ANIMATION FESTIVAL
20.–23.5.2021 ONLINE

Special screening: ASIFA Hellas

The Greek animation is celebrating 75 years of existence! This screening inludes a collection of Greek animated films created by women directors. And it’s free! Watch screening here.

Enough

Director: Anna Mantzaris
Technique: Puppet animation
Duration: 2 min 22 sec
Year: 2018

The film captures instantly relatable moments of emotional exasperation that offer a glimpse into the anarchy of our inner desires.

My Mother’s a Coat

Director: Marie Margaux Tsakiri Scanatovits
Technique: 2D drawn animation
Duration: 6 min 07 sec
Year: 2010

This film is about the confessions of the filmmaker’s Italian mother about her life in Greece. It is based on an interview about motherhood in which she speaks about her arrival in post-dictatorship Greece in the 70s.

Abeyance

Director: Eleni Miltsi
Technique: Stop-motion
Duration: 6 min 31 sec
Year: 2011

An old woman lives isolated and alone in an apartment building. She passes the time cleaning the house.

The ashes a love story as told by Stephen fry

Director: Ir. Zhonga
Technique: Stop-motion
Duration: 1 min 36 sec
Year: 2015

The story of The Ashes is actually a love story. Stephen Fry tells us how a perfume jar became the Small But Special symbol of the rivalry between England and Australia.

The Sempiternal Quest

Director: P. Katsari
Technique: 2D drawn animation
Duration: 5 min 20 sec
Year: 2017

A film about obstacles and dreams.

The Machine

Director: Ioanna Varsou
Technique: 2D piirrosanimaatio
Duration: 7 min 56 sec
Year: 2017

The film deals with time.

Braches of Life

Director: K. Athanasopoulou
Technique: 2D drawn animation
Duration: 4 min 13 sec
Year: 2016

A woman under sedation for a lung operation sinks inside her own unconscious. Made for Body Of Songs and Andreya Triana’s Branches Of Life.

From the Same Thread

Director: Phaedra Derizioti, Lorène Friesenbichler & Antonia Piña
Technique: Stop-motion
Duration: 3 min 06 sec
Year: 2017

Being attached to a platform limits her in every way, allowing nothing but a single sound in her life. One day a new sound appears, and with it the desire to reach it.

My Stuffed Granny

Director: Ef. Pappa
Technique: Stop-motion
Duration: 9 min 34 sec
Year: 2014

The film focuses on the relationship between a granddaughter and her grandmother and takes an optimistic look at today’s social crisis: a little girl tries to grow seeds from food leftovers in order to feed her whole family

Icebergs

Director: Ir.Vianelli
Technique: Stop-motion
Duration: 10 min
Year: 2018

“Icebergs” is based on Efthimi Philip’s book “Scenes”, is an existential, black comedy.