Manchester Animation Festival (MAF) Animasyros Presents: Contemporary Greek Animated Classics
Manchester Animation Festival (MAF) is the UK’s largest Animation Festival and is dedicated to the celebration of the animated art form. Hosted in the Manchester Central Library and at HOME, the festival is the UK’s biggest animation hub, inviting people from Manchester and beyond to share in all things animated. A hybrid festival for 2021, MAF will take place from 14-30 November, in person and online. Passes are available to purchase here.
We’re delighted to be shining the spotlight on Greece this year with the help of our friends Animasyros International Animation Festival who have gathered a selection of Greek speaking animated films that have stood out during the past 10 years of the Festival. Curated by Animasyros Festival Director Maria Anestopoulou, Contemporary Greek Animated Classics is sure to bring a little Greek sunshine to the rainy clouds of Manchester. More details on the films and information about Tickets for this event can be found on the MAF website.
If you’re an organisation or group who would like to talk more about getting involved with MAF in the future, please contact MAF’s Audience Development Manager, Hannah at hannah@manchesteranimationfestival.co.uk
The films which will be screened are as follows:
My Stuffed Granny (Dir Effie Pappa, Greece 2014, 10 min)
The Little Elephant (Dir Effie Pappa , Greece 2019, 2 min)
Heatwave (Dir Fokion Xenos, Greece 2019, 7 min)
Violent Equation (Dir Andonis Doussias , Greece 2019, 5 min)
Τhe Lazy Dragon (Dir Fokion Xenos, Joan Zhonga, Greece 2020, 3min)
The First Kiss (Dir Angelos Spartalis, Greece 2020, 4 min)
All You Can Eat (Dir Dimitris Armenakis, Greece 2019, 5 min)
Leaf of the Poplar (Dir Irini Vianelli, Greece 2015, 4 min)
Elevator Alone (Dir Anastasia Papadopoulou, Greece 2021, 4 min)
Icebergs (Dir Efthymis Filippou, Greece 2018, 9 min)
Apodemy (Dir Katerina Athanasopoulou, Greece 2012, 5 min)
My Mother’s Coat (Dir Marie Margot Tsakiris Scanatovits, Greece 2010, 6 min)
Severambes (Dir George Kontos, Greece 2020, 12 min)
The Village (Dir Stelios Polychronakis , Greece 2020, 14 min)
Ms Metro (Dir Aggelos Papantoniou, Greece 2016, 4 min)
The Guillable Kiss of Mr Patokos (Dir Alexandros Apostolakis, Greece 2014, 5 min)
Star Fallen (Dir Alexandra Tagali, Greece 2018, 2 min)
From The Same Thread (Dir Antonia Piña, Rucha Dhayarkar, Lorène Friesenbichler, Phaedra Derizioti, Greece 2017, 4 min)
Enough (Dir Anna Mantzaris, Greece 2017, 2 min)
Water Fairy Tale (Dir Nikos Radeos, Greece 2018, 3 min)
Wandering Stories – Ariel (Dir Kleopatra Korai, Greece 2018, 2 min)
