Agora Schedule

Agora’s Presentations are live broadcasted on the Animasyros International Animation Festival Facebook Page.

Free Entry
The access to Persons with Disabilities is ensured in all Festival Venues.
According to the Government Health Regulations in force, for entering at the indoor screenings and events of Animasyros2021, it is necessary to present at the entrance either [a] a vaccination certificate or [b] a certificate verifying that the person has been tested positive against COVID-19, issued thirty (30) days after the first positive test and valid to one hundred and eighty (180) days thereafter, or [c] a negative rapid antigen (48 hours). The above prerequisites also cover persons from 12-17 years old. Minors from 5-11 years old may enter with a self-test statement. No physical presence of the parent or guardian is required. Entrance to open air screenings and events is not subject to the above prerequisites. The use of a mask is mandatory in all areas.

*Cultural Centre of Hermoupolis

10:00-17:00 Pitching Forum: Folimage Workshop- Catherine Blanc-Maurizi & Hélène Friren (FR)

*Open only to Pitching Forum Participants

17:00 – 19:40 Agora Roundtables

17:00 – 17:10 Opening Agora Coordinator, Marineta Mak Kritikou (GR)

17:10 – 17:50

Animated Film Production during Covid in Greece: 3 case studies

Film: In Between Effie Pappa (GR)

Film: Hellenic Places: Hermoupolis Charalambos Margaritis (CY) / Maria Sabatakaki (GR)

Film: Mine- Daphne Xourafi (GR)

10’ Q&A

18:00 – 18:40

International Co-productions: Challenges & opportunities

Film: Mosaic- Imge Özbilge & Sine Özbilge (TR-BE)

Film: How My Grandmother Became a Chair -Nicolas Fattouh (LB)

Film: Have a Nice Dog-Jalal Maghout (SR)

10’ Q&A

18:50 – 19:30

Career paths for animation talents

Kim Noce (IT)

Sophia El Khyari (MA)

Laure Goasguen (FR)

10’ Q&A

AGORA – END OF DAY 1

*Cultural Centre of Hermoupolis

10:00-17:00 Pitching Forum: Folimage Workshop- Catherine Blanc-Maurizi & Hélène Friren (FR)

*Open only to Pitching Forum Participants

17:00 – 19:40 Agora Presentations

Music/Sound in Animation

17:00 – 17:10 Opening Agora Coordinator, Marineta Mak Kritikou (GR)

17:10 – 17:30

From Improvisation to composition

Nik Phelps (BE)

10’ Q&A

17:40 – 18:00

Dubbing in Animation

Ακίνδυνος Γκίκας Akindynos Gkikas (GR)

10’ Q&A

18:10 – 18:30

Composing for animation: Signe Baumane case study

Kristian Sensini (IT)

10’ Q&A

18:45 – 19:30

In Conversation with Joanna Quinn

The woman behind Beryl

Joanna Quinn (GB), Nancy Denney Phelps (BE)

10’ Q&A

AGORA – END OF DAY 2

*Cultural Centre of Hermoupolis

10:00-16:00 Pitching Forum: Folimage Workshop- Catherine Blanc-Maurizi & Hélène Friren (FR)

*Open only to Pitching Forum Participants

12:00 – 13:40 Agora Presentations

Content & Greek VOD Platforms

12:00 – 12:10 Opening Agora Coordinator, Marineta Mak Kritikou (GR)

12:10 – 12:30 CINOBO

Dafni Bechtsi, Tassos Melemenidis (GR)

10’ Q&A

12:40 – 13:00 COSMOTE TV

Grigoris Kokkinakis (GR)

10’ Q&A

13:10 – 13:30 Let’s talk about ERTFLIX

Constantinos Bourounis (GR)

10’ Q&A

13:40 – 14:00 Annecy’s Animation du Monde in Animasyros

Mifa Pitches: A catalyst for animated film co-productions in the Mediterranean

Géraldine Baché (FR)

10’ Q&A

16:30 – 17:40 Animated Documentary

16:30 – 16:40 Opening Agora Coordinator, Marineta Mak Kritikou (GR)

16:40 – 17:00 “My favorite war”- Animated documentary story-telling

Ilze Burkovska Jacobsen (LV)

10’ Q&A

17:10 – 17:30 “Aurora’s sunrise”, a work-in-progress

Inna Sahakyan (AR)

10’ Q&A

17:40 – 19:30 Content & Production Companies

17:40 – 18:00

FOLIMAGE Catherine Blanc-Maurizi (FR), Hélène Friren (FR)

10’ Q&A

18:10 – 18:30 NEDA FILM Amanda Livanou (GR)

10’ Q&A

18:40 – 19:00 WHITE FOX: Karagiozis: From the stage to the silver screen

Anastasia Manou, Christos Leivaditis (GR)

10’ Q&A

AGORA – END OF DAY 3

*Cultural Centre of Hermoupolis

11:00 – 12:30 Agora Presentations & Roundtables

Creative Europe & Greek Support Funds

11:00 – 11:10 Opening Agora Coordinator, Marineta Mak Kritikou (GR)

11:10 – 11:30 Empowering women professional in the animation industry

Anna Kasimati (GR) Creative Europe MEDIA, Greek Film Centre

10’ Q&A

11:50 – 12:20 Roundtable: Greek Support Funds for Emerging Authors in animation

Vasiliki Diagouma (GR) – EKOME

Athena Kalkopoulou (GR) – Greek Film Centre Hellas Film

Panagiotis Kyriakoulakos (GR) – ASIFA Hellas

Yorgos Tsemberopoulos (GR) – Hellenic Academy of Film

10’ Q&A

12:30 – 13:00 CIFEJ Lifetime award to Dimitris Spyrou (GR)

Award Presentation: Vassilis C. Karamitsanis (GR) Animasyros President

Athena Rikaki (GR)

14:30 – 16:00

Agora Pitching Forum

Final Presentations of the Pitching Forum Participants

AGORA – END OF DAY 4