Below you can find the Agora Schedule for ANIMASYROS 2025.
Agora presentations take place at the Cultural Centre of Hermoupolis.
Special accreditation is necessary for the Agora activities.
Greek Animation Talks take place at the Cultural Center of Hermoupolis with free entrance.
Animation Speed Dating powered by Enterprise Greece takes place at Apollon Theatre.
You can find the full programme of ANIMASYROS 2025 here.
9.30 – 17.00
International MIFA Campus Pitching Forum Workshop
Delphine Nicolini (FR), Jöelle Oosterlinck (FR), Agnѐs Patron (FR)
*Open only to Pitching Forum Participants
9.30 – 17.00
International MIFA Campus Pitching Forum Workshop
Delphine Nicolini (FR), Jöelle Oosterlinck (FR), Agnѐs Patron (FR)
*Open only to Pitching Forum Participants
9.30 – 13.30
Animation Producer Workshop
Ivan Zuber (FR)
*Open only to Animation Producer Workshop participants
With the support of the Institut Francais
12.00– 12.50
Masterclass
Making Dandelion’s Odyssey
Momoko Seto (JP)
12.50– 13.30
Presentation
Animating Greek Gastronomy: The Plato’s Plate Experience
Sotiris Bolis (GR), Andreas Lambropoulos (GR)
17.00 – 18:00
Roundtable
The contemporary animation scene in Croatia
Sunčana Brkulj (HR), Veljko Popović (HR), Jure Bušić - Jaka Produkcija (HR)
Dalibor Jakus - Animafest Zagreb (HR) - Moderator
18.00 – 19.00
Roundtable
Tech Meets Art: Animation Futures
Argyris Chatzitofis – moverse (GR)
Lazaros Anagnostopoulos -3Deers (GR)
Lazaros Boudakidis – TIFF (GR)
Aristotelis Maragkos (GR)
Dimitris Delinikolas - Empty Film (GR) - Moderator
9.30 – 17.00
International MIFA Campus Pitching Forum Workshop
Delphine Nicolini (FR), Jöelle Oosterlinck (FR), Agnѐs Patron (FR)
*Open only to Pitching Forum Participants
9.30 – 13.30
Animation Producer Workshop
Ivan Zuber (FR)
*Open only to Animation Producer Workshop participants
With the support of the Institut Francais
10:30– 11.30
Presentation
How I learned to stop worrying and love Rig Animation
THE HIVE GREECE
11.30 – 13.00
Masterclass
The animated world of Bill Plympton
Bill Plympton (US)
17.00 – 18.00
Presentation
Making the cut: better animation through editing
Bill Kinder (US)
18.00 – 19.00
Roundtable
Joanna Quinn & Nancy Denney-Phelps Talk Books - and anything else that pops into their heads
Joanna Quinn (UK), Nancy Denney-Phelps (BE)
9.30 – 15.30
International MIFA Campus Pitching Forum Workshop
Delphine Nicolini (FR), Jöelle Oosterlinck (FR), Agnѐs Patron (FR)
*Open only to Pitching Forum Participants
9.30 – 13.30
Animation Producer Workshop
Ivan Zuber (FR)
*Open only to Animation Producer Workshop participants
With the support of the Institut Francais
10:30 –11:30
Presentation
Handsome frames: An introduction into character layout
Kostas Firinidis (GR)
11.30 – 12.30
Work in Progress
Animation meets VR in the development of ZAKO: Tools, Process and Possibilities.
Tigran Arakelyan (AM)
13.00 – 14.30
Greek Animation Talks powered by the Hellenic Film & Audiovisual Center with Eva Stefani
Eva Stefani (GR)
17.00 – 18.00
Roundtable
Choosing to produce animation films in Europe today
Kerdi Oengo – Nukufilm (EE), Martin Vandas – Maur Film (CZ),
Paulina Zacharek – Momakin (PL)
Athena Kalkopoulou (GR) – Moderator
Online Presentation
18.00 – 18.40
Visualizing Space at NASA
Eleni Kostis – NASA (US)
Parallel events
15.30 – 16.30
International MIFA Campus Pitching Forum Workshop
Pitching Forum Workshop Presentations
Final presentations of Pitching Forum Workshop participants.
16.30-17.00
Awards Ceremony of Greek-speaking Projects – Agora Pitching Forum
With the support of Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation (ERT) & the music production company MUSOU
ANIMEGARON Competition Awards Ceremony
In collaboration with Megaron the Athens Concert Hall
10.30 – 11.10
Roundtable
Creative Europe-MEDIA talks…
Susana Costa Pereira – Creative Europe MEDIA Desk Portugal (PT),
Anna Kasimati - Creative Europe MEDIA Desk Greece (GR)
11.10 – 11.50
Roundtable
Creativity and art: teaching or learning? 10 principles that keep us going
Zozeta Miliopoulou (GR), Maria Anestopoulou (GR) - Moderator
With the support of the American College of Greece Deree
11.50 – 12.30
Roundtable
Shaping European Animation: Film Institutions, Promotion & Production in Europe
Leonidas Christopoulos – E.K.K.O.ME.Δ (GR), Ronan McCabe – Animation Ireland (IE), Petra Zlonoga – Zagreb Film (HR), Justė Michailinaitė – Broom Films (LT)
Athena Kalkopoulou (GR) – Moderator
13.00 – 14.30
Greek Animation Talks powered by the Hellenic Film & Audiovisual Center with Eva Stefani
Eva Stefani (GR)
10.00 – 13.00
Animation Speed Dating powered by Enterprise Greece
Joanna Quinn (UK), Tigran Arakelyan (AM), Kerdi Oengo (EE), Martin Vandas (CZ), Paulina Zacharek (PL), Viviane Vanfleteren (BE), Barbara Dukas (GR)
*Open only to Animation Speed Dating Participants