INTERNATIONAL AWARDS

1st AWARD & PUBLIC AWARD & STUDENTS JURY MENTION FOR THE BEST SOCIAL ISSUES
EL EMPLEO, 6’ 19’’
Argentina / Italy, 2008
Direction: Santiago 'Bou' Grasso
Script: Patricio Plaza
Animation: Santiago 'Bou' Grasso - Patricio Plaza
Technique: 2D drawing on paper
Music: No
Producer: Santiago 'Bou' Grasso - Patricio Plaza
Dialogues: No

A man performs his usual trip to work, immersed in a world where the utilization of people is an everyday thing.


2nd AWARD & STUDENTS JURY MENTION FOR THE BEST FILM
SKHIZEIN, 13’ 40’’
France 2008
Direction: Jeremy Clapin
Script: Jeremy Clapin
Animation: Jeremy Clapin, Peggy Portal
Technique: 3D
Music: Nicholas Martin
Producer: Dark Prince
Dialogues: Yes
Subtitles: English

After being struck by a 150-ton meteorite, Henry has to adapt to living precisely 91 centimeters from himself.


3rd AWARD
YULIA, 6’ 35’’
France 2009
Direction: Antoine Arditti
Script: Antoine Arditti
Animation: Antoine Arditti
Technique: 2D & 3D Animation
Music: Stéphanie Cabdevila
Producer: Metronomic
Dialogues: No

Yulia suddenly vanishes out of her kitchen and she finds herself in a closed room…


GREEK AWARDS

1st AWARD [professional high budget film]
THE BOY AND THE TREE, 30’
Greece 2009
Director: Panagiotis Rappas
Story: Eugene Trivizas
Adaptation: Eugene Trivizas & Panagiotis Rappas
Animation technique: 3D Animation
Music: Dimitris Papadimitriou
Production: Time Lapse Pictures Hellas S.A.

A ragged street boy made friends with a neglected tree, struggling to survive on a dreary city pavement. In that way they escaped both the loneliness of urban life.


1st AWARD [experimental low budget film]
ROOM 14, 4’
United Kingdom / Greece 2009
Director: John Karabelias

Script: John Karabelias
Animation: John Karabelias
Technique: Mixed Media
Music: Kevin Macleod
Producer: John Karabelias

Dialogues: Yes



Revenge is a dish best served cold.



2nd AWARD [professional high budget film]
THE MEANING OF LIFE, 14’ 45’’
Greece 2009
Direction: Jani Zhonga & Irida Zhonga
Script: Petros Koskinas & Jani Zhonga
Technique: Stop motion animation
Directory of photography: Fotis Mitsis & Jani Zhonga
Editing: Irida Zonga
Music: Marios Strofalis
Production: ERT SA, Timelapse Hellas, Maku Procductions, Iris
Dialogue: No

The film describes the human’s continuous search for the meaning of life, in an ostensibly inanimate object: a key. The light, as the touch of a divine power, comes and wakes it up. At this moment it feels loneliness for the first time. The keyhole- as its other half, becomes an obsession. After many adventures, it finds its own keyhole but opening it he achieves nothing more than the multiplication of his quest.


2nd AWARD [experimental low budget film]
THE BATTLE, 9’ 18 ’’
Greece 2009
Director: Argiris Sandalis
Script: Argiris Sandalis
Animation: Argiris Sandalis
Technique: 3D computer animation
Music: Panagiotis Kouretas
Producer: Argiris Sandalis
Dialogue: No

The good fights the evil in grand game of chess. A battle without end but in an infinity loop. Dialectic is the key but the victory is victory.


2nd Award [educational film]
A LETTER, A STORY, 17' 30''
LETTER GIOTA: THE FLYING HIPPOPOTAMUS, 5' 20’’
LETTER KAPPA: THREE SKINNY CANDIES, 6' 00’’
LETTER PI: THE BABBLING SLIPPER, 6’ 10’’
Greece 2009
Direction: Aristarchos Papadaniel, Sophia Mantouvalou
Script/Concept: Sophia Mantouvalou
Technique: 2D Computer Animation
Character Design/Animation: Aristarchos Papadaniel
Music: Dimitris Maramis
Educational Supervision: Vicky Panagopoulou, Sophia Mantouvalou
Voices: Argiro Ananiadou, Konstantinos Kaikis, Andriana Rapti, Giannis Stefopoulos, Katerina Tsavalou
Dialogue: Greek
Production Company: Syllipsis Ltd., Nptv
Producer: Educational TV of the Greek Ministry of Education

A special TV series of cartoon animation that combines entertainment with education, helping very young students to comprehend the basics of the Greek language.



3rd Award [experimental low budget film]
WAR, SNOW AND FIRE, 5’ 35’’
Greece 2009
Director: Konstantinos Skiftas
Script: Konstantinos
 Skiftas
Animation: Konstantinos Skiftas
Technique: 2D computer animation
Music: Harry Partridge
Producer: Konstantinos Skiftas

Dialogue: No

A neglected little girl finds an unusual new friend.


3rd AWARD [educational film]
THE SOLAR SYSTEM WALTZ, 5' 30''
Greece 2009
Direction: Polykarpos Parioritsas
Script: Polykarpos Parioritsas
Animation: Polykarpos Parioritsas
Technique: 3D computer animation
Music: Johann Strauss
Dialogue: No
Subtitles: Yes (Greek/English)

A trip to the Solar System presented as a dance in a ballroom, providing basic knowledge of what we see.



PUBLIC AWARD
THE GIVING TREE, 5’ 55’’
Greece 2009
Direction: Stella Vassila & Charis Mavroudi & Ioanna Tsiavou
Script: Stella Vassila & Charis Mavroudi & Ioanna Tsiavou
Technique: Stop-motion animation
Animation: Stella Vassila & Charis Mavroudi & Ioanna Tsiavou
Music: Charis Mavroudi
Dialogue: Yes
Production:

Based on the same- titled work of Shell Silverstein, “The Giving Tree” explores the transition from childhood to the world of the grown ups through the eyes of a child that grows together with a tree. Through this process, the viewer is asked to question his own relationship with the nature, the environment and other human beings.


MENTIONS BY STUDENTS JURY
- «The Man Who Slept» by Inès Sedan: 2nd Best film
- «Saduj: His Confession» by Juan-José Surace: 3rd Best film
- «For Shock's Shake» by Carlo Vogele: Best screenplay
- «Muto», by Blu: Best technique
- «I Was Crying Out at Life or For it» by Vergine Keaton: Best soundtrack
- «Fard» by Luis Briceno & David Alapont: Best political issues