Athens Animation Agora 2018 Official Catalogue

22-24 September 2018 Onassis Cultural Centre, Athens

NAME: COMPANY: E-MAIL: PASSION: ANIMATION

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Secretariat General for Media and Communication

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Embassy of France in Greece

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National Centre of Audiovisual Media and Communication - EKOME S.A.

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Onassis Culture

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3A Coordinator

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3A Program

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Pitching Training Session

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Sales & Domestic Distribution: Roundtable

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Distribution - Territory focus: SE Mediterranean: Roundtable

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Applications - Video Games: Roundtable

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KID’s Content: Roundtable

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Distribution – Festivals: Roundtable

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Education/Production - Film Schools: Roundtable

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Production - Software Showcase

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Production - Large-scale Productions Showcase

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Team

Animation, is, in a way, the act of ‘bringing to life’: the creative process through which an inanimate object acquires a name, a backstory and - most importantly- a purpose. Its malleable nature tends to enthrall our senses and turn ideas and facts into experiences and emotions. Besides the creative aspect of animation, there is an entire industry that thrives around it, creating bonds with filmmaking, television, gaming, advertising, education and so on. In this context, our top priority is to develop a financial toolbox in order to support the local audiovisual industry. The recent Law 4487/2017, that introduced a cash rebate support scheme for all audiovisual productions in Greece - including animation and video games- was only the beginning.

Lefteris Kretsos Deputy Minister of Digital Policy, Telecommunications and Media

A new €916 million program for supporting SMEs and Startups through business loans from the Hellenic Fund for Entrepreneurship & Development (ETEAN S.A.) will soon be launched for audiovisual productions, while an Audiovisual Sector Guarantee Facility up to €25 millions will be available by the end of the year. Likewise, a specialized state Fund of Funds (VCs) of €50 million will soon support all investments in audiovisual production.

But, when it comes to business we strongly believe in a culture of openness; in this context, along with Animasyros Festival, we put together Athens Animation Agora, for the purpose of bringing together industry professionals, producers and artists. The above steps are of critical importance for our local animation community to grow and strengthen its ties with the global audiovisual industry. And this is a mission we are committed to accomplish.

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3A, Athens Animation Agora: what a great initiative by the talented Animasyros team! The Embassy of France and the French Institute of Greece have supported Animasyros festival for a long time. We appreciate its high quality.

France has a prominent place in the field of animation and we are delighted to offer our support for the new innovation market that will be developed in Athens through our MAZINNOV Greek-French innovation network.

This support is another proof of the close ties between France and Greece, which have actually strengthened during the financial crisis. The creation of an animation market in Greece is in itself an innovation.

Christophe Chantepy Ambassador of France to Greece

We have no doubt it will become a success story!

Our best wishes are with you!

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Dear friends, The National Centre of Audiovisual Media and Communication – EKOME S.A. welcomes the 1st Athens Animation Agora (3A) at Animasyros Festival, this new and innovative network of professionals in the field of animation production, hosted by the Onassis Cultural Centre. EKOME S.A. supports and promotes all actions in the Greek audiovisual sector that are interlinked with its strategic mission:

• To promote the national audiovisual industry as one of the economy’s key development components, through the “cash rebate” scheme for boosting domestic and foreign audiovisual productions in Greece.

Panos Kouanis President and CEO EKOME S.A.

• To operate as a centre for the national audiovisual and digital archives policy,

• and to develop a framework for promoting the audiovisual education of all citizens in the national and international scene.

At EKOME S.A. we aim to play a constructive role in the business development of projects by focusing on the connection between the community and the industry and help them grow. Our goal is to set up a sustainable AV policy with a multitude of opportunities to professionals in the creative industry and thus, to inaugurate a new era in the Greek audiovisual sector. This is why, we are happy to support the 11th edition of Animasyros International Animation Festival + Agora and look forward to its success.

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Afroditi Panagiotakou Director of Culture Onassis Foundation Photo Credits Ioanna Chatziandreou

“Anima”, as in soul. “Syros”, as in island. Animasyros isn’t just an international animation festival. It’s a unique encounter between cultures and creative people of all ages, a vibrant forum for ideas and techniques in an idyllic setting. It’s not just for kids, and it’s not just for animation fans or professionals. Its combination of films and workshops, open dialogues and parallel events is powerful enough to initiate even those with little or no experience of animation. Children and adults, locals and citizens of the whole world make—or renegotiate—their acquaintance with this most human of inventions that has the power to make the static dynamic; with this art that animates cut-outs with our sensitivities and our sensibilities, our angst and our joy, giving them a soul.

Onassis Culture and Animasyros, side by side for another year. Because at the Onassis Foundation, we do our best to bring about unexpected encounters. Because we’re interested in the new realities of animated film. Because it’s our goal to release potential, and at Animasyros we’ve met creators capable of giving animations a life of their own that’s every bit as vibrant and interesting as ours. And because, we were all children once.

So what’s not to like about an international festival which presents the favourite cinematic genre of our early years to us anew, only this time round it talks to us about the things that concern us today: about democracy and equality, freedom of speech and thought, about the vision of a better -and never static- life.

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3A COORDINATOR Marineta Mak Kritikou Coordinator GR EU “Athens Animation Agora aims to reinforce intercultural dialogue through animation, and create an open space where vibrant encounters will shape an international creative network of professionals.”

Marineta is a multimedia director, specializing in documentaries.

She studied Contemporary History, Journalism and Film in Paris and pursued Post-Graduate studies in Scriptwriting at Sorbonne.

She also studied Film & Television at UCLA, California and 3D Animation at Infographics School.

For the past few years, she has been living and working in Greece as a Director on TV Programs, Documentaries, Films and Commercials.

She has teached at the Cinema at the Faculty of Arts, Film Studies of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, and currently she is the Agora Co-ordinator at Animasyros International Animation Festival + Agora and Multimedia Director at ERT New Media Department.

Her documentary Dreaming of Zhejiang was the only Greek participation at the first ever PangeaDay, a TED Prize Event held in May 2008 in Los Angeles. Ε agora@animasyros.gr, kmarineta@gmail.com

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3Α PROGRAM Saturday, September 22, 2018

Registration ......................................................................................................................................................................... 10:30 - 12:00 Intro Session............................................................................................................................................................................................. 12:00 Production - Software Showcase ................................................................................................................................ 12:30 Distribution - Sales Sales & Domestic Distribution: Roundtable .................................................................................................. 13:45 Powered by Balkans Beyond Borders (GR)

Pitching Training Session I........................................................................................................................................15:15 - 16:15 Sculpting your perfect pitch by Tünde Vollenbroek

EIRE in Animation / The Phenomenal Cartoon Saloon ............................................................... 18:00 Screening Breadwinner (IE, LU, US, CA) V.O English with Greek Subtitles (120’)

Sunday, September 23, 2018 Distribution – Territory focus: SE Mediterranean: Roundtable ........................................... 12:00 Powered by Balkans Beyond Borders (GR)

Applications - Video Games: Roundtable ........................................................................................................ 13:00 Powered by Athens Games Festival (GR)

Production – Large-scale productions showcase .................................................................................. 14:00 Pitching training session II ............................................................................................................................. 16:00 - 18:00 Sculpting your perfect pitch by Tünde Vollenbroek

Česko in Animation ........................................................................................................................................................................ 18:00 Screenings Screening of Animated features included in Animasyros 11 official selection: Harvie and the Magic Museum (CZ, DE)

Monday, September 24, 2018 KID’s Content: Roundtable ..................................................................................................................................................... 12:00 Distribution – Festivals: Roundtable .......................................................................................................................... 13:00 Education/Production - Film Schools: Roundtable

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Emile Awards Presentation .................................................................................................................................................. 16:00 Onasseas - The Salty Stories .......................................................................................................................... 16:30 - 18:00 Screenings and presentation of the Onassis Culture Activities in Animation

Animasyros 11 Pre-festival event at the Onassis Cultural Centre ................ 19:00 - 21:00

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PITCHING TRAINING SESSION Sculpting your perfect pitch by TÜnde Vollenbroek; An intensive workshop on pitching & supporting a media project within the film market context 7 production projects have been pre-selected to be presented during the first Athens Animation Agora on 22-24 September 2018 at the Onassis Cultural Centre in Athens.

On September 22-23, 2018, the creators of these 7 projects will have the chance to attend a two-day workshop entitled “Sculpting your perfect pitch” by Tünde Vollenbroek (NL), animation artist, producer, journalist and member of the Board of Directors of the European Animation Awards (Emile Awards).

On September 24, 2018, the creators will present their projects. Out of these, only 3 will be selected, which will then be presented at the official Pitching Forum on September 28, 2018, in Syros, during Animasyros 11.

The Classmate

By Anastasia Dimitra Short film 6’ GR EU A teenager deals with her life with the help of her diary entries where she observes and analyzes with a critical eye the doings of her classmate, who reminds her of everything that annoys her and symbolizes everything that she wants to avoid. The classmate is the embodiment of every problem that she will face growing up, being a version of herself that she does not want to face.

“The Classmate” is a 6 minute animation short film that is going to be created using two techniques of animation, 2d animation and pixilation.

E anadimitra1@gmail.com

Cameo Gums

By Maria A. Anemoyianni Series 13X26 min or 13X13 min GR EU Cameo Gums are tiny flexible people. They assume their form from the human DNA contained in used chewing gums. Some are exact replicas of their Originals, i.e. the humans who chewed the gum, while others are completely different, because they blend with additional elements, such as mud from the street.

Cameo Gums live in Cameo World, a microplanet-spaceship that travels in the Earth’s atmosphere hidden by an artificial cloud. They fly down to big cities of the world to rescue new Cameo Gums.

Authentic Cameo Gums (Authentics) often come into conflict with Synthentic Cameo Gums (Synthentics), as both kinds want to outnumber each other in Cameo World.

E maranemogianni@gmail.com

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Find me, with love

By Effie Pappa Short film 10’ UK/GR EU A middle aged woman, Lucia, all of a sudden finds herself alone in a frozen landscape. Threatened by the wind and frost, she tries to climb a hill, on top of which lies the only thing that seems like an escape; a lone standing door. The door will lead her to a journey filled with abstract stimulus and broken memories; a note with her name erased by the melting ice, the sound of a sewing machine that takes her back to a long journey as an immigrant in England, the smell of fresh peach that reminds her hometown in Italy. Lucia is in search of her own name and identity and in order to find answers she will need to battle against the ravaging wind that threatens to take everything away and keep her lost forever.

“Find me, with love” is a 10 min. stop motion short film about Alzheimer’s disease and lost memories. Ε effiepappa@gmail.com W effiepappa.co.uk

Markos

By Thomas Künstler Feature film 105’ GR/IT EU “If Greek music were with branches and fruits, Vamvaka- ris would be the trunk”, once said Grigoris Bithikotsis. “Markos” is a biographical stop-motion animation film project aimed for worldwide theatrical release following the extraordinary life of Markos Vamvakaris, from his youth in Syros to the fame in Pireas and his decline. Directed by promising young Athens-based Italian director Thomas Künstler, the film will not only showcase Markos’ life, but also show the world the cultural heritage of rebetiko music.

E kvassilaros@studiobauhaus.gr W studiobauhaus.gr

Polyphemus

By Yiannis & Konstantinos Andrias Short film 26’ GR EU 33 days after he got blinded by Odysseus, the Mythical Cyclops Polyphemus has to face new challenges and to prove himself worthy of his legendary name. He will encounter his brothers who claim his name, which will bring a retelling of Rhapsody I, but this time from the perspective of Polyphemus himself. Polyphemus is a 26-minute length 3d animation film, with the combination of keyframe animation and Motion capture, which aims to reveal unknown aspects of the story of one of the most infamous super-villains.

E gianni_riley@yahoo.gr, konandrias@gmail.com W facebook.com/PolyphemusFilm

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PITCHING TRAINING SESSION Toto’s House

By XinXin Liu Series 12X5’ CN

Characters from famous paintings visit the house of Toto and his dog Huge, Absurdity follows.

E shin56926@gmail.com

Wallie Walnut and the Christmas Cake

By Tassos Ioannides Feature film 70’ GR EU

“Wallie Walnut and the Christmas Cake” is a feature length musical animation written by Tassos Ioannides and Artemis Ioannides.

Wallie is a little walnut with a big dream. He wants to be in this year’s traditional Christmas Cake. If only he wasn’t so anxious. Worry, worry, worry, that’s Wallie! Despite the advice of his mother, the wise walnut tree Mother Carya, Wallie just can’t shake his constant negativity. He’s terrified of getting eaten by worms! When a white worm creeps into his shell, Wallie has to confront his greatest fear.

He asks his friend Anton the Ant for help. Anton brings together an unlikely alliance of friends. Spiro Sparrow, Pierce the Woodpecker and an extremely busy bee called Melina team up with Anton to help save Wallie. Wallie has a second shot at his dream!

E selinaae@otenet.gr

TRAINER Tünde Vollenbroek animation producer

NL EU Whether you’re going to present your project at a market for 300 professionals or to just 1 professional during lunch – you need a good pitch. After attending and pitching at markets like Cartoon and Annecy for years, producer Tünde Vollenbroek developed an approach to pitching that connects with audiences. Throughout two sessions, she’ll share many tips & tricks and case studies, and give personal feedback. Participants will learn to get to the core of their project and from that, sculpt their perfect pitch.

E tundevollenbroek@gmail.com W studiopupil.com

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SALES & DOMESTIC DISTRIBUTION: ROUNDTABLE Powered by

A roundtable discussion on the current state of distribution of animated works in the broader Southeast European & Mediterranean areas and the market/exposure potential of animation via the current sales global scheme.

Laure Goasguen Festival Distribution Manager FR EU Miyu Distribution is handling the distribution of animated graduation and professional films, both in festivals and international sales.

Our goal is to support young creation and to help directors to find the right place for their film, but the two kinds of productions do not imply the same strategies. We also have to integrate into our thinking the issue of online release and a way to make our work profitable.

After a two-year degree in Cinema and Audiovisual at La Sorbonne Nouvelle in Paris, Laure Goasguen obtained a professional degree in Marketing of the cultural products, specialized in cinema and audiovisual products. She made a 6-month internship at Miyu Distribution in order to complete her degree. After graduating, she was hired as a festival distribution manager at Miyu Distribution and works for this company ever since.

E laure@miyu.fr W miyu.fr/distribution

Maria Lyssikatos Founder GR EU

Filmcenter

Filmcenter Trianon is the result of a number of people’s passion to keep genuine art alive. Filmcenter Trianon has developed a unique catalogue of art house national, European and international titles.

The distribution company has been associated with a wide range of award-winning films such as the world’s first fully painted feature film ‘Loving Vincent”. Our company has steadily built a reputation for working with established cinematographers, alongside with creative, emerging directors from all parts of the world, contributing to the diversity of cinema. Filmcenter Trianon exploits all rights in films and develops unique communication and promotion strategies.

Maria Lyssikatos has worked as an event coordinator, designing and implementing promotion campaigns. From 2000 she was the main collaborator of Trianon Cinema, and since 2006 she has been Director of Marketing & Public Relations at the Film Distribution Company “2-1-0 Film”. Since 2014, she has taken over Trianon‘s Directorate-General and has founded the film distribution company Filmcenter Trianon.

E leo@trianon.gr W trianon.gr

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SALES & DOMESTIC DISTRIBUTION: ROUNDTABLE Isaac Gaido-Daniel Festival Distribution Coordinator FR EU Autour de Minuit is a Paris based animation studio created in 2001

by Nicolas Schmerkin, Oscar Academy Awarded in 2010 for Logorama. The company produced more than 60 shorts, TV series (A Town Called Panic, No No) and started recently the production of Unicorn Wars, the new feature film directed by Alberto Vazquez.

Isaac Gaido-Daniel graduated from La Fémis Film School in Paris and New York University and used to work on international productions, such as Only God Forgives by Nicolas Winding Refn (2013) and Tom at the Farm by Xavier Dolan (2013). Then, he joined the French Embassy in the US to promote French films. Recently, he was in charge of distribution at Sacrebleu Productions, which released animated short films, such as Sunday Lunch (Céline Devaux, 2015), Limbo (Konstantina Kotzamani, 2016) and The Fall (Boris Labbé, 2018). Now, as coordinator of festivals at Autour de Minuit, he is working on several animated films: Reruns by Rosto, Brexicuted by Chris Shepherd and the upcoming Donato Sansone’s new film, Bavure.

E isaac@autourdeminuit.com W blog.autourdeminuit.com

MODERATOR Veroniki Krikoni Co-Founder, bbb Short Film Festivl Organizer GR EU Veroniki Krikoni has been one of the co-founders of the Balkans Beyond Borders (BBB) and is the organizer of the BBB Short Film Festival, which is travelling every year in a different country in the Balkans and beyond. She has organized so far 8 editions, starting from Athens to Tirana, Bucharest, Sarajevo, Thessaloniki, Sofia, Brussels and Novi Sad. Through BBB, she aspires to enhance youth mobility in the Balkans, promote short film productions by young film- makers from the region and contribute to the re-imagination of the Balkan identity vis- à-vis the European one.

E vera.krikoni@balkansbeyondborders.eu W balkansbeyondborders.eu

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DISTRIBUTION-TERRITORY FOCUS: SE MED: ROUNDTABLE Powered by

This roundtable discussion aims to tackle the subject of institutional support provided by governmental organizations.

Anna Efstathiou Digital Leader GR EU The European Commission Representation in Greece strives to communicate EU policies to the Greek citizens, strengthen the European Commission image in the Greek media and inform the European Commission about developments in Greece. This includes organising various events and seminars throughout Greece.

The Representation is also in charge of managing the Europe DIRECT network, a network that offers EU information throughout the country.

Having graduated from the European School in Brussels, Anna Efstathiou went on to study Linguistics and acquired an MSc in Nationalism Studies and a PhD in Sociology from the University of Edinburgh. She has worked for the Hellenic Parliament, the Ministry of Culture, the Melina Mercouri Foundation, the European Molecular Biology Laboratory in Germany and, since 2013, for the European Commission in Greece, always with a focus on press, communication, public relations and social media.

E Anna.EFSTATHIOU@ec.europa.eu W ec.europa.eu/greece

Lina Manolopoulou Cash Rebate Administration GR EU Lina Manolopoulou, in charge of the Production Incentive Program in Greece implemented by the National Centre of Audiovisual Media and Communication (EKOME SA), is responsible for assisting and facilitating international and national producers, providing eligibility for the Incentive as well as participating in selected missions and film markets worldwide to increase interest of the audiovisual industry and promoting Greece as a filming destination on the international scene.

Lina has more than 25 years of experience in the audiovisual industry and holds a bachelor’s degree in Marketing. She previously worked for the Greek Film Centre as a Promotion/Sales and Production Executive and was actively involved in the creation of the Hellenic Film Commission in Greece.

E cashrebate@ekome.media W ekome.media

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DISTRIBUTION-TERRITORY FOCUS: SE MED: ROUNDTABLE Κonstantinos Aivaliotis Director, Head of Promotion- Hellas Film GR EU Greek Film Centre (GFC) is the main institution that exercises cinematographic policy in Greece through the protection, support and development of film (co) production, the promotion and diffusion of Greek film (co) productions, both domestically and internationally and the promotion of Greece as an appropriate location for filming cinematic and audiovisual productions.

Konstantinos Aivaliotis worked as a programmer for Athens International Film Festival “Opening Nights” for 8 years, he wrote for the “Cinema” magazine, the website cinemag.gr and he was the instructor for the school program “First Hour Cinema”. Since 2010 he is the founder and director of the International Ethnographic Film Festival of Athens.

E aivaliotisk@gmail.com W gfc.gr

Laëtitia Kulyk Audiovisual Attaché GR EU France is a leader in the sector of animation, ranking on the top producing countries, distributed worldwide, famous for its schools and studios, its dedicated festivals and the dynamism and creativity of its artists. The Institut français de Grèce aims to promote this high profile sector at all levels in Greece.

E lkulyk@ifa.gr W ifa.gr

MODERATOR Vasiliki Maltasoglou Co - Founder, Communication Manager & Programmer, BBB GR EU Vasiliki Maltasoglou studied International and European Relations at Panteion University in Athens and she did her Masters on International Politics at City University of London focusing her research in South East Europe. Her professional expertise is on Marketing and Social Media and her passion is art and creativity. She is one of the co-founders of the Balkans Beyond Borders (BBB) and the communication manager and programmer, dealing with all promotional activities of BBB at all fields (Film Festival, Workshops, Cultural Events, Research Projects). In 2017 she was Jury member at Aegean Film Festival.

E vaso.maltasoglou@balkansbeyondborders.eu W balkansbeyondborders.eu

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APPLICATIONS-VIDEO GAMES: ROUNDTABLE Powered by

This roundtable explores the connections between traditional animation and video games.

Georgios Dimitriou Senior Concept Artist GR EU Georgios Dimitriou has studied animation and illustration and has a keen interest in architecture, visual arts, and design.

He began his career in the animation industry and over the years he has evolved as a competent concept designer for various commercial and advertisement projects, with a long presence as a character illustrator for CoolMiniorNot (Dark Age Games) and a definite impact of his work on the style of game projects such as the late Darkfall (Aventurine SA).

In addition to his design and pre-production work on numerous projects, he has a significant volume of illustrated works related to children and has an aptitude for the whole range of stark, bold, elegant and whimsical styles.

He is currently employed as a Senior Concept Artist at Parabellum Wargames and working on his personal IP project.

E gdimitriou77@gmail.com W artstation.com/gdimitriou

Vasilis P. Karouk GR EU Vasilis P. Karouk will give a brief brief talk on how cinematic narration dictated gaming concepts and why gaming animation developed and transformed the entire industry. He will also refer to some assumptions on the manner that this fraternization of film and gaming resurfaces in Art and and how it grows back into film and gaming.

Vasilis P. Karouk was born in Athens in 1977. He studied at the University of Fine Arts in Athens and holds an MPhil in Digital Forms of Art (1998-2005). Karouk has had six solo shows and has participated in a number of Museum & Biennial exhibitions in Greece and abroad.

E patkarouk@yahoo.com

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APPLICATIONS - VIDEO GAMES: ROUNDTABLE George Thanos Head of Animation Department GR EU The gaming industry is in demand of talented professionals with fresh ideas. George Thanos will focus on the subject of game art and the ways of how education can help young people who want to become game artists to develop their skills and use their imagination and creativity.

George Thanos is Head of Animation Department at SAE Creative Media College and Vice Chairman of SAE Institute Game Development Committee, responsible for designing their program of studies. He works as a New Media designer and CG artist. He holds a Cultural Heritage and Game Technologies master’s degree from the University of Middlesex.

E g.thanos@simulacroom.com W artstation.com/simulacroom

MODERATOR Elina Roinioti Head, Athens Games Festival GR EU Elina Roinioti is a sociologist and game researcher. She holds a PhD in sociology of games from Panteion University and for the last three years she works for the General Secretariat for Media and Communication. She is head of Athens Games Festival.

E eleni.roinioti@gmail.com W athensgamesfestival.gr

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KID’s CONTENT: ROUNDTABLE This roundtable discussion focuses on kid’s content and new distribution platforms.

Samira Haddi International Manager FR EU MIPTV and MIPCOM, are the largest international content markets for TV and online media, each year attracting over 11,000 participants from 100 countries and over 1,400 exhibiting companies.

MIPJunior, prior to MIPCOM is the World’s leading Kids entertainment content industry event, featuring a Screening Library, a rich conference programme, networking, matchmaking and pitching opportunities for international producers, buyers, commissioners, distributors, brands and property owners.

Samira Haddi is responsible for Spain, Africa, Turkey and Greece for MIPTV and MIPCOM. Samira has been working at Reed MIDEM since 2005 and is fluent in English and French. She has extensive experience in assisting media and production companies to develop their presence in international markets.

E Samira.haddi@reedmidem.com W mipcom.com, mipjunior.com

Erik Tijman Head of Film & Television ΝL EU Cinekid Festival is the largest children’s media festival in the world.

In Amsterdam and 40 locations, children watch films and television productions and explore the MediaLab, a large playground with interactive installations, workshops, and games. Cinekid for Professionals, an international multi-day event for the children’s media industry, runs during the Festival.

Erik Tijman began working at Cinekid in 2012 as Coordinator of the film department. Since 2017 he has been Head of Film & Television.

Besides being responsible for the selection for the film & television strands of the festival and the titles for Cinekid’s year round projects, he also coordinates the Wrap! distribution initiative. As part of this project, seven European partners work together to acquire non-theatrical rights of high quality children’s films for educational screenings. Before Cinekid he has held positions at the International Film Festival Rotterdam, Edinburgh International Film Festival, and EYE Film Museum.

E e.tijman@cinekid.nl W cinekid.nl

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KID’s CONTENT: ROUNDTABLE www.ert.gr

Mary Cretsi Program Director GR EU ERT2’s children’s blocks host mainly animated series aimed at preschool and school age children.

It prefers entertainment and educational programs created with ultramodern techniques, attractive colors and tasteful design.

The ideal program for ERT2 is the modern format of animated series, consisting basically of 7-11 minute episodes, portraying short stories with quick plot and exciting action.

Mary Cretsi is a University of Toronto graduate, with a Major in Social and Cultural Anthropology, Minor in Drama and a second Minor in Ancient Greek and Roman History and ART. She works for ERT and is currently Program Director.

E programtv@ert.gr W ert.gr

Sophia Madouvalou Author GR EU Sophia Madouvalou is a distinguished author (Greek nomination, International Hans Christian Andersen Awards 2014) with a background in Developmental Psychology, Educational Technology and Film Directing. She has created many programs for the Educational Radio-Television of the Greek Ministry of Education, amongst them the awarded series “A Letter - A Story”.

E somad@otenet.gr W sophiamadouvalou.gr

Aristarchos Papadaniel Animator, Director GR EU Aristarchos Papadaniel, animator, director (“A Letter - A Story”) and author (“Greek Political Caricature. The Serious Side to a Funny Art”) is the co-founder of the production company Syllipsis Ltd. Creator of the flipbook series “Pocket Cinema”. Co-editor of “70 Years of Greek Animation” (ASIFA Hellas-Greekanimation.com).

ASIFA Hellas founding member.

E aristarchos@syllipsis.com.gr W behance.net/syllipsis

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MODERATOR Irene Andriopoulou GR EU Irene Andriopoulou is a media researcher and media literacy expert. She works at the National Centre of Audiovisual Media & Communication - EKOME SA, at the Audiovisual Education Department. She has a long experience (over 15 years) on projects, research, public policy and events on audiovisual and media literacy with an emphasis on children and youth. She is the Greek editor of “UNESCO MIL Curriculum for Teachers” (2014) and co-author of “Media Literacy: Keys to Interpreting Media Messages” (2017), DIMLE. She was a member of the EU Media Literacy Expert Group (2006-2018) of the European Commission. Irene has BA on Communication & Mass Media and MA in Media Studies, Sussex University.

E irandriopoulou@ekome.media W ekome.media

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DISTRIBUTION - FESTIVALS: ROUNDTABLE In this roundtable, partner festivals will discuss on the evolution of animation in the region.

Charalambos Margaritis Founder, Director CY EU “Short Circuit” is an on-going attempt to create an alternative and independent distribution network for animated films in Cyprus. It is led by the Kimonos Art Center in the framework of the annual animated film festival “The Animattikon Project”.

It is an attempt to create a network of alternative spaces, such as art cafés, bars, galleries, artistic associations (and others) all over the island, which will host screenings of animated films submitted and selected by the festival, throughout the year. Its goal is to make animation a constant presence in the island. To create a culture of animation, to educate the public and to promote local and foreign creators.

Charalambos Margaritis co-founded in 2015 the Kimonos Art Center in Paphos, Cyprus, where he lives and works ever since. He has participated in several exhibitions in Cyprus and abroad and his films have been selected and awarded in several international animation festivals. In 2018 he was nominated as the ambassador for the European Emile Animation Awards for Cyprus. In 2017 he founded the international animation festival The Animattikon Project which takes place in Paphos.

E animattikon@gmail.com W animattikon.com, ch-margaritis.com

Sanja Čakarun Public Relations & Promotion, Audience Development SI EU The International Animated Film Festival Animateka has been bringing the best animated films from all over the world to Ljubljana, Slovenia since 2004. Focusing on Central and Eastern European animation, the program features three competitive programs, thematic retrospectives and various special programs, both for adults and children.

Sanja Čakarun graduated in Communication Studies from the Ljubljana Faculty of Social Sciences. After gaining work experience on various film festivals she joined the Animateka team in 2010 as an assistant in event promotion, moving on to head of PR and promotion in 2011, the position she still holds today. Since 2015 she also takes care of the Animateka after Animateka programme, a non-profit educational and promotional film programme. In 2016 she started focusing on audience development and overseeing the distribution of selected animated films on the Slovenian market.

E sanja.cakarun@animateka.si W animateka.si

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Karin Vandenrydt Programmer BE EU Karin Vandenrydt is working since 2000 for ANIMA, the Brussels Animation Film Festival. She is also lecturer of Animation History and Contemporary Animation at LUCA - School of Arts in Genk, Belgium and a member of the Flemish Film Commission.

In order to stimulate the theatrical distribution of animated films, the Festival started co-distributing features and shortfilm compilations for children and adults like Wallace and Gromit, Bill Plympton, Kirikou etc in partnership with regular distributors.

Since the nineties, the festival is also editing its own compilations of shorts in order to promote animation: Best of- DVD’s, thematical compilations on the Belgian animation master Raoul Servais, the Belgian pioneers of animation, The Best Belgians shorts etc.

E karin@folioscope.be W animafestival.be

Fernando Galrito Founder, Artistic Director PT EU Fernando Galrito was born in Samora Correia (Portugal).

He has taken Cinema, Animation, Video and Theatre Director courses. He is an Anthropology graduate, has an MA in Culture, Communication and New Technologies and is currently working on his PhD. In 2000 he founded and is the artistic director of the MONSTRA | Lisbon Animated Film Festival.

He teaches Animation and Artistic Interdisciplinary Project at the Superior School of Design and Art | ESAD.CR (Portugal) since 2000.

Fernando Galrito directs animated films, documentaries and videos shown and primed at national and international festivals and televisions. He also directs transdisciplinary projects relating to animation, theatre, dance and fine arts.

E galritomonstra@gmail.com W monstrafestival.com

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DISTRIBUTION - FESTIVALS: ROUNDTABLE Magdalena Sekulova International Manager & Coordinator BG EU The International Animation Film Festival Golden Kuker – Sofia started its activity in October 2010 and is held every spring, in May. The festival is a bridge between professionals from all over the world. During the festival, the animators have the great opportunity to attend professional master classes led by world-renowned directors and animators, exhibitions, seminars, roundtables, presentations and impressive events related to the art of animation.

Magdalena Sekulova is International Manager & Coordinator at “Golden Kuker – Sofia”. She joined the festival 5 years ago, having always been attracted by animation as her parents were animators.

She now works hard to introduce animation into the education of young people through master classes and animation workshops for children and students.

E info@animationfest-bg.eu, magdalena.sekulova@gmail.com W 2019.animationfest-bg.eu/bg/home

MODERATOR Nancy Denney-Phelps Journalist, Producer US Nancy Denney-Phelps is a journalist writing about European animation and festivals as well as a producer of music for animation. Along with her composer/musician husband Nik Phelps, she co-founded the Sprocket Ensemble dedicated to presenting live performances of original music with screenings of contemporary animation from around the world.

Nancy’s writings have appeared in such publications as CARTOON and ANIMATOON as well as on her regular blog for AWN (Animation World Network). She is also a regular correspondent for ASIFA/San Francisco and a member of the ASIFA International Board of Directors.

E nik@niksprocket.org W awn.com/blogs/sprockets

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EDUCATION/PRODUCTION - FILM SCHOOLS: ROUNDTABLE This open discussion will include representatives of international animation & modern media film schools and will present contemporary approaches in the animation literacy.

Eleni Mouri Assistant Professor GR EU The communication forms which have been developed based on the animation techniques, with the help of technology, lead animation art to new dynamics.

On the one hand, the collaboration of animation with live cinema for the creation of fiction movies. They create fictional worlds that help fiction and symbols, which are promoted through narration.

On the other hand, the development of animation is in common course with graphic design. It started with the creation of combined picture movement and typography. Today Motion Graphics and Informative Animation lead more and more creators from the printed, to the electronic visual communication.

At the department of Graphic Design and Visual Communication we are teaching the aesthetic and the narration of animation on those three models.

E mourye@teiath.gr W youtube.com/teianima

Anne Brotot Director FR EU MoPA CG animation school has existed for 18 years, and is now world renowned. MoPA’s teaching approach is characterized by a unique combination of creativity and technical know-how. Rather than training students to be skilled on isolated technical tasks, the school offers truly comprehensive training in all aspects of CG filmmaking, all the way through the production pipeline from story development to the final post production stages. Anne Brotot will be explaining the MopA pedagogical approach using student work examples to illustrate and outline the details of the school’s fiveyear curriculum.

Of the first French CG graduates of the pioneering ENSAD course (1983), Anne Brotot began her career in studio production. After working as animator and educator, in 2000 she became Director of Supinfocom Arles (now MoPA) at its creation. MoPA remains one of the world’s leading CG animation schools.

E a.brotot@ecole-mopa.fr W ecole-mopa.fr

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EDUCATION/PRODUCTION - FILM SCHOOLS: ROUNDTABLE Osi Wald Lecturer IL Osi Wald is an animation artist and lecturer. In her work, she explores the connections between dance and animation - collaborating with choreographers and other animators in creating live shows, installations and video dance. Lecturer in Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design Jerusalem, and in Sapir College Sderot. She is currently working on “Holy Holocaust”, a short animated documentary, with screenplay writer Noa Berman Herzberg.

Osi was a key member of the animation team of “Waltz With Bashir” and “The Congress” by Ari Folman.

A graduate of Bezalel Academy of art in Jerusalem, Animation department, and of the Hebrew University Jerusalem, Physics and Math department.

Mother to young Yonatan and not as young Michael.

E osiwald@gmail.com W osiwald.com

Panos Iosifelis Associate Professor, Head of School of Film, Faculty of Fine Arts GR EU Animation in Greece is evolving as a paradox. While it may constitute a medium of expression, particularly preferred by young people, creators, there is little infrastructure for its development, and at the same time the equivalent education is in a great measure fragmentary.

The School of Film Studies of Faculty of Fine Arts of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki has debuted a collaboration with Animasyros Festival. Our first goal is to create a strong educational center, followed by the development of infrastructure for the creation of animation, through collaboration with other bodies. And while it can be perceivable that usually the direction is the opposite way (from the Universities and the Production to the Festivals) and that we follow a paradoxical way, that’s exactly why we believe that under these circumstances this collaboration is particularly beneficial and will pave the way for the art of animation in Greece.

Panos Iosifelis is a Thessaloniki based screenwriter, Associate Professor –Head of School of Film, Faculty of Fine Arts, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and of the Master Degree Program in Screenwriting of UWM and AUTH. His work includes scripts for several feature and short films, documentaries and tv series.

E pan7774@yahoo.com W auth.gr/en/film

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Serghei Chiviriga Founder RO EU Mumus Studio was founded in 2015, in a small apartment in the heart of Bucharest. It is more a creative hub than a studio. Our focus is to develop bold ideas and turn them into video productions combining live action with animation techniques.

Serghei Chiviriga is a filmmaker, animator and actor based in Bucharest. While studying acting, he started to explore the world of animation; first as a 3D animator and then as a creator of his own short stop motion “The best costumer”. After finishing shootings for the film, he worked with a local electro fusion band on their new music video, a combination of live-action and 2D animation. These projects mark his debut as a filmmaker.

E serghei.chiviriga@yahoo.com W facebook.com/mumus.ro

MODERATOR Panagiotis Kyriakoulakos Assistant Professor, Computer Animation, University of The Aegean GR EU Training to Foster Animation Production in South-East Mediterranean After a short description of existing Training offer supported by the Creative Europe MEDIA Program in European Level, the presentation of the initiatives of ASIFA Hellas in Greece and the perspectives for cooperation in the Balkans and South-East Mediterranean will open the discussion for future regional and international collaborations in Training for Animation Professionals.

Panagiotis Kyriakoulakos is Assistant Professor in Computer Animation at the Aegean University. He has produced several audiovisual and interactive works in Greece and France, using digital technologies. He is the Vice-President of ASIFA Hellas and an Expert in Training and Development of Audiovisual works for the Creative Europe-MEDIA Program of the European Union. Ε pank@aegean.gr W syros.aegean.gr

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PRODUCTION - SOFTWARE SHOWCASE The aim of this session is to present the key aspects of animation software in discussion. Our weapon of choice would be TV Paint (FR), an all-inclusive and all-around tool for the creation of traditional 2D animation.

The production in focus will be Breadwinner by Cartoon Saloon (IE).

Mark Mullery Studio Technical Director IE EU In an in-depth presentation, we will take a look behind the scenes of a modern 2D animated feature with the film’s Technical Director, MarkMullery. The work of over a hundred artists across three countries, The Breadwinner is the fruit of both 21st Century technology and age old hand-drawn techniques.

Mark Mullery has worked in various roles in both broadcast and feature animation, including as an editor, as a supervisor of both compositing and animation, and as an episode director for broadcast. He has worked for Cartoon Saloon since 2013 when he began as an animator on “Song of the Sea”.

Since then he has also served as technical director and composite supervisor on Netflix’ “Puffin Rock”, technical director on Nora Twomey’s “The Breadwinner”, and is currently the assistant director of Tomm Moore’s upcoming feature “Wolfwalkers”.

E mark.mullery@cartoonsaloon.ie W cartoonsaloon.ie

Nora El Bekri Sales Agent FR EU Nora El Bekri was born in Nancy in the North East of France. She studied communication, journalism and media at the University of Lorraine - Institute of Cinema and Media in Nancy.

She is passionate about all types of cinema especially art films. She has also worked in the distribution industry, in the domains of documentaries and remasters, before joining the world of animation.

Now she works in sales and support at TVPaint Développement, where she also gives demonstrations and training courses. She travels all around the world to visit studios, schools and participate in animation festivals to promote TVPaint Animation software.

E nora@tvpaint.fr W tvpaint.com

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LARGE-SCALE PRODUCTIONS SHOWCASE This session will offer backstage in the making of animation productions with global appeal.

The production in focus will be the independent feature film “Harvie and the Magic Museum”

by Martin Kotik.

Martin Kotik Chief executive officer CZ EU “Harvie and the Magic Museum“ became the biggest production on the field of CGI feature family animation in Central and Eastern Europe so far. Case study presentation of this project is focused on the producer´s strategy, which allowed a small company from low production capacity on a country level to make a project in international co-production within a budget nearly 7 mio Euros. The session will describe the main obstacles during all production stages from development, throught production, to post-production.

“Harvie and the Magic Museum“ is the most successful non-american animation movie on its domestic market in 2017, being sold to 90 countries so far.

Rolling Pictures has been operating on the market since 1994. Its animation production started in 2008 and from that time RP is permanently working in cooperation with international creative and production teams. Feature animation comedy “Harvie and the Magic Museum” (2017) became one of the biggest film projects of Czech cinematography.

Martin Kotik started as a TV sitcoms and film comedies director and producer. After he fell in love with animation, he fully focused on making animated films. His last work is a family adventure comedy „Harvie and the Magic Museum“ made in co-production with Belgium and Russia (2017).

E mkotik@rollingpictures.cz W rollingpictures.cz

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TEAM Elina Roinioti Advisor to Vice Minister of Digital Policy Olivier Dovergne ` Chargé de mission innovation: Mazinnov (Ambassade de France en Grece - Service économique) Marineta MAK Kritikou Agora Coordinator Raphaelle Karagianni Agora Associate Gina Zorba Pre-festival Event Coordinator Alexandros Petrakis/Inbulb Photographer Katerina Mastora Assistant Photographer View studio Video coverage Vassilis C. Karamitsanis President Maria Anestopoulou Festival Director Danae Sofia Vardali Festival Coordinator Theodore Karamanolis Programme Coordinator Ioanna Zarmpala Media Literacy Programmes Coordinator Fani Charari Production Manager Christos Andreou Technical Manager Kleio Kenanoglou Hospitality Coordinator Yanis Athanasopoulos Volunteers Coordinator Eleni Temponera Press Officer Konstantinos Kaouras Publications Coordinator Purple Sheep Website Developer Cube11 / Artemis Roussos, Argyris Athanasiadis, Giorgos Nimas Graphic Design

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