International Animation Festival 23 - 29.09.2024
Agora Schedule 2022

The detailed schedule of ANIMASYROS Agora 2023 will be announced very soon.

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09:30-17:00

Pitching Forum: NEF Animation Workshop

Xavier Kawa-Topor (FR), Catherine Totems (FR)

*Open only to Pitching Forum Participants

 

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17:00 - 17:10

Agora Presentations & Roundtables Opening

Agora Coordinator, Marineta Mak Kritikou (GR)

 

17:10 - 17:40

Presentation - NEF Animation 

Xavier Kawa-Topor (FR)

10’ Q&A

 

17:50 - 18:30

Roundtable - Graphic Novels to Animated Films 

Marlyn Spaaij (NL), Tigran Arakelyan (AM), Fermin Solis (ES)

Elias Katirtzigianoglou (GR) - Moderator

10’ Q&A

 

18:40 - 19:20

Roundtable - International Co-productions: Challenges & Opportunities

Viviane Vanfleteren (BE), Olivier Catherin (FR), Amit Gicelter (IL)

Vicky Miha (GR) – Moderator

10’ Q&A

 

AGORA - END OF DAY 1

09:30-17:00

Pitching Forum: NEF Animation Workshop

Xavier Kawa-Topor (FR), Catherine Totems (FR)

*Open only to Pitching Forum Participants

 

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12:00 - 13:30

Masterclass - Navigating International Co-Productions in France

Olivier Catherin (FR)

 

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17:00 - 17:10

Agora Presentations & Roundtables -  Opening

Agora Coordinator, Marineta Mak Kritikou (GR)

 

17:10 - 17:50

Roundtable - Meet the Festival Directors

Dominique Seutin (BE), Aneta Ozorek (NL), Laura Almantaite (LT), Ben Molina (IL), Carolina Lopez Caballero (ES)

Maria Anestopoulou (GR) – Moderator

10’ Q&A

 

18:00 - 18:20

Presentation - Animating the Museum Experience: “Figures in Red”

Alexia Roider (CY), Michalis Kalopaidis (CY)

10’ Q&A

 

18:30 - 18:50

Presentation - Animating the Museum Experience: “Gegone - Inside the Museum”

Vassia Hadjiyannaki (GR), Joan Zhonga (GR)

10’ Q&A

 

19:00 - 19:20

Presentation - Innovating the Museum Experience

Dr. Sophia Handaka (GR)

10’ Q&A

 

AGORA - END OF DAY 2

09:30-17:00

Pitching Forum: NEF Animation Workshop

Xavier Kawa-Topor (FR), Catherine Totems (FR)

*Open only to Pitching Forum Participants

 

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12:00 - 13:30

Masterclass - Behind the scenes of “Affairs of the Art”

Joanna Quinn (UK), Les Mills (UK)

 

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17:00 - 17:10

Agora Presentations & Roundtables Opening

Agora Coordinator, Marineta Mak Kritikou (GR)

 

17:10 - 17:30

Presentation - Women of ’22: Work in Progress

Aris Kaplanidis (GR), Ilias Roumeliotis (GR)

10’ Q&A

 

17:40 - 18:30

Roundtable - Animation in the Baltic Countries

Gints Zilbalodis (LV), Justė Michailinaitė (LT), Janno Põldma (EE), Ülo Pikkov (EE) 

Anna Zača (LV) – Moderator

10’ Q&A

 

18:45- 19:20

In Conversation with Chris Nee, Creator of the Netflix series “We the People”

Chris Nee (US), Nancy Denney Phelps (BE)

10’ Q&A

 

AGORA - END OF DAY 3

10:00- 10:10

Agora Presentations & Roundtables Opening

Agora Coordinator, Marineta Mak Kritikou (GR)

 

10:10 - 10:50

Roundtable - Animation in Greek Speaking Universities

Eleni Mouri (GR), Dimitris Delinikolas (GR), Charalambos Margaritis (CY), Konstantinos-Alketas Oungrinis (GR), Anastasia Dimitra (GR), Konstantina Siountri (GR)

Panagiotis Kyriakoulakos (GR) – Moderator

10’ Q&A

 

11:10 - 11:20

Presentation - Atelier de Sèvres

Catherine Totems (FR)

10’ Q&A

 

11:30 - 12:20

Roundtable: Outreach program & synergies by the U.S. Embassy in Athens, the American Film Showcase and EKOME

Rachel Gandin Mark (US), Vasiliki Diagouma (GR) - Moderator

Followed by

Masterclass: The Art of Pitching

Alison Mann (US), Asalle Tanha (US)

10’ Q&A

 

12:30-12:50

Roundtable - Animated Stories of Acceptance:The case of “My superhero husband”

Anna Kasimati (GR) - Moderator, Dimitris Kazantzis (GR)

10’ Q&A

 

13:00 - 13:20

Roundtable - Institutional Support for Greek Animation

Markos Holevas (GR), Athena Kalkopoulou (GR)

Romana Lobach (GR/UA) - Moderator

10’ Q&A

 

13:30 - 13:50

Roundtable - Innovative Instruments for the Support of Audiovisual Production

Leonidas Christopoulos (GR), Athina Chatzipetrou (GR), Vassilis Karamitsanis (GR)

Sophia Beretanou (GR) - Moderator

10’ Q&A

 

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15:00 - 16:30

Agora Pitching Forum

Final Presentations of the Pitching Forum Participants

 

AGORA - END OF DAY 4