GREECE ANIMATED @ Annecy MIFA 2023 Brochure

GREECE ANIMATED 2023

@ ANNECY INTERNATIONAL ANIMATION FILM FESTIVAL & MARKET

ASIFA HELLAS PAVILION (MIFA BOOTH F-14)

Open from Tuesday 13th to Friday 16th June at MIFA opening hours

15 accredited participants represent 26 organizations and companies, presenting 30 projects in Development / Production or in Distribution.

VIDEOTHEQUE SCREENINGS

Accessible online until the end of the year 2023 Showcase of 17 Projects in Development / Production and 13 Projects in Distribution.

MARKET SCREENINGS - FRESH GREEK ANIMATION

Wednesday 14th June, 11:30 - 12:30

@ Impérial Palace Espace Court Métrage - MIFA

An anthology of award-winning short films produced during the pandemic thanks to a special funding by the Hellenic Ministry of Culture, managed by the Greek Film Centre.

GREECE ANIMATED: Open to co-productions - Cocktail

Thursday 15th June, 19:15 - 21:00

@ ESPACE DÉTENTE - MIFA

The New Production Ecosystem of Greek Animation and the opportunities for co-productions, presented by ASIFA HELLAS, the Greek Film Centre, and EKOME, followed by a Reception at Espace Détente in presence of all participants of the Greek Delegation, Executives, Directors and Producers.

IN COMPETITION - TV SERIES SESSION

Gegone, in the Museum "Eufyros" by Joan ZHONGA, produced by the Greek Public TV ERT, is screening in Competition at the Annecy 2023 International Animation Festival.

Scheduled in Festival Theaters Programme showcasing official selection of TV films 2 in TV Series category.

Tuesday 13th June at 11:00 - 12:25, Cinéma Pathé Pathé 5

Thursday 15th June at 17:00 - 18:25, Cinéma Pathé Pathé 5

Friday 16th June at 12:30 - 13:55, Cinéma Pathé Pathé 4

IN COMPETITION - COMMISSIONED WORKS SESSION

WWF "A Flammable Planet" by Yannis KONSTANTINIDIS and Christos

LEFAKIS, produced by NOMINT (UK) is screening in Competition at the Annecy 2023 International Animation Festival.

Scheduled in Festival Theaters Programme showcasing official selection of short films in Commissioned Works category.

Sunday 11th June at 16:00 - 17:10, Cinéma Pathé Pathé 10

Monday 12th June at 09:30 - 10:40, Cinéma Pathé Pathé 3

Tuesday 13th June at 14:30 - 15:40, Cinéma Pathé Pathé 5

Wednesday 14th June at 09:30 - 10:40, Cinéma Pathé Pathé 3

Friday 16th June at 13:30 - 14:40, Cinéma Pathé Pathé 6

MEET THE FESTIVAL PROGRAMMERS

ASIFA HELLAS Executives meet animation festival programmers in one-to-one meetings.

MEET THE PUBLISHERS

Patakis Editions and White Fox executives meet animation producers in one-to-one meetings.

ASIFA HELLAS, the Greek National Animation Association, is proud to present its updated Hellenic Animation Brochure 2023, featuring extensive information about animation production in Greece. All the entries are active in the field of animation production, distribution, promotion and education.

The creative ecosystem presented in the Brochure aims to increase extroversion and leverage project investment in Greek animation through national and international institutions and investment schemes. Furthermore, we aim to introduce the opportunities for new directors and creators from all over the world to produce their work in Greece and distribute it globally.

ASIFA HELLAS annually promotes Greek animation festivals, businesses and educational activities, to international

markets and the public. This goal is achieved annually, while our national brand "Greece Animated" becomes more prominent than ever. The evolution of the Greek animation market is steadily positive and promising, evident by the numerous projects produced annually and the increasing number of Greek animation productions in process.

Success is becoming a synonym to Greek animation and ASIFA HELLAS is a significant source of creativity, synergy and extroversion transforming Greece to a newpole of evolution for animation productions and co-productions worldwide. So, join us and enjoy the ride into the world of Greek Animation.

The National Centre of Audiovisual Media and Communication (EKOME) unceasingly supports the Greek creative community of animation, recognizing that the sector can immerge as an important pillar of domestic audiovisual production.

Through the strategic support of ASIFA HELLAS, EKOME aspires to offer a boost to the international outreach of the domestic animation community and promotes the international synergies, showcasing Greek talent on the world stage.

Meanwhile, thanks to our attractive incentives of 40% cash rebate and 30% tax relief, a considerable increase has been recorded for the last 5 years concerning the audiovisual productions implemented in Greece. Τhis bloom creates further favorable conditions for investments in infrastructure and training professionals who are actively involved in the audiovisual industry.

EKOME welcomes the dynamics of Greek animation, pledges to continue working to strengthen and promote it to an international audience and wishes all the success in this year’s participation of the Greek delegation in the Annecy MIFA market.

The Greek Film Center (GFC) has been committed to supporting the film industry and art in Greece for more than 45 years. In recent years, with the advent of digital technology the motion picture has broken new grounds. Greek animation, in particular, has acquired a new dynamic.

These two facts have led the GFC to actively support the development of Greek animation both, in the development and the production of projects, as well as its international networking.

That is why we are particularly happy that through ASIFA HELLAS once again Greek Animation has a strong presence in Annecy International Animated Film Festival & Market. We wish the best for the films, the projects and the animators participating in this event. An event which serves as a window to the global wonderful world of animation.

Konstantinos P. Kakarountas President

ASIFA HELLAS - Hellenic Animation Association

Panos Kouanis President & CEO National Centre of Audiovisual Media and Communication - EKOME

Markos Holevas President of the Board of Directors Greek Film Centre

GREECE ANIMATED 2023 ON DISPLAY AT ANNECY

WORKS IN COMPETITION

Gegone, in the Museum “Eufyros”

2022 • Stop Motion - 2D Animation • 4’32''

Director: Joan Zhonga

Production: ERT (Vassia Hatzigiannaki)

Synopsis: In the Kerameikos museum, a sculpture on the tomb of a young boy Euphiros comes to life and tells us about his own dream to become a worthy citizen of Athens.

joanzhonga@yahoo.gr

WWF ”A Flammable Planet”

2022 • 1’05”

Director: Yannis Konstantinidis and Christos Lefakis

Production: NOMINT (UK)

Synopsis: A heart-wrenching story that for the first time combines stop-motion animation with the destructive and remorseless powers of real fire.

marilena@nomint.com

ANIMATION SERIES

Aesop’s Fables

Stop Motion Clay • 10x5’ in development

Director: Joan Zhonga

Production: Konstantinos P. Kakarountas, Dahouse Studio

Synopsis: The series shows 10 representative stories from Aesop’s fables. Indicative we have created the story of “The Mouse and the Lion” where the little Mouse shows incredible strength and helps unexpectedly in a difficult situation the mighty Lion. The moral is that love and kindness are never wasted. The second episode is about the famous fable of “The Hare and the Tortoise” where the slow but persistent Tortoise beats the thoughtless and boastful Hare. The moral lesson of the story is that you can be more successful by doing things slowly and steadily than by acting quickly and carelessly. Some of the following episodes could be about “The Fox and the Bear”, “The Fox and the Grapes”, “The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse”, “The Frogs and the Ox”, “The Fox and the Crow”, “The Grasshopper and the Ants”, “The North Wind and the Sun” and “The Wolf and the Crane”.

joanzhonga@yahoo.gr | kakarountas@dahouse.gr

My Name is LULO!

2D Animation • 15x8’

Director: Effie Pappa

Production: Dr. Happy Entertainment/ Dirty Films

Synopsis: Lulo is a cheeky, kindhearted Fennec Fox kid, who loves adventures and new discoveries. In each episode, we follow Lulo in everyday life situations, while she comes across new adventures.

effiepappa@gmail.com

The Kaptens

2021 (pilot) • Hand Drawn Animation • 8’ in

development

Director: Konstantina Koukouraki

Production: Dimitris Koukourakis

Synopsis: Adventures in the sea. A father with his two sons: Captain John (father) - Captain Jim (1st son) and Captain Steve (2nd son). They fish daily in Eastern Crete, Agios Nikolaos, and the Bay of Merabello. Something new is happening every day. The nets get caught on the rocks, storms and rain break out while different fishes or various kinds of objects, ancient Greek artifacts, trash, war airplanes are caught in their nets. They meet different ships from all over the world (cruise ships, sail ships, yachts, etc.) as they travel through the bay of Merabello, Elounda, Spinalonga, Psira etc. Along with them, the rest of the company, Catherine the happy boat, Panos the submarine Mastro Manios with Mastros Manolis and Miss Mairy the coastguard.

knst.kouk@gmail.com | koukourakisdimitris@gmail.com

ANIMATION SERIES

Travel Bugs

2023 (pilot) • Stop Motion Animation - Live Action Hybrid • 26x5’

Director: Fokion Xenos

Production: NEDA FILM (Isavella Alopoudi, Amanda Livanou)

Synopsis: Louis & Jason, two stowaway bugs, explore European countries using a little girl’ s suitcase as their home and vehicle. As the girl visits, along with her parents, different destinations for holidays the uptight beetle and the adventurous ladybug get to discover the true local experience through microscopic adventures that explore the dynamics of vacations with children!

foxenosg@gmail.com | isavella@nedafilm.gr

SHORT FILMS

Trianglefish in Sea Adventures

2023 (pilot) • 3D Animation • 10x8’

Director: Ekaterini Papageorgiou

Production: White Fox (Anastasia Manou)

Synopsis: The Trianglefish, is a different fish, yellow in color and triangle in shape, and yet with his good character and his behavior, that difference doesn’t rule him out from the rest of the creatures of the sea, well, not all of them. His presence in the deep sea creates enemies and so he needs to fight the mightiest of the seas, The Great Shark. With the help of his friends, he manages to win the Great Shark and proves that true power is not in the body but in the mind and solidarity surpasses all obstacles.

natman@white-fox.gr

Amaro Drom (Our

Road)

2023 • Graduation Film • Mixed Techniques • 4’05'' in distribution

Director: Valassia Dodoulou | Ionian University

Synopsis: An experimental animation for the song Amaro Drom (Our Road), in which the lyrics are written in romani, a dialect of Greek Roma. It is referring to the “gypsies” and the images have an allegoric meaning.

valasia.thess@gmail.com

IS, or: A beautiful, tiny, reddish hair, thin as fiber

2023 • 2D Animation • 5’30''

Director: Kostas Bakouris

Production: ANIMASYROS Productions

Synopsis: Once upon… a hair, there was “IS”. The story of her life is, from the moment she sprouts on a baby’s head till she “dies” falling off from it, is a metaphor about the circle of life, about the fulfillment of our dreams and about the need to preserve diversity without becoming extinct.

kostasbakouris@yahoo.gr

SHORT FILMS

My Mother the Sea

2022 • Graduation Film • Frame by Frame • 6’

Director: Aspasia Kazeli

Production: Estonian Academy of Arts

Synopsis: “My Mother the Sea” is a short animated film, which explores and symbolically expresses my grieving process for my mother’s loss, from her passing until today. This three-year journey is captured allegorically in this film as a weaving of two parallel paths: the mother’s journey to the afterlife and the parallel grieving states of her child. From the last breath to the mourning and the only temporal salvation from it. It is an observation of her transition, which her child follows with its personal emotional dissolve.

aspoonk@gmail.com

The Honorable Lady Lien Mourlen

2021 • 3D Animation • 6’50''

Director: Eleni Xoupa

Production: Christos Dados, Giorgos Dados

Synopsis: “The incredible Lien Mourlen” is a seven-minute CG-animated film, about how cosmic forces can influence reality. Accidental or fatal chain reactions, that we do not know, can change everything for the better. A peaceful and kind lady Lien Mourlen receives a coveted letter and heads to the dock. When a sudden storm prevents the ships from arriving, Mourlen lets the letter picked up by the wind, until it travels in the sky. But, when the moon wakes up, everything will change.

chrisnts90@gmail.com

Open Wings

2023 • Stop Motion clay - 3D Photogrammetry • 5’

Director: Taxiarchis Deligiannis, Vassilis Tziouvaras

Production: Neaniko Plano

Synopsis: Upon arrival in a foreign country, a little finch bravely fights to save a wild pigeon that lies wounded in front of him. The other pigeons go after him, though, while he carries food for their injured leader.

taxdel@gmail.com | vasilis.tsiouvaras@gmail.com

Tales

2022 • Graduation Film • 2D Animation • 15’

Director: Daphni Vassiliki Thermidi

Production: University of West Attica

Synopsis: In a dark Castle, set in a fantasy world, a Princess wakes up from a haunting nightmare. Meanwhile in a village far away, Chester the famous storyteller is busy telling his amazing fairytales, when a letter from King Eric III arrives, demanding his presence in a celebration.

daphy@windowslive.com

SHORT FILMS

The Story of Dog

2023 • 2D Animation • 6’

Director: Konstantinos Moussoulis

Production: Konstantinos Moussoulis, Angel Media

Synopsis: Once upon a time in a land far far away a special boy was born. He was raised by animals in the middle of a forest until one day he was left alone to fend for himself. Humans discovered him, felt sorry for him and took him with them in their picturesque village. The strange boy possessed a rare gift. His eyes were kind and his soul was pure and just a smile was enough to fill the heart of anyone with a strong dosage of happiness. Men and women would travel from all around the world just so they could meet him. Their worries and burdens would disappear just by a simple look from his pure eyes. People started depending on the little boy for their happiness and were neglecting their God. They would not go to their temples and most of them even stopped praying. Until the time arrived when God became furious and decided to descend on earth to punish the gifted little boy...

kostasmousoulis@gmail.com

Good Friday

2023 • 2D Animation • 10’

in development

Director: Loukia Tzortzopoulou, Kostas Tagkalakis

Production: Kostas Tagalakis

Synopsis: During Easter Week of 1944 in occupied Greek countryside, 7-year- old Anastasia is determined to offer a flower to a young prisoner that has just been transferred to the local prison near her house.

lussaki@gmail.com | kostas@outoftheboxfilms.gr

Defence

2022 • 2D & 3D Animation - Digital Painting • 4-5’

Director: Konstantinos P. Kakarountas

Production: Dahouse Studio, Rabbeats

Synopsis: A policeman is doing his winter patrol in a metropolis. Thinking it will be a classic patrol, suddenly everything takes a different turn. All he has left is his defence.

info@dahouse.gr | kakarountas@dahouse.gr

SHORT FILMS

Lola

Stop Motion • 2D Animation • 7-9’

Director: Kleopatra Korai

Production: Lokey/ Asterisk Films

Synopsis: Lola is 6 years old. The playground gives her joy. She climbs on the swing and guides us into the world of her imagination, with everything she loves to do in her day and night. Reality and fantasy are entangled. In Lola’s world, words have no sound, because Lola communicates through sign language. Her language takes shape, words break apart, creating images and unraveling stories that build a unique world where Lola loses herself. She dives head first into ice cream, dances with dinosaur and plays with her real and imaginary friends alike. She is startled back to the real world of the playground when a kid suggests they move on to the next game together. How different is the world of a deaf child? Probably as different and unique as the child that creates it, any child.

“Lola” is an animated film for children. It has been conceived with the deaf in mind, but it is being created for all audiences, deaf and “listening”. It aims to highlight that different is not foreign and one can only gain by shared experiences. Learning a few “words” in a new language, sign language, is a bonus.

kleopatra@lokey.gr | info@lokey.gr

Your God

2D Animation • 4’

Director: Ioannis Chatzistavris

Synopsis: Yannis, a young kid, has as a class assignment to draw a picture of god. His drawing does not meet his teacher’s expectations, who makes fun of him in class. School finishes and Yannis makes his way home sad and sceptical. He enters home and hugs his sick mother. She pays no attention to him. Undaunted, he goes to the kitchen, where his father serves lunch. His father, not knowing how to show his love, leaves after caressing his hair. The child saves some food and places it symmetrically, like an offering to the god, on his plate. He enters his room, opens the window and places the plate/offering on the windowsill. A cat appears and starts eating. The cat then enters the room and plays with the child. Who is now evidently happier. Dad calls Yannis who leaves the room, the cat leaves too. Yannis returns and opens his bag in order to do his homework, he sees tucked inside the drawing for which he was ridiculed in class. He takes a moment to think and then pins the drawing on the wall. It’s a drawing of a cat.

jochatzi@gmail.com

Zebra’s Island

2D Animation • 10’

Director: Alexandros Kostopoulos

Production: Ioanna Soultani | GFC | ERT-Microfilm

Synopsis: In a distant country, when someone turns 70, he is transported via a zebra-drawn carriage, to a castle built on an island, as he can no longer offer to the community. A little girl (7) must find a way to reach the island and find her beloved grandfather.

Presentation video: vimeo.com/706426882

alexkosto@gmail.com | info@soulproductions.gr

SHORT FILMS

The synthetic age

2022 • 2D Animation • 6’09''

Director: Dimitris Armenakis

Production: Frenel Production Services (Alexis Anastassiadis)

Synopsis: In a city where people consume cartoons, a cartoon dog hunter reconciles with its two cartoon friends, Red and Green and together they try to escape from humans.

dimrmn91@gmail.com

The Fall

2023 • 2D Animation • 8’

Director: Stefanos Pletsis

Production: NEDA Film, Stefanos Pletsis

Synopsis: The movie follows the journey of a child who, as he grows up, realizes the knowledge and way of thinking that his father gave him and uses it to achieve his goals and overcome obstacles. The narration is done through two parallel stories, one set in the past in 1972 and the other in the present day of 2008. In one case, we follow an astronaut in danger on a space station (2008). In the other, we follow a child and his father as they go to watch the launch of NASA’s first manned mission (1972). At the end, the connection between the two stories is revealed.

st.pletsis@gmail.com | info@nedafilm.gr

Andromeda

2023 • 2D Animation • 30’

Director: Daphne Xourafi

Producer: Daphne Xourafi

Synopsis: A forbidden romance is born when Andromeda, a rich heiress from Earth falls in love with Caleb, a poor worker from Mars, starting a war which causes a long rift between utopia and dystopia to be finally dealt with.

dafnixouraf9@gmail.com

FEATURE ANIMATION

Karagiozis, the Movie

2022 • 2D & 3D Animation • 74’ in distribution

Director: Akis Karras, Ekaterini Papageorgiou, Christos Livaditis

Production: White Fox (Anastasia Manou)

Synopsis: Commander decides to appoint a public secretary to serve the citizens since his employees are forced to neglect their work to serve the illiterate people of the region in their written needs. Hatziavatis undertakes to find the right one until he meets Karagiozis who guides him for his grammar knowledge and hilariously takes over his duties and the post, after impressing Commander with his qualifications.

natman@white-fox.gr

Must Love Blood

2D Animation • 110’ in development

Director: Stephie Theodora (temp)

Production: Addart Productions (Funny Tales)

Synopsis: Russel is a traditional slasher that wears a plain white mask and terrorizes a campground with an axe. One night, he’s about to kill some unsuspecting victims gathered around a fire, when another slasher beats him to the punch. Russel finds himself face-to-face with his female doppelganger, Donna, and it’s love at first sight.

zen.savvaidis@gmail.com | kazantzisdimi@gmail.com

ANIMATED DOCUMENTARIES

Hellenic Places: Hydra

2D Animation • 15’ in development

Director: Dimitris Kousandas

Production: ANIMASYROS Productions | Region of Attica | Municipality of Hydra Island | COSMOTE TV

Synopsis: Having the Neolithic period as a starting point, the film tells the story of Hydra island, highlights its important role during the Greek Revolution and after the establishment of the modern Greek state.

films@animasyros.gr

Hellenic Places: Missolonghi

2D Animation • 15’ in development

Director: Daphne Xourafi

Production: ANIMASYROS Productions | Municipality of the Sacred City of Messolonghi | COSMOTE TV

Synopsis: Following a bird living in the lagoon landscape, the first animated film about the history of Missolonghi approaches the city as a timeless “little farm” presenting major and smaller events from antiquity to the present day.

films@animasyros.gr

COMMISSIONED FILMS

Why are Cockroaches so hard to kill?

2022 • 2D Animation • 5’12”

Director: Irida Zhonga

Production: TED-Ed

Synopsis: Can cockroaches even die?! From poison to brandished slippers, these insects seem to weather just about everything we throw at them. Dig into the genetic adaptations of cockroaches and find out what makes it so hard to kill them in this animated TED-Ed lesson.

iridazhonga@yahoo.com

You.gr Surfer

2022 • Stop Motion Animation • 37’’

Director: Irida Zhonga

Production: Norro Group

Synopsis: This campaign is part of you.gr’s brand reposition. This professional campaign titled ‘It’s all about you / Soccer Fan’ was published in Greece in October 2022 and it was featured on Ads Of The World.

iridazhonga@yahoo.com

You.gr Football Player

2022 • Stop Motion Animation • 37’’

Director: Irida Zhonga

Production: Norro Group

Synopsis: This campaign is part of you.gr’s brand reposition. This professional campaign titled ‘It’s all about you / Soccer Fan’ was published in Greece in October 2022 and it was featured on Ads Of The World.

iridazhonga@yahoo.com

TRANSMEDIA PROJECTS

Detective Takis Robotakis

3D Animation • Game - Series - Feature in development

Director: Dimitris Patrikios

Production: Simio (Anastasia Dimitra)

Synopsis: Α 360 project for children (6-11-year-old)

Detective Takis Robotakis mission is to discover the hidden secrets of the ancient world, mastering the power of knowledge. Takis Robotakis, takes over missions from the leader N.P. (a live hero who lives inside a spaceship and has access to information). Takis and his companion (a robotic dog) try to find Ariadne, a little girl who was mysteriously adopted by the museum evil spirit.

The few clues leading the team to travel through time. The heroes consist of a very interesting team, they exchange information, solving riddles and mysteries. Every piece of information is communicated to the little viewers through clever and humorous dialogue.

TV series 8x10’: The adventure begins in exploration of a series of important ancient sites, looking for Ariadne’s trails. Interactive game: A first person Journey through Time and Knowledge, to the secrets of Attica.

Feature film: Takis Robotakis’ new mission is to discover where the nymph Aegina is, daughter of Asopus, who was stolen by Zeus and settled on the uninhabited island of Oinoni

sirdim@hotmail.com | anadimitra1@gmail.com

SPECIAL MIFA SCREENINGS

FRESH GREEK ANIMATION

CAT POSTALE

2022 • Short Film • 2D Computer • 9’

Director: Zacharias Mavroeidis

Production: Microlake Productions, Wild at Heart

Synopsis: A stray cat, at the verge of puberty, searches for the man who marked her childhood across an island where humans have disappeared.

ECHO

2021 • Short Film • 2D Computer • 11’

Director: Sergio Kotsovoulos

Production: ADDART | Please Insert Coin

Synopsis: Ellie avoids verbal communication because she hears an ECHO of -what she thinks to be- the thoughts of the speaker. She survives thanks to her landlady. Manu moves into the apartment across. Day by day, their routines echo each other’s.

sergiofk@gmail.com | savvaidis.d@gmail.com

IN BETWEEN

2021 • Short Film • Stop Motion - Puppets • 6’

Director: Effie Pappa

Production: MARNI FILMS

Synopsis: Vicky doesn’t have time to eat her breakfast, little Andreas can’t cross the street due to heavy traffic, a banker in urgent need to go to the toilet can’t find the right time. Time suddenly freezes and like a mannequin challenge everything stops. Apart from them.

effiepappa@gmail.com | mina@marnifilms.gr

MINE

2021 • Short Film • 2D Animation • 8’

Director: Daphne Xourafi

Production: Daphne Xourafi

Synopsis: Amina is a girl living in the big city, working from home on her laptop every day. When adult life pressures reach an all-time high and her anxiety peaks, her house comes alive in very strange and unusual ways, forcing her to face an invisible enemy to save her workday, her flat and herself.

daphnexouraf9@gmail.com

SPECIAL MIFA SCREENINGS

FRESH GREEK ANIMATION

FUGA

2023 • Short Film • 3D Animation • 10’

Director: Antonis Ntousias

Production: Antonis Ntousias

Synopsis: In a machine dominated claustrophobic world, population has been turned into a passive mass, trapped in a vicious circle of work-obedi- ence-reproductionconsumption. When some- one out of the depersonalized crowd reaches the limits of his tolerance and endurance, an opportunity to escape is presented. Still, as it is ultimately revealed, even the very notion of escaping and being a fugitive [Fuga] is part of the imprisonment.

adonisdouss@yahoo.com

KAFKA’S COLLECTION OF PORN

2023 • Short Film • 2D Animation • 6’

Director: Aristotelis Maragkos

Production: Fresh Films (Greece)

Synopsis: An episodic, animated biopic of Kafka, inspired by rumors of his collection of pornography. He writes - masturbates - dies. And within him we discover ourselves.

konstantinos.vassilaros@gmail.com

PINK MOUNTAIN

2022 • Short Film • Stop Motion Animation • 8’

Director: Thomas Künstler

Production: StudioBauhaus

Synopsis: Ioannina, Greece, 1809. A competition starts between Ali Pasha and a young florist for the eyes of Vasiliki.

info@studiobauhaus.gr

CANARY

2022 • Short Film • 2d Animation • 5’

Director: Chrysoula Korovesi, Marios Gampierakis

Production: Chrysoula Korovesi

Synopsis: A canary is born in captivity amongst other caged birds. A coal miner is experiencing the hardships and risk of everyday labour. The two of them will meet and form a special bond of companionship and solidarity, vital to their existence in this harsh environment under the surface of the earth, until a violent incident will rupture their routine and awaken them.

xkorovesi@gmail.com

The Greek national delegation @ANNECY - MIFA 2023 is made possible with the kind support of the National Centre for Audiovisual Media and Communication - EKOME and the Greek Film Centre.

PUBLISHER

ASIFA HELLAS - Hellenic Animation Association

Agias Markelis 17, 11855 Athens, GR

asifagreece@gmail.com www.asifahellas.eu

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Konstantinos P. Kakarountas President

Irida Zhonga Vice-President

Alecos Papadatos Manager & Treasure

Fokion Xenos Member

Dimitris Savvaidis Member

CREDITS

Irida Zhonga Research & Content Coordinator

Maria Mavroeidi Content Research

Eleni Michalaki National Delegation Production Manager

Nassia Kefala Greece Animated Logo Design

Phevos Lamprou Visual Identity & Editorial Design

Red Pear, Whale Graphics Printings

SPECIAL THANKS TO the old Board of Directors for their support and guidance

Vassilis C. Karamitsanis

Panagiotis Kyriakoulakos

Anastasia Dimitra

Spyros Siakas

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