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[dannpainapppuru]

マイリトルゴート / My Little Goat - Trailer from Tomoki Misato on Vimeo.

■Website mylittlegoat.tumblr.com/

2018.3 Director, Animator : Tomoki Misato Music : Daisuke Kawashima Sound Design : Kyosuke Nagano, Masumi Adachi Cast : Aimi Fukuhara, Kaori Yamashita, Mizuho Misato

監督・アニメーション：見里朝希 音楽：川島大輔 音響：永野響介、安達万純 声の出演：福原愛未、山下香織、見里瑞穂 東京藝術大学大学院映像研究科アニメーション専攻　第9期修了作品 ©2018 Tomoki MISATO / Tokyo University of the Arts

■Awards■ 2020.01 "Hollywood Blood Horror Festival" Best Animated (America) 2019.12 "Paris International Fantastic Film Festival" Golden Eye 2019 (France) 2019.10 "ANNY Best of Fest (Animation Night New York)" Grand Prize Winner (America) 2019.08 "23rd The Fantasia International Film Festival" Audience Silver Award for Best Animated Short Film (Canada) 2019.06 "12th Fest Anča International Animation Festival 2019" Special Mention (Slovakia) 2019.06 "SHORT SHORTS FILM FESTIVAL & ASIA 2019" the Official Competition Japan & Governor of Tokyo Award（Japan） 2019.04 "Animation Festival O!PLA" Golden Bundle Award (1st place) (Poland) 2019.04"31 FILMFEST DRESDEN" ARTE Short Film Prize, Golden Horsemen of the Youth Jury (Germany) 2019.04 "15th edition of Cortoons Gandia" Best Graduation Short Animated Film (Spain) 2019.03 "Festival International de Film d'Animation de Meknes" Best Student Film Award (Morocco) 2019.03 "22nd Japan Media Arts Festival"　Jury Selections (Japan) 2019.01 "the 2019 La Picasa International Film Festival" BEST FILM FICILP 2019, BEST ANIMATED MOVIE award (Argentina) 2018.12 "24th Campus Genius Contest" ART DIVISION PLATINUM, ENTERTAINMENT DIVISION PLATINUM (Japan) 2018.12 "12th Fukui Film Festival" Animation Grandprix (Japan) 2018.11 "ASFF As Film Festival 2018" Animation Now! Award, Idea Academy Award (Italy) 2018.11 "20th DigiCon6 ASIA" Gold Special July Award (Japan) 2018.11 "New Chitose Airport International Animation Festival 2018" Jury's special Award (Japan) 2018.10 "TIAF Taichung International Animation Festival" Young Critics Award (Taiwan) 2018.10 "14th Kichijoji Animation Film Festival" Grand Prix, STUDIO4℃ Award (Japan) 2018.10 "20th DigiCon6 ASIA" Japan Gold Award (Japan) 2018.10 "StopTrik IFF 2018" Maribor Grand Prix (Slovenia) 2018.09 "ReAnima Festival" Best Student Film (Norway) 2018.09 "Indie-AniFest 2018" Audience Choice of ASIA ROAD 'Star of Festival' (Korea) 2018.09 "Turku Animated Film Festival" Tough Eye Award (Finland) 2018.08 "ASK? Film Festival" ASK? Award (Japan) 2018.03 "12th TOHO Cinemas Students Film Festival" Grand Prix Short Animation (Japan)

■Official selection■ 2019.06 "the 2019 Toronto Indie Horror Fest"(Canada) 2019.05 "ANIFILM 2019"(Czech Republic) 2019.03 "TOKYO ANIME AWARD FESTIVAL 2019"(Japan) 2019.03 "GUADALAJARA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (FICG)"(Mexico) 2019.03 "11th Tehran International Animation Festival"(Iran) 2019.02 "ANIMAC International Animation Film Festival of Catalonia"(Spain) 2019.01 "2019 COURTS MAIS TRASH Festival"(Belgium) 2018.10"The 7th Annual Kuandu International Animation Festival (KDIAF)" (Taiwan) 2018.10 "TAF Thessaloniki Animation Festival 2018" (Greece) 2018.10 "KLIK Amsterdam Animation Festival 2018" (Holland) 2018.09 "The International Animation Festival + Agora" (Greece) 2018.09 "Anim!Arte 2018" International Students Maxi (Brazil) 2018.09 "2nd Chaniartoon 2018 - International Comic & Animation Festival" (Greece) 2018.09 "Festival Stop Motion Montreal 2018" Independent film competition (Canada) 2018.09 "Sendai Short Film Festival" NEW TALENT COMPETITION (Japan) 2018.08 "LINOLEUM Festival" Scary Tales / Horror showcase (Ukraine) 2018.09 "BUT Film Festival 2018" The shortlist of films (Holland) 2018.08 "Strasburg Film Festival ? 2018" (United States) 2018.06 "Animafest Zagreb 2018" Short Films Competition (Croatia)

[ahmedfhendawy]

Patision Avenue by Thanasis Neofotistos from RADIATOR IP Sales on Vimeo.

★★★★★ "Tense & Clever” SIGHT&SOUND ★★★★★ "The most memorable film of 2019” CORTOSFERA ★★★★★ “Breathless!” FLIX ★★★★★ “Masterpiece!” CINEPIVATES

FICTION / 2018 / 12 MINUTES / GREEK (MODERN) / SHORT FILM / 4K-UHD / 25FPS / 5.1 SURROUND / GREECE

Director: Thanasis Neofotistos Production: Argonauts Productions S.A.

Synopsis: Yanni’s mum is running late to an audition as a Shakespearean Viola. After she learns that her son is left home alone, she will fight to balance her most important roles in life through a series of phone calls, in a single-long-take shot in the most controversial area of central Athens: Patision Avenue.

Film credits: AN ARGONAUTS S.A. production in co-production with ERT S.A. Directed by: Thanasis Neofotistos Producer: Ioanna Bolomyti Written By: Yorgos Angelopoulos, Thanasis Neofotistos, Pavlos Sifakis. Executive Producer: Panos Papahadzis Associate Producer: Kyveli Short Cast: Marina Symeou Director of Photography: Yannis Fotou GSC Editing: Panos Aggelopoulos Production Design: Thanasis Neofotistos Costume Design: Eva Gaitanidou Sound Design: Alejandro Cabrera Sound: Alejandro Cabrera, Yannis Antipas Production Manager: Giorgos Karoris Special Thanks: Grigoris Skarakis, Giannis Karantanis, Konstantina Koutsonasiou. International Sales: Radiator IP Sales

Festivals and awards: 75th Venice International Film Festival | World Premiere 41st Clermont-Ferrand International Short FF 2019 | Canal+ Award | Special jury Award | EFA Nomination 36th Busan ISFF | Excellence Award for Best Picture 49th Tampere International SFF 30th Sao Paolo International Short Film Festival 68th Melbourne International Film Festival 25th Encounters International Short Film Festival 28th Aspen ISFF 31st Minimalen Short Film Festival 31st Dresden ISFF | Opening Film 41st Moscow IFF 22nd Brussels ISFF 24th Vilnius IFF Kino Pavasaris 47th FNC Montreal Du Nouveau Cinema IFF 54th Chicago International Film Festival 22nd POFF Shorts-Black Nights IFF 18th Concorto ISFF 14th Show Me Shorts Film Festival 45th Filmets Badalona Film Festival 6th Bosporus IFF | Best International Short Fiction Film 4th Euregion Film Festival Cinesud | Special Jury Award 59th Thessaloniki IFF | National Premiere 16th Tirana IFF 12th NDU International FF 30th Trieste IFF 15th Akbank Sanat ISFF 21s t Mecal Pro Barcelona ISFF 11th Go-Short 33th Leeds IFF 30th LIFFE IFF 44th Cleveland International Film Festival & 70 more

NOMINATION European Film Awards 2019 NOMINATION Greek Film Academy 2019

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[aristocratslog]

Patision Avenue by Thanasis Neofotistos from RADIATOR IP Sales on Vimeo.

★★★★★ "Tense & Clever” SIGHT&SOUND ★★★★★ "The most memorable film of 2019” CORTOSFERA ★★★★★ “Breathless!” FLIX ★★★★★ “Masterpiece!” CINEPIVATES

FICTION / 2018 / 12 MINUTES / GREEK (MODERN) / SHORT FILM / 4K-UHD / 24FPS / 5.1 SURROUND / GREECE

Director: Thanasis Neofotistos Production: Argonauts Productions S.A.

Synopsis: Yanni’s mum is running late to an audition as a Shakespearean Viola. After she learns that her son is left home alone, she will fight to balance her most important roles in life through a series of phone calls, in a single-long-take shot in the most controversial area of central Athens: Patision Avenue.

Film credits: AN ARGONAUTS S.A. production in co-production with ERT S.A. Directed by: Thanasis Neofotistos Producer: Ioanna Bolomyti Written By: Yorgos Angelopoulos, Thanasis Neofotistos, Pavlos Sifakis. Executive Producer: Panos Papahadzis Associate Producer: Kyveli Short Cast: Marina Symeou Director of Photography: Yannis Fotou GSC Editing: Panos Aggelopoulos Production Design: Thanasis Neofotistos Costume Design: Eva Gaitanidou Sound Design: Alejandro Cabrera Sound: Alejandro Cabrera, Yannis Antipas Production Manager: Giorgos Karoris Special Thanks: Grigoris Skarakis, Giannis Karantanis, Konstantina Koutsonasiou. International Sales: Radiator IP Sales

Festivals and awards: 75th Venice International Film Festival | World Premiere 41st Clermont-Ferrand International Short FF 2019 | Canal+ Award | Special jury Award | EFA Nomination 36th Busan ISFF | Excellence Award for Best Picture 49th Tampere International SFF 30th Sao Paolo International Short Film Festival 68th Melbourne International Film Festival 25th Encounters International Short Film Festival 28th Aspen ISFF 31st Minimalen Short Film Festival 31st Dresden ISFF | Opening Film 41st Moscow IFF 22nd Brussels ISFF 24th Vilnius IFF Kino Pavasaris 47th FNC Montreal Du Nouveau Cinema IFF 54th Chicago International Film Festival 22nd POFF Shorts-Black Nights IFF 18th Concorto ISFF 14th Show Me Shorts Film Festival 45th Filmets Badalona Film Festival 6th Bosporus IFF | Best International Short Fiction Film 4th Euregion Film Festival Cinesud | Special Jury Award 59th Thessaloniki IFF | National Premiere 16th Tirana IFF 12th NDU International FF 30th Trieste IFF 15th Akbank Sanat ISFF 21s t Mecal Pro Barcelona ISFF 11th Go-Short 33th Leeds IFF 30th LIFFE IFF 44th Cleveland International Film Festival & 70 more

NOMINATION European Film Awards 2019 NOMINATION Greek Film Academy 2019

patisionavenue.com/

#PatisionAvenue #PatisionAvenueFilm

[vflouris]

Patision Avenue by Thanasis Neofotistos from RADIATOR IP Sales on Vimeo.

★★★★★ "Tense & Clever” SIGHT&SOUND ★★★★★ "The most memorable film of 2019” CORTOSFERA ★★★★★ “Breathless!” FLIX ★★★★★ “Masterpiece!” CINEPIVATES

FICTION / 2018 / 12 MINUTES / GREEK (MODERN) / SHORT FILM / 4K-UHD / 24FPS / 5.1 SURROUND / GREECE

Director: Thanasis Neofotistos Production: Argonauts Productions S.A.

Synopsis: Yanni’s mum is running late to an audition as a Shakespearean Viola. After she learns that her son is left home alone, she will fight to balance her most important roles in life through a series of phone calls, in a single-long-take shot in the most controversial area of central Athens: Patision Avenue.

Film credits: AN ARGONAUTS S.A. production in co-production with ERT S.A. Directed by: Thanasis Neofotistos Producer: Ioanna Bolomyti Written By: Yorgos Angelopoulos, Thanasis Neofotistos, Pavlos Sifakis. Executive Producer: Panos Papahadzis Associate Producer: Kyveli Short Cast: Marina Symeou Director of Photography: Yannis Fotou GSC Editing: Panos Aggelopoulos Production Design: Thanasis Neofotistos Costume Design: Eva Gaitanidou Sound Design: Alejandro Cabrera Sound: Alejandro Cabrera, Yannis Antipas Production Manager: Giorgos Karoris Special Thanks: Grigoris Skarakis, Giannis Karantanis, Konstantina Koutsonasiou. International Sales: Radiator IP Sales

Festivals and awards: 75th Venice International Film Festival | World Premiere 41st Clermont-Ferrand International Short FF 2019 | Canal+ Award | Special jury Award | EFA Nomination 36th Busan ISFF | Excellence Award for Best Picture 49th Tampere International SFF 30th Sao Paolo International Short Film Festival 68th Melbourne International Film Festival 25th Encounters International Short Film Festival 28th Aspen ISFF 31st Minimalen Short Film Festival 31st Dresden ISFF | Opening Film 41st Moscow IFF 22nd Brussels ISFF 24th Vilnius IFF Kino Pavasaris 47th FNC Montreal Du Nouveau Cinema IFF 54th Chicago International Film Festival 22nd POFF Shorts-Black Nights IFF 18th Concorto ISFF 14th Show Me Shorts Film Festival 45th Filmets Badalona Film Festival 6th Bosporus IFF | Best International Short Fiction Film 4th Euregion Film Festival Cinesud | Special Jury Award 59th Thessaloniki IFF | National Premiere 16th Tirana IFF 12th NDU International FF 30th Trieste IFF 15th Akbank Sanat ISFF 21s t Mecal Pro Barcelona ISFF 11th Go-Short 33th Leeds IFF 30th LIFFE IFF 44th Cleveland International Film Festival & 70 more

NOMINATION European Film Awards 2019 NOMINATION Greek Film Academy 2019

patisionavenue.com/

#PatisionAvenue #PatisionAvenueFilm

[artwalktv]

★★★★★ "Tense & Clever” SIGHT&SOUND ★★★★★ "The most memorable film of 2019” CORTOSFERA ★★★★★ “Breathless!” FLIX ★★★★★ “Masterpiece!” CINEPIVATES FICTION / 2018 / 12 MINUTES / GREEK (MODERN) / SHORT FILM / 4K-UHD / 24FPS / 5.1 SURROUND / GREECE Director: Thanasis Neofotistos Production: Argonauts Productions S.A. Synopsis: Yanni’s mum is running late to an audition as a Shakespearean Viola. After she learns that her son is left home alone, she will fight to balance her most important roles in life through a series of phone calls, in a single-long-take shot in the most controversial area of central Athens: Patision Avenue. Film credits: AN ARGONAUTS S.A. production in co-production with ERT S.A. Directed by: Thanasis Neofotistos Producer: Ioanna Bolomyti Written By: Yorgos Angelopoulos, Thanasis Neofotistos, Pavlos Sifakis. Executive Producer: Panos Papahadzis Associate Producer: Kyveli Short Cast: Marina Symeou Director of Photography: Yannis Fotou GSC Editing: Panos Aggelopoulos Production Design: Thanasis Neofotistos Costume Design: Eva Gaitanidou Sound Design: Alejandro Cabrera Sound: Alejandro Cabrera, Yannis Antipas Production Manager: Giorgos Karoris Special Thanks: Grigoris Skarakis, Giannis Karantanis, Konstantina Koutsonasiou. International Sales: Radiator IP Sales Festivals and awards: 75th Venice International Film Festival | World Premiere 41st Clermont-Ferrand International Short FF 2019 | Canal+ Award | Special jury Award | EFA Nomination 36th Busan ISFF | Excellence Award for Best Picture 49th Tampere International SFF 30th Sao Paolo International Short Film Festival 68th Melbourne International Film Festival 25th Encounters International Short Film Festival 28th Aspen ISFF 31st Minimalen Short Film Festival 31st Dresden ISFF | Opening Film 41st Moscow IFF 22nd Brussels ISFF 24th Vilnius IFF Kino Pavasaris 47th FNC Montreal Du Nouveau Cinema IFF 54th Chicago International Film Festival 22nd POFF Shorts-Black Nights IFF 18th Concorto ISFF 14th Show Me Shorts Film Festival 45th Filmets Badalona Film Festival 6th Bosporus IFF | Best International Short Fiction Film 4th Euregion Film Festival Cinesud | Special Jury Award 59th Thessaloniki IFF | National Premiere 16th Tirana IFF 12th NDU International FF 30th Trieste IFF 15th Akbank Sanat ISFF 21s t Mecal Pro Barcelona ISFF 11th Go-Short 33th Leeds IFF 30th LIFFE IFF 44th Cleveland International Film Festival & 70 more NOMINATION European Film Awards 2019 NOMINATION Greek Film Academy 2019 https://bit.ly/34RA3LT #PatisionAvenue #PatisionAvenueFilm

[whileiamdying]

A clumsy accident leads a young girl onto the streets of Mumbai in the hope of making things right. A gentle and touching father/daughter story depicted in exquisite stop-motion from Indian animation mainstay, Studio Eeksaurus. Miscellaneous Video Links : - 1. Music Session -https://vimeo.com/392429595 2. Animating Tokri - https://vimeo.com/392426186 3. Pre-Production - https://vimeo.com/377728814 4. Sound Design - https://vimeo.com/392432285 5. Faces of Tokri - https://vimeo.com/290417516 6. Production Design - https://vimeo.com/330708363 7. Tokri Photoshoot - https://vimeo.com/360727855 Awards & Wins : - Luchezarny Angel Film Festival - The 11th Xiamen International Animation Festival - Filmmakers of the Year Film Festival (FYFF) - Crossroads Film Festival - Brroego Springs Film Festival - 65th National Film Award - 19th Crossroads Film Festival - Moscow Shorts April 2018 - Myrtle Beach International Film Festival - Mumbai International Film Festival (MIFF) - 4th Thessaloniki Animation Film Festival - 6th Sharjah International Children’s Film Festival ( SICFF ) - International Short Film Festival Kolkata - Animation Studio Festival - Palm Springs International Animation Festival, 2018 (PSIAF ) - Short to The Point - Accolade Global Film Festival - 19th Digicon 6 Asia Awards - New Delhi Short Film Festival - The Smalls Film Festival - Great Lakes International Film Festival - Moondance International Film Festival - Long Island International Film Expo(LIIFE) - Acharya Tulsi Short Film Festival - 16 Jaipur International Film Festivals - In Jaipur - Mexico International Film Festival - The IndieFest Film Awards - 60th Cine Golden Eagle Awards for Independent & Emerging Media - 12th Athens Animfest -2017 - Ficci Baf (Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry) 2017 Full Credit List : https://docs.google.com/document/d/1lE8clZiabYujjzM-W_4xk6q4WibHu719VY2d9jNxD5k/edit Nominations and Official Selections : - The Ambulante Film festival for the kids section - Luchezarny Angel - Indie Meme Film Festival 2019 - New York International Children's Film Festival (NYICFF ) - Black Movie Film Festival’s - Kobane International Film Festival - International animation film festival Tindirindis in Lithuania - Cinekid Screening Club Invitation - Filem'On - International Film Festival - Ojai Film Festival - Lodz Animation Film Festival - Banjaluka International Animated Film Festival - 8th StopTrik IFF (International Stop Motion Competition ) - Krok Film Festival - Tai Kwun 2018 - Cinema On The Bayou Film Festival - Tokyo Anime Awards (TAFF) 2018 - Our Fest - Play Lisbon's International Kids Film Festival 2018 - 34th Cartoon Club, The INT. Film Festival of Animation Cinema And Comic - Linoleum Festival - 8th California International Shorts Festival (Fall) - Stockholm Experimental Film Festival - 11th Tehran International Animation Festival - Académie Des César - Atlanta Film Festival (ATLFF) - an Academy Award - Aualifying Festival - 2017 Kaohsiung Film Festival International Short Film Competition - 42nd Hong Kong International Film Festival - New Filmmakers NY - Bucharest Short Film Festival - Zubroffka (kids contest) International Short Film Festival - Irvine International Film Festival - SIFFCY (Smile International Film Festival for Children and Youth) - Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles IFFLA - Anilogue International Animation Festival - 20th International Children's Film Festival India (ICFFI) - Paris Courts Devant International Short Film Festival - Kansas International Film Festival - Reggio Film Festival - Kuandu International Animation Festival - Kaoshing Film Festival International Short Film Competition (KFF) - Festival Du Film D'Animation Pour la Jeunesse - KLIk Amsterdam Film Festival - Route 66 Film Festival - Hsin-Yi Children’s Animation Awards - 3D Wire Festival - Ile Courts International Short Film Festival - Indie-AniFest - Fantoche International Animation Film Festival - Festival International Du Film D'Animation De Paris (PIAFF) - Woodstock Museum Film Festival - La Guarimba International Film Festival - The San Diego International Kids' Film Festival - Tandil International Short Film - Bucheon International Animation Festival - Anima Mundi 2017 - Supertoon Animation Film Festival 2017 - 9th Edition Montreal stopMotion Animation Film Festival - 11th River Film Festival (RiFF) - 57th Zlin Film Festival - NCCC Film & Animation Festival - Tokyo Lift-Off Film Festival - Animation Day in Cannes Accolade - Cortoons Festival Gandia - Animakom Fest - Cartoons on The Bay - Lucca Film Festival - Animac International Animation Film Festival of Catalonia - Festival De Cinema En Famille De - Arthouse Asia - London City Film Awards - North Hollywood Cinefest - Solo International Film Festival - Liverpool Film Festival - Edinburgh Independent Film Awards - Glasgow International Film Festival - The Buddha International Film Festival (TBIFF)

[estherjulie-anne]

Proud to announce SUNDAYS by Alethea Avramis (2020, 81’, Greece, France) was selected to screen at the Newcomers Competition section of the 2020 Thessaloniki Documentary Film Festival. After thirty years of serving as a Greek Orthodox priest in the US, Tom Avramis decides to leave the priesthood, shocking his tight knit family and admiring parishioners. When his daughter discovers an old video he made about his life detailing the burdens and secrets he carried, she turns the camera on him, revealing further secrets about her father’s past.

TRAILER

Thessaloniki Documentary Film Festival (World Premiere) Aegean Docs IFF Free Zone IFF

Directed by | Alethea C. Avramis Produced by | Heretic Co-produced by | Mezzanine Films Supported by | Creative Europe Media, Greek Film Center, Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée Producers | Giorgos Karnavas, Konstantinos Kontovrakis Co-producer | Mathieu Bompoint Executive producers | Mando Stathi, Alethea C. Avramis Countries of production | Greece, France Cinematography by | Svetlana Cvetko, Alethea C. Avramis Editing by | Esther Shubinski

SUNDAYS Review

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Frame vs context

The latest edition of Thessaloniki International Film Festival served as a battlefield for two hashtags: #ChooseYourFrame (the official festival tagline) and #WhoIsFuckingGreekCinema (the iconoclasts' motto). Are people on the poster flying high above the sea or in a free fall? The frame seems to persuade us it is the former. Yet, same question applies to the current state of the Greek film industry, too, and the response is a bit more complex. Our Lydia Papadimitriou probes into the context.

Greek cinema found itself under fire at this year’s Thessaloniki International Film Festival. On November 2nd, the day of the festival opening, the Greek Minister of Culture Lydia Koniordou announced the early and immediate dismissal of the Greek Film Centre’s General Director Electra Venaki citing vague differences with the organization’s Board of Directors. Exactly a week earlier, on October 26th, the Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation - ERT (Greece’s other main state funding body for cinema) announced the immediate cessation of the decision-makers' committee just a few days before the results of the latest project-funding call were out. Despite being unconnected, the two events created a strong sense of anger and insecurity among the Greek filmmaking community, a large part of which was in attendance in Thessaloniki, because since last year’s change of leadership, TIFF has resumed its key role in promoting and supporting Greek cinema by screening the majority of Greek films produced in 2017.

Who Is Fucking Greek Cinema badges and flyers circulated in TIFF's venues, while the traditional press conference of ERT only served to intensify insecurities among the Greek filmmakers. In response to her sudden dismissal, Electra Venaki, who had been due to attend the festival, sent a detailed and authoritative reply to the press requesting a clear explanation of the reasons for her cessation, and highlighting her extensive contribution to the institution in the 18 months since she took office. Instead of any illuminating reply, a short and vague statement by the GFC's Board of Directors gave no specific reasons for the decision, aside from claiming the General Director's reluctance to facilitate some of the Board of Directors' priorities, and announcing her (temporary) replacement with the GFC's Director of Production Vassilis Kosmopoulos.

Irrespective of the specific circumstances surrounding each of these two separate events, what becomes clear is that Greek cinema is caught up in power struggles within its supporting bodies (and with the government) – struggles that serve anything but the filmmaking community's interests. In the case of the Greek Film Centre, a large part of the problem rests with the vagueness of law 3905/2010 that regulates its managerial structure, as the text is open to different interpretations about the roles and responsibilities of GFC's General Director and Board of Directors, and can thus become the breeding ground for (personal) confrontations. It is a happy occurrence, therefore, that the Thessaloniki International Film Festival, regulated by the same law, has not fallen pray to such dysfunctions, and succeeded for one more year, despite financial difficulties, to both offer a very rich programme of screenings, while also supporting the filmmaking community with its Agora market activities.

Among the “33 Greek feature films directed by both newcomers and established filmmakers” shown in Thessaloniki, and among those I watched, three very different works directed by women stood out: Elina Psykou's SON OF SOFIA / O GIOS TIS SOFIAS (2017), Dora Masklavanou's POLYXENI (2017), and Nancy Biniadaki's THE SURFACE OF THINGS (2017). Psykou's feature (which won for Best Film in the International Narrative Competition at Tribeca this April) is set during the 2004 Summer Olympic Games in Athens and focuses on the experience of an 11-year-old boy who joins his Russian mother in Greece only to find out that she is married to a much older man whom she also looks after. A study of the way in which – despite its characters' best intentions – psychological violence breeds physical violence in a family, the film has thematic and stylistic affinities with the so-called Greek Weird Wave. Psykou's film handles the story in a distinctive and humorous way, in which huge soft toys underscore awkward expressions of love, enable empowering (also ridiculous) masquerades, and assist imaginary escapes.

Masklavanou's film, a costume drama based on a true story set in the 1970s, also focuses on familial and social oppression, only in a very different way. Its titular character, Polyxeni, is a young woman orphaned during the Greek civil war, fostered and later adopted by a rich Greek family in Istanbul. Broken down in its component parts 'poly' and 'xeni', her name and the film's title mean 'very foreign' in Greek, a metaphorical signification overemphasised in the opening titles, where a small gap splitting the word into two is evident. The metaphor does, however, point to the fundamental conflict in the film – the fact that Polyxeni is never fully accepted by her adoptive family, nor by the insular and reactionary Greek community in Istanbul. The film, which won the Youth Jury Award for a Greek production, handles its storytelling very successfully, balancing empathy with social commentary, and managing to trigger emotions without succumbing to sentimentality.

In contrast to the mainstream stylistic approach of POLYXENI, Biniadaki's debut THE SURFACE OF THINGS is an unconventional adaptation of a novel by Angela Dimitrakaki. The work is structured in four unconnected consecutive sequences, in which each of the film's four characters share with us fragmented memories of their youth in the 1980s. In doing so, they gradually reveal a traumatic event involving Athens' semi-mythical ancient rivers and a girl being swept away by them. While it can be difficult to follow all aspects of the story, the excellent performances of its female leads (especially Maria Kallimani and Themis Bazaka) turn this storytelling experiment into a compelling watch, that, while being firmly set in the present, invites the audience to mentally reconstruct aspects of the culture in the Greek capital in the 1980s.

Among Greek newcomers, Dimitris Tsilifonis is certainly worth a mention, as his well-paced and imaginatively orchestrated humorous action movie DO IT YOURSELF (2017) is an eminently watchable, entertaining, and clever genre film. Produced without the support of Greece's beleaguered state institutions but with the financial backing of the pay TV Nova and the large cinema distributor Odeon, it utilises very effectively its limited budget, and will hopefully appeal to a wide public, thus hopefully reinvigorating Greek popular cinema.

Nevertheless, while Greek films are an important part of the TIFF, they are by no means its only focus. One of its most distinctive strands is the Balkan Survey, now in its 24th year, which showcases both recent and classic films from the region. Among the recent films, Hanna Slak's THE MINER / RUDAR (2017) stood out. Based on the true story of the discovery of an unattributed mass grave from World War II, the film skilfully weaves the exploration of older and more recent traumas, dealing subtly but effectively with the history of ex-Yugoslavia. A Slovenian-Croatian-German production, THE MINER had previously participated in Thessaloniki's co-production forum Crossroads, just like Gjorce Stavreski's Macedonian-Greek SECRET INGREDIENT / ISCELITEL (2017), which had its world premiere in Thessaloniki. Stavreski's film uses a comic but also empathetic tone to explore its main character's attempts to help his cancer-suffering father with marijuana-infused cakes, while also trying to avoid the gangsters who try to recoup their lost goods. The film offers a touching portrayal of a father-son relationship, while also pointing to social dysfunctions in the former Yugoslav republic. SECRET INGREDIENT won the Audience Award for the Balkan Survey section.

But it was the older Balkan films, a tribute to literary adaptations from the region, that were particularly worth seeing this year in Thessaloniki, especially as they were screened from 35mm copies complete with flicker and print scratches. Among those I enjoyed are the two Bulgarian films, the anti-war transnational and forbidden romance in Vulo Radev's THE PEACH THIEF / KRADETZAT NA PRASKOVI (1964), and the tragic story of sexual discovery and revenge in Metodi Andonov's THE GOAT HORN / KOZIAT ROG (1972). From Yugoslavia, Aleksandar Petrović's tripartite anti-war study THREE / TRI (1965) and Ante Babaja's harsh depiction of early XX-century peasant life THE BIRCH TREE / BREZA (1967) represented excellent examples of what is now Serbian and Croatian cinema, respectively. Also on the topic of peasants, Stere Gulea's THE MOROMETE FAMILY / MOROMEȚII (1987) vividly depicts a Romanian family's saga during the 1930s, as it is affected by broader social changes.

If old technology was celebrated through the festival's archival screenings (including, apart from the Balkan Survey, a tribute to Ida Lupino and the recently deceased French director Armand Gatti, as well as a number of Greek classics), new technology had also a dynamic presence in this year's festival edition. For the first time, TIFF launched a competition section with 10 VR titles, shown in a new venue near the main cinemas. Among the VR projects shown was the ARTE co-financed DOLPHIN MAN, a VR film complementing Lefteris Haritos' similarly titled feature-length documentary based on the life of free-diver Jacques Mayol. The VR competition winners were the South Korean BLOODLESS (2017) that portrays the last moments of a brutally murdered sex-worker's life and NOTES ON BLINDNESS (2016) that uses the diaries of John Hull to communicate the experience of losing sight.

More treats – the festival opened with Ildikó Enyedi's Golden-Bear winner ON BODY AND SOUL / TESTRÖL ÉS LÉLEKRÖL (2017) and closed with Sally Potter's THE PARTY (2017). In its Open Horizons section, TIFF screened an excellent selection of indies, including Valeska Grisebach's WESTERN (2017) that (ironically) transposes contemporary conflicts between civilisation and wilderness to the European Union's Eastern borders, in Bulgaria. The festival also hosted a retrospective of Ruben Östlund, whose Palme d'Or winner THE SQUARE (2017) was not only screened but triggered the installation of a smaller scale square on Thessaloniki's Aristotle square – half-seriously, half-playfully reproducing the film's critique of the art world, its institutions, and its dependence on media. A charismatic speaker, Östlund gave a highly entertaining and illuminating masterclass open to the public. Alexander Payne also attended the festival with his new film DOWNSIZING (2017) that was very well received in Thessaloniki. Of Greek descent, Payne has been a regular supporter of the festival, having attended seven times and participated as a competition juror twice.

This brings us, finally, to the International Competition itself, programmed this year under the overall theme of Taking Roots inspired by Simone Weil's writings, as explained in the festival's new semi-scholarly publication entitled Non-Catalogue (its name, presumably, a clin d'oeil to Östlund's sarcastic similar references in THE SQUARE). Swedish cinematographer Jens Assur's debut feature RAVENS / KORPARNA (2017) won TIFF's Golden Alexander for the beautifully shot and powerfully narrated story of a 1970s farmer who is trying to resist the modernisation and capitalism's changes. Vahid Jalilvand's unsettling, insightful, and engrossing moral tale NO DATE, NO SIGNATURE / BEDOUNE TARIKH, BEDOUNE EMZA (2017), about a doctor assuming responsibility for a death that may or may not have been of his own making, received the festival's second award, the Silver Alexander.

Despite the clouds of insecurity and anger caused by knee-jerk political decisions concerning the future of state support of Greek cinema, the overall spirit in Thessaloniki was optimistic. In its 58th year, and despite the numerous changes, transformations, and crises of its own during TIFF's long history, the festival remains a major cultural hub for watching, discussing, planning, and reviewing films from Greece, the Balkans, Europe and beyond. The sold-out screenings, the full cafés and restaurants in its vicinity, and the overall festival buzz testify to this. Let's just hope that in the years to come the other film-supporting institutions in Greece will follow the Thessaloniki festival's successful example.

If you are a film industry professional, you can watch titles from Thessaloniki IFF on Festival Scope

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Squad Leader TD-73028 Soliloquy (A Star Wars meets Shakespeare Short Film) from Maxime-Claude L'Écuyer on Vimeo.

Short film fiction | Quebec, Canada | 7 min. 55 sec. | DCP | 2:35 | Dolby 5.1 | English | 2018

Synopsis: To be or not to be: Star Wars meets Shakespeare. Hamlet’s famous soliloquy is presented as the inner voice of a Stormtrooper, demonstrating the way Shakespeare’s language still echoes down to us through the centuries and remains as relevant today as ever---not to mention as well in a galaxy far, far away…

« Être ou ne pas être », telle est la question. C’est à cette improbable rencontre entre Star Wars et Shakespeare que le film nous convie, en revisitant le célèbre soliloque d’Hamlet. Mettant en lumière cette résonnance contemporaine dans l’écriture shakespearienne qui a traversé les siècles, gardant toute sa force et sa justesse ici, maintenant, et dans une galaxie pas si lointaine, finalement…

Director, producer: Maxime-Claude L'Écuyer Based on William Shakespeare’s Hamlet Soliloquy Cosplayer: David Blouin (TD-73028) TD-73028 voice : Anton Golikov Director of photography : Arnaud Dumas Music: Carl Bastien Sound Design: Olivier Calvert Sound Mixing: Martin M. Messier Colourist: Marc Boucrot (FIlm factory) Editing: Maxime-Claude L'Écuyer VFX: Jean-Michel Bourgeois

Distribution: Danny Lennon (Prends ça court!)

Contact: tulp1632@videotron.ca

Awards: 15th Gala Prends ça court! - FCVQ award

Screenings and festivals selections: Not Short on Talent - Festival du court de Clermont-Ferrand 2018 (selection by Telefilm Canada) 22th Festival Regard (2018, Chicoutimi, Canada) 35th Busan International Film Festival (2018, South Korea) 13th Rencontre du film court de Madagascar (2018, Madagascar) 4th Longue vue sur le court (2018, Quebec, Canada) 17th Vitesse Lumière (2018, Quebec, Canada) 22th Fantasia International Film Festival (2018, Montreal, Canada) 19th Off-Court Trouville (2018, France) 16th IFF Pacific Meridian of Vladivostok (2018, Russia) 16e Édition de Courts Critiques (2018, Canada) 13e Cinéma Urbain de la SAT (2018, Canada) 8e Festival de Cinéma de la ville de Québec (2018, Canada) 3rd Stuff MX Film Festival (2018, Mexico) 22th PÖFF SHORTS Back Night International FIlm Fest (2018, Tallinn, Estonia) 12th Thessaloniki's International Shorts Festival * TiSFF * (2018, Greece) 17th SPASM International film festival (2018, Montreal, Canada) ComicCon Los Angeles (2018, US) ComicCon Bulgaria (2018, Bulgaria) ComicCon de Québec (2018, Canada) Short That Are Not Pants Film Festival (2018, Toronto, Canada) 15th Images en vue Film Festival (2018, Canada) 4th Capricorn Film Festival (2018, Australia) 9th Shortz Film Festival (2018, Serbia) 14th Cinema on the Bayou (2019, US)

Social media links: facebook.com/SquadLeaderTD73028/ twitter.com/TD_73028 instagram.com/td73028shortfilm/

Buy a t-shirt of your Squad Leader here: redbubble.com/fr/people/MCLEcuyer/shop?asc=u

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Squad Leader TD-73028 Soliloquy (A Star Wars meets Shakespeare Short Film) from Maxime-Claude L'Écuyer on Vimeo.

Short film fiction | Quebec, Canada | 7 min. 55 sec. | DCP | 2:35 | Dolby 5.1 | English | 2018

Synopsis: To be or not to be: Star Wars meets Shakespeare. Hamlet’s famous soliloquy is presented as the inner voice of a Stormtrooper, demonstrating the way Shakespeare’s language still echoes down to us through the centuries and remains as relevant today as ever---not to mention as well in a galaxy far, far away…

« Être ou ne pas être », telle est la question. C’est à cette improbable rencontre entre Star Wars et Shakespeare que le film nous convie, en revisitant le célèbre soliloque d’Hamlet. Mettant en lumière cette résonnance contemporaine dans l’écriture shakespearienne qui a traversé les siècles, gardant toute sa force et sa justesse ici, maintenant, et dans une galaxie pas si lointaine, finalement…

Director, producer: Maxime-Claude L'Écuyer Based on William Shakespeare’s Hamlet Soliloquy Cosplayer: David Blouin (TD-73028) TD-73028 voice : Anton Golikov Director of photography : Arnaud Dumas Music: Carl Bastien Sound Design: Olivier Calvert Sound Mixing: Martin M. Messier Colourist: Marc Boucrot (FIlm factory) Editing: Maxime-Claude L'Écuyer VFX: Jean-Michel Bourgeois

Distribution: Danny Lennon (Prends ça court!)

Contact: tulp1632@videotron.ca

Awards: 15th Gala Prends ça court! - FCVQ award

Screenings and festivals selections: Not Short on Talent - Festival du court de Clermont-Ferrand 2018 (selection by Telefilm Canada) 22th Festival Regard (2018, Chicoutimi, Canada) 35th Busan International Film Festival (2018, South Korea) 13th Rencontre du film court de Madagascar (2018, Madagascar) 4th Longue vue sur le court (2018, Quebec, Canada) 17th Vitesse Lumière (2018, Quebec, Canada) 22th Fantasia International Film Festival (2018, Montreal, Canada) 19th Off-Court Trouville (2018, France) 16th IFF Pacific Meridian of Vladivostok (2018, Russia) 16e Édition de Courts Critiques (2018, Canada) 13e Cinéma Urbain de la SAT (2018, Canada) 8e Festival de Cinéma de la ville de Québec (2018, Canada) 3rd Stuff MX Film Festival (2018, Mexico) 22th PÖFF SHORTS Back Night International FIlm Fest (2018, Tallinn, Estonia) 12th Thessaloniki's International Shorts Festival * TiSFF * (2018, Greece) 17th SPASM International film festival (2018, Montreal, Canada) ComicCon Los Angeles (2018, US) ComicCon Bulgaria (2018, Bulgaria) ComicCon de Québec (2018, Canada) Short That Are Not Pants Film Festival (2018, Toronto, Canada) 15th Images en vue Film Festival (2018, Canada) 4th Capricorn Film Festival (2018, Australia) 9th Shortz Film Festival (2018, Serbia) 14th Cinema on the Bayou (2019, US)

Social media links: facebook.com/SquadLeaderTD73028/ twitter.com/TD_73028 instagram.com/td73028shortfilm/ redbubble.com/fr/people/MCLEcuyer/shop?asc=u

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Squad Leader TD-73028 Soliloquy (A Star Wars meets Shakespeare Short Film) from Maxime-Claude L'Écuyer on Vimeo.

Short film fiction | Quebec, Canada | 7 min. 55 sec. | DCP | 2:35 | Dolby 5.1 | English | 2018

Synopsis: To be or not to be: Star Wars meets Shakespeare. Hamlet’s famous soliloquy is presented as the inner voice of a Stormtrooper, demonstrating the way Shakespeare’s language still echoes down to us through the centuries and remains as relevant today as ever---not to mention as well in a galaxy far, far away…

« Être ou ne pas être », telle est la question. C’est à cette improbable rencontre entre Star Wars et Shakespeare que le film nous convie, en revisitant le célèbre soliloque d’Hamlet. Mettant en lumière cette résonnance contemporaine dans l’écriture shakespearienne qui a traversé les siècles, gardant toute sa force et sa justesse ici, maintenant, et dans une galaxie pas si lointaine, finalement…

Director, producer: Maxime-Claude L'Écuyer Based on William Shakespeare’s Hamlet Soliloquy Cosplayer: David Blouin (TD-73028) TD-73028 voice : Anton Golikov Director of photography : Arnaud Dumas Music: Carl Bastien Sound Design: Olivier Calvert Sound Mixing: Martin M. Messier Colourist: Marc Boucrot (FIlm factory) Editing: Maxime-Claude L'Écuyer VFX: Jean-Michel Bourgeois

Distribution: Danny Lennon (Prends ça court!)

Contact: tulp1632@videotron.ca

Awards: 15th Gala Prends ça court! - FCVQ award

Screenings and festivals selections: Not Short on Talent - Festival du court de Clermont-Ferrand 2018 (selection by Telefilm Canada) 22th Festival Regard (2018, Chicoutimi, Canada) 35th Busan International Film Festival (2018, South Korea) 13th Rencontre du film court de Madagascar (2018, Madagascar) 4th Longue vue sur le court (2018, Quebec, Canada) 17th Vitesse Lumière (2018, Quebec, Canada) 22th Fantasia International Film Festival (2018, Montreal, Canada) 19th Off-Court Trouville (2018, France) 16th IFF Pacific Meridian of Vladivostok (2018, Russia) 16e Édition de Courts Critiques (2018, Canada) 13e Cinéma Urbain de la SAT (2018, Canada) 8e Festival de Cinéma de la ville de Québec (2018, Canada) 3rd Stuff MX Film Festival (2018, Mexico) 22th PÖFF SHORTS Back Night International FIlm Fest (2018, Tallinn, Estonia) 12th Thessaloniki's International Shorts Festival * TiSFF * (2018, Greece) 17th SPASM International film festival (2018, Montreal, Canada) ComicCon Los Angeles (2018, US) ComicCon Bulgaria (2018, Bulgaria) ComicCon de Québec (2018, Canada) Short That Are Not Pants Film Festival (2018, Toronto, Canada) 15th Images en vue Film Festival (2018, Canada) 4th Capricorn Film Festival (2018, Australia) 9th Shortz Film Festival (2018, Serbia) 14th Cinema on the Bayou (2019, US)

Social media links: facebook.com/SquadLeaderTD73028/ twitter.com/TD_73028 instagram.com/td73028shortfilm/ redbubble.com/fr/people/MCLEcuyer/shop?asc=u

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CineMAiubit Project Development Lab 2018 is Officially Launched with Six Daring Projects in the Mix

CineMAiubit Project Development Lab 2018 kicked off its first rebranded edition and its seventh edition of international script development based in Bucharest, Romania. The Lab announced this year’s selected projects, which is one a highly diverse mix of stories and daring cinematic voices.

This year,  six short fiction projects were selected to join the international lab:

A film with 16 characters and a black cat (comedy), written by Reka Barabas

406 KM (coming-of-age drama), written by Emil Vasilache

The Funeral (dark comedy), written by Paul Berenștein

Iris Tea (drama), written by Maja Kovačević

Not Your Son (drama), written by Rithiya Tejasen

Plex și Glas (drama/dark comedy), written by Andreea Dobre

All the projects will enter an intensive script development marathon through an introductory storytelling workshop and one-to-one meetings lead by international guest Csaba Bollok, outstanding Hungarian writer/director and script development trainer of Midpoint Central European Script Center.  

Hosted by CineMAiubit ISFF, the lab aims to empower junior storytellers to improve their film craft and make it appealing on an international level.

The lab is nationally coordinated by Ioana Mischie and designed as an inspirational playground for early stage career filmmakers, reuniting mostly students or fresh Alumni currently based in Romania. This year’s edition has Emil Vasilache as a production intern.

CineMAiubit Project Development Lab began as the first international script development program in Romania back in 2012 (under the nickname of miniMIDPOINT) and ever since then it helped develop more than 30 script projects often led by teams of writers-directors-producers. 

Several short film projects were finalized, reaching excellent national and international results, such as: “Tomorrow, Bach” (directed by Mihnea Ciorica, written by Diana Voinea) nominated for the Gopo Awards 2014 - Best Short Film or “In The Sidecar” (written by Ion Bordian and Mircea Bobina, directed by Mircea Bobina), traveling at numerous international festivals worldwide. 

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Csaba Bollok is an outstanding voice in the contemporary Hungarian cinema and worldwide. He started making short movies as an independent filmmaker in the late 80s and graduated as a film director at the Hungarian Film Academy in 1994. He also studied filmmaking several times in the United States, and made short films at the legendary Béla Balázs Studió. His first feature North by North (1999) was awarded the Hungarian Filmcritics’ Prize. Iska’s Journey (2007) won Grand Prize at the Hungarian Film Week, premiered internationally at the Berlinale, and has been a great international success since then. At present, Csaba Bollók is a professor at the Eszterházy Károly College, Moving Image Department. Though his rare cinematic voice and powerful story craft, he is the highly cherished international mentor of the lab. 

Ioana Mischie is a Romanian-born transmedia cinematic storyteller (screenwriter/director), awarded for filmmaking, creative writing, interactive concepts and a Fulbright Grantee Alumna of USC School of Cinematic Arts. Her cinematic projects have traveled to more than 60 festivals worldwide (Palm Springs ISFF, Hamptons IFF, Thessaloniki IFF) and were developed in international programs (Berlinale Talents, Sundance Workshop - Italy, Cannes International Screenwriters Pavilion). She has collaborated as a writer/director with Channel 4 in the UK (for two doc webseries with a record of views in the UK) and with the Oscars awarded Legende Films (for the short fiction “237 Years”). Cofounder of Storyscapes, an NGO focussing on transmedia storytelling initiated in 2012. She deeply believes that storytellers are the “architects of the future” (Buckminster Fuller).

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A clumsy accident leads a young girl onto the streets of Mumbai in the hope of making things right. A gentle and touching father/daughter story depicted in exquisite stop-motion from Indian animation mainstay, Studio Eeksaurus. Miscellaneous Video Links : - 1. Music Session -https://ift.tt/2VXg0Xj 2. Animating Tokri - https://ift.tt/2BQC27c 3. Pre-Production - https://ift.tt/2VZkTPQ 4. Sound Design - https://ift.tt/31THAsd 5. Faces of Tokri - https://ift.tt/3iFm6pe 6. Production Design - https://ift.tt/31THAZf 7. Tokri Photoshoot - https://ift.tt/38Bbzqd Awards & Wins : - Luchezarny Angel Film Festival - The 11th Xiamen International Animation Festival - Filmmakers of the Year Film Festival (FYFF) - Crossroads Film Festival - Brroego Springs Film Festival - 65th National Film Award - 19th Crossroads Film Festival - Moscow Shorts April 2018 - Myrtle Beach International Film Festival - Mumbai International Film Festival (MIFF) - 4th Thessaloniki Animation Film Festival - 6th Sharjah International Children’s Film Festival ( SICFF ) - International Short Film Festival Kolkata - Animation Studio Festival - Palm Springs International Animation Festival, 2018 (PSIAF ) - Short to The Point - Accolade Global Film Festival - 19th Digicon 6 Asia Awards - New Delhi Short Film Festival - The Smalls Film Festival - Great Lakes International Film Festival - Moondance International Film Festival - Long Island International Film Expo(LIIFE) - Acharya Tulsi Short Film Festival - 16 Jaipur International Film Festivals - In Jaipur - Mexico International Film Festival - The IndieFest Film Awards - 60th Cine Golden Eagle Awards for Independent & Emerging Media - 12th Athens Animfest -2017 - Ficci Baf (Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry) 2017 Full Credit List : https://ift.tt/3iDCfeE Nominations and Official Selections : - The Ambulante Film festival for the kids section - Luchezarny Angel - Indie Meme Film Festival 2019 - New York International Children's Film Festival (NYICFF ) - Black Movie Film Festival’s - Kobane International Film Festival - International animation film festival Tindirindis in Lithuania - Cinekid Screening Club Invitation - Filem'On - International Film Festival - Ojai Film Festival - Lodz Animation Film Festival - Banjaluka International Animated Film Festival - 8th StopTrik IFF (International Stop Motion Competition ) - Krok Film Festival - Tai Kwun 2018 - Cinema On The Bayou Film Festival - Tokyo Anime Awards (TAFF) 2018 - Our Fest - Play Lisbon's International Kids Film Festival 2018 - 34th Cartoon Club, The INT. Film Festival of Animation Cinema And Comic - Linoleum Festival - 8th California International Shorts Festival (Fall) - Stockholm Experimental Film Festival - 11th Tehran International Animation Festival - Académie Des César - Atlanta Film Festival (ATLFF) - an Academy Award - Aualifying Festival - 2017 Kaohsiung Film Festival International Short Film Competition - 42nd Hong Kong International Film Festival - New Filmmakers NY - Bucharest Short Film Festival - Zubroffka (kids contest) International Short Film Festival - Irvine International Film Festival - SIFFCY (Smile International Film Festival for Children and Youth) - Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles IFFLA - Anilogue International Animation Festival - 20th International Children's Film Festival India (ICFFI) - Paris Courts Devant International Short Film Festival - Kansas International Film Festival - Reggio Film Festival - Kuandu International Animation Festival - Kaoshing Film Festival International Short Film Competition (KFF) - Festival Du Film D'Animation Pour la Jeunesse - KLIk Amsterdam Film Festival - Route 66 Film Festival - Hsin-Yi Children’s Animation Awards - 3D Wire Festival - Ile Courts International Short Film Festival - Indie-AniFest - Fantoche International Animation Film Festival - Festival International Du Film D'Animation De Paris (PIAFF) - Woodstock Museum Film Festival - La Guarimba International Film Festival - The San Diego International Kids' Film Festival - Tandil International Short Film - Bucheon International Animation Festival - Anima Mundi 2017 - Supertoon Animation Film Festival 2017 - 9th Edition Montreal stopMotion Animation Film Festival - 11th River Film Festival (RiFF) - 57th Zlin Film Festival - NCCC Film & Animation Festival - Tokyo Lift-Off Film Festival - Animation Day in Cannes Accolade - Cortoons Festival Gandia - Animakom Fest - Cartoons on The Bay - Lucca Film Festival - Animac International Animation Film Festival of Catalonia - Festival De Cinema En Famille De - Arthouse Asia - London City Film Awards - North Hollywood Cinefest - Solo International Film Festival - Liverpool Film Festival - Edinburgh Independent Film Awards - Glasgow International Film Festival - The Buddha International Film Festival (TBIFF)

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A clumsy accident leads a young girl onto the streets of Mumbai in the hope of making things right. A gentle and touching father/daughter story depicted in exquisite stop-motion from Indian animation mainstay, Studio Eeksaurus. Miscellaneous Video Links : - 1. Music Session -https://vimeo.com/392429595 2. Animating Tokri - https://vimeo.com/392426186 3. Pre-Production - https://vimeo.com/377728814 4. Sound Design - https://vimeo.com/392432285 5. Faces of Tokri - https://vimeo.com/290417516 6. Production Design - https://vimeo.com/330708363 7. Tokri Photoshoot - https://vimeo.com/360727855 Awards & Wins : - Luchezarny Angel Film Festival - The 11th Xiamen International Animation Festival - Filmmakers of the Year Film Festival (FYFF) - Crossroads Film Festival - Brroego Springs Film Festival - 65th National Film Award - 19th Crossroads Film Festival - Moscow Shorts April 2018 - Myrtle Beach International Film Festival - Mumbai International Film Festival (MIFF) - 4th Thessaloniki Animation Film Festival - 6th Sharjah International Children’s Film Festival ( SICFF ) - International Short Film Festival Kolkata - Animation Studio Festival - Palm Springs International Animation Festival, 2018 (PSIAF ) - Short to The Point - Accolade Global Film Festival - 19th Digicon 6 Asia Awards - New Delhi Short Film Festival - The Smalls Film Festival - Great Lakes International Film Festival - Moondance International Film Festival - Long Island International Film Expo(LIIFE) - Acharya Tulsi Short Film Festival - 16 Jaipur International Film Festivals - In Jaipur - Mexico International Film Festival - The IndieFest Film Awards - 60th Cine Golden Eagle Awards for Independent & Emerging Media - 12th Athens Animfest -2017 - Ficci Baf (Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry) 2017 Full Credit List : https://docs.google.com/document/d/1lE8clZiabYujjzM-W_4xk6q4WibHu719VY2d9jNxD5k/edit Nominations and Official Selections : - The Ambulante Film festival for the kids section - Luchezarny Angel - Indie Meme Film Festival 2019 - New York International Children's Film Festival (NYICFF ) - Black Movie Film Festival’s - Kobane International Film Festival - International animation film festival Tindirindis in Lithuania - Cinekid Screening Club Invitation - Filem'On - International Film Festival - Ojai Film Festival - Lodz Animation Film Festival - Banjaluka International Animated Film Festival - 8th StopTrik IFF (International Stop Motion Competition ) - Krok Film Festival - Tai Kwun 2018 - Cinema On The Bayou Film Festival - Tokyo Anime Awards (TAFF) 2018 - Our Fest - Play Lisbon's International Kids Film Festival 2018 - 34th Cartoon Club, The INT. Film Festival of Animation Cinema And Comic - Linoleum Festival - 8th California International Shorts Festival (Fall) - Stockholm Experimental Film Festival - 11th Tehran International Animation Festival - Académie Des César - Atlanta Film Festival (ATLFF) - an Academy Award - Aualifying Festival - 2017 Kaohsiung Film Festival International Short Film Competition - 42nd Hong Kong International Film Festival - New Filmmakers NY - Bucharest Short Film Festival - Zubroffka (kids contest) International Short Film Festival - Irvine International Film Festival - SIFFCY (Smile International Film Festival for Children and Youth) - Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles IFFLA - Anilogue International Animation Festival - 20th International Children's Film Festival India (ICFFI) - Paris Courts Devant International Short Film Festival - Kansas International Film Festival - Reggio Film Festival - Kuandu International Animation Festival - Kaoshing Film Festival International Short Film Competition (KFF) - Festival Du Film D'Animation Pour la Jeunesse - KLIk Amsterdam Film Festival - Route 66 Film Festival - Hsin-Yi Children’s Animation Awards - 3D Wire Festival - Ile Courts International Short Film Festival - Indie-AniFest - Fantoche International Animation Film Festival - Festival International Du Film D'Animation De Paris (PIAFF) - Woodstock Museum Film Festival - La Guarimba International Film Festival - The San Diego International Kids' Film Festival - Tandil International Short Film - Bucheon International Animation Festival - Anima Mundi 2017 - Supertoon Animation Film Festival 2017 - 9th Edition Montreal stopMotion Animation Film Festival - 11th River Film Festival (RiFF) - 57th Zlin Film Festival - NCCC Film & Animation Festival - Tokyo Lift-Off Film Festival - Animation Day in Cannes Accolade - Cortoons Festival Gandia - Animakom Fest - Cartoons on The Bay - Lucca Film Festival - Animac International Animation Film Festival of Catalonia - Festival De Cinema En Famille De - Arthouse Asia - London City Film Awards - North Hollywood Cinefest - Solo International Film Festival - Liverpool Film Festival - Edinburgh Independent Film Awards - Glasgow International Film Festival - The Buddha International Film Festival (TBIFF)