Athena Xenidou is a Cypriot producer, writer and director. She is the co-founder of XMAS Productions, a company aiming at producing entertainment for local and international distribution. Xenidou is now in development of Socrates & Soc, a feature-length animated film. She has co-written the screenplay with Barry Cook (director of Walt Disney's Mulan), and she is to co-direct the film once in production.