other languages. Her short story collection Ο ήχος του ακάλυπτου (The Back lot sound, Polis Editions), was awarded the prize for best new author from the Diavazo literary magazine in 2010. In 2011, her short story Άγης και Μαίρη (Agis and Mary) represented Greece as part of Scritture Giovanni in the Berlin, Madova, and Hay literary festivals.

Her feature script for Penny Panayotopoulou’s film September won the International Balkan Fund Script Development Award in 2010 and received a Nipkow scholarship in Berlin in 2011. The film premiered at the official competition of the 48th Karlovy Vary IFF. Her sophomore feature script Wishbone is an adaptation based on her short story 40 Days. The film premiered at the World Competition section of the 36th Galway Fleadh, won the audience award at the 65th Thessaloniki IFF and will be released in France by Epicentre Films in 2025. 

She works as a commissioning editor and script consultant. She is a mentor at the Pop Up Film Residency and a script advisor at ERT’s microfilm funding for emerging directors. She teaches screenwriting in the Hellenic Cinema and Television School Stavrakos and creative writing in the post-graduate department of the Metropolitan College in Athens.