The first Greek animated film is Duce Narrates by Stamatis Polenakis. The multi-talented Aristarchos also co-edited 70 Years of Greek Animation which ASIFA Hellas published to celebrate the occasion. During his presentation at the festival, he talked about his work as co-creator of the educational animated series A Letter – A Story which is designed to teach Greek primarily to young people but can also be used as a digital interactive learning tool by anyone of any age who wants to learn the language. His illustrations have graced magazines and television shows. Illustrator Aristarchos Papadaniel is a co-founder of Studio Syllipsis. The entire film was screened in the festival cinema followed by a question & answer session with Oleksandra. The world just doesn’t need another snub-nosed, big-eyed heroine. Unfortunately, the character designs left a lot to be desired for me. I liked the background designs and the costumes which beautifully represented traditional Ukrainian culture. She told her audience about the film’s plot in detail and screened the trailer. Oleksandra Lutsenko, line producer of Mavka, the Forest Song, represented Animagrad Animation Studio. When she falls in love with a mortal their romance faces numerous challenges. Mavka is the soul of the forest and its guardian. Directed by Aleksandra Ruban, the film is set in a vast Ukrainian forest which is home to mythological creatures. Mavka, the Forest Song is a Ukrainian feature film currently in release. He also showed the audience how to use the tools to create a beautifully balanced composition. His workshop Visual Language – Color and Composition analyzed elements that are part of the visual language as well as demonstrating the psychology of visual communication. In 2010 he was nominated for an Emmy for his work on the documentary Death Masks for the History Channel. Nick Deligaris, a Thessaloniki native, is an illustrator, 3D artist and graphic designer. He also held a drawing and gave away a package of Toon Boom software to one lucky audience member. Toon Boom regional sales manager Frederico Vallarino demonstrated the various applications of the products as well as giving us a peek at some of the new innovations that we will see in the future. Toon Boom is a leading Canadian supplier of animation and storyboard software for animation studios and media production houses. Now that the film is almost completed I am looking forward to seeing it at festivals. I first saw Man Wanted when Irida presented it at the Anima Syros pitching competition and then again at Animarkt 2017 when the project was further along. Man Wanted is the first Greek/Estonian co-production so Irida talked about the difficulties encountered in an international co-production and how she made it all work to end up with a successful film. In her presentation, the audience was taken step by step through all of the production stages, from concept and design to pitching as well as how to fund the film. As he tries to get away from the women he realizes that what he is really running away from is his fear of commitment. As a young man enters the station full of ads with beautiful women on them, the women come to life and begin to chase him. The film is set in a 1950’s New York subway station. Her current project is a short stop-motion film titled Man Wanted. Her father is the award-winning Greek animator Joan Zhonga, and Irida helped him in his studio from a very early age. Independent Greek animator Irida Zhonga is a stop-motion animation director and she comes by her talent naturally. The fact that all screenings and presentations were free for everyone was the icing on the cake.Įach of the festival guests gave a special presentation or master class that was aimed at the Greek professional animation community. Add to the screenings three days of special presentations and workshops and you have an ideal festival. Dimitris Savvaidis, festival founder and director, not only knows how to program excellent films he is also a most gracious host. Thessaloniki is a beautiful city full of ancient architecture and delicious food, making it the perfect place for an animation festival.
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