The 3rd Aegean International Short Film Festival “Theodoros Angelopoulos” with the theme “The Female Gaze”, organized by the municipality of Aegialia, is coming from June 24 to 30, 2024 at the wonderful Garden of the Polycentric Conference Center of Aegion! For 7 days, Aegio becomes the center of interest for cinema lovers with short film competition programs from all over the world, concerts, tributes, discussions and many surprises!
The participation of creators exceeded all expectations, since 257 films were submitted to the 4 competition programs of the festival (International Fiction Competition Program, International Documentary Competition Program, International Animation Competition Program, National Student Competition Program). 52 of them will be screened in the main program and will claim the awards of the committees, but also the Audience Award which adds an extra interest to the screening nights. The “Theodoros Angelopoulos” Award from the family of the great creator will also be awarded, the GSC Award for Best Cinematography from the Union of Greek Cinematographers (GSC), with which the festival has the honor to collaborate, as well as the OKLE Award from the Federation of Cinematographers Clubs of Greece.
The final list of films of the 3rd Aegean International Short Film Festival consists of 19 fiction films, 10 documentaries, 12 Animation and 11 student films.
The best films of each program, as evaluated by their 4 three-member jury, will win a cash prize of 1000 euros in the international sections and 500 euros in the National Student section.
International Competition Program – Fiction
1. Wings, by Phoebus Imellos – Greece
2. Unorthodox, by Konstantinos Antonopoulos – Greece
3. Ultraveloci, by Davide Morando and Paolo Bonfadini – Italy
4. I Promise You Paradise, by Morad Mostafa – Egypt
5. File, by Sonia K. Hadad – Iran
6. My mother is a saint, by Sylla Tzoumerkas – Greece
7. Metronome, by Péter Lehr Juhász – Hungary
8. My Name is Aseman, by Gianluca Mangiasciutti and Ali Asgari – Italy
9. The Soul in My Head, by Jung Jen Pao – Taiwan
10. Firebug, by Alexandros Papathanasopoulos – Greece
11. Flores del otro Patio, by Jorge Cadena – Switzerland
12. Power Signal, by Oscar Boyson – USA
13. Aqueronte, by Manuel Muñoz Rivas – Spain
14. Super, by Nikolas Kouloglou – Greece
15. FAULT, by Katerina Papanastasatou – Greece
16. The Armchair on the Pavement, by Mary Kolonia – Greece
17. Arizonas, by Giorgos Iliopoulos – Greece
18. Little Doggie, by Giorgos Dounis – Greece
19. Les chenilles, by Michelle and Noel Keserwany – France
International Documentary Competition Program
1. The Moon Also Rises, by Yuyan Wang – France
2. Titi – In cyclone’s wake, by Natasa Blatsiou – Greece
3. Waking up in silence, by Mila Zhluktenko and Daniel Asadi Faezi – Ukraine
4. Square the Circle, by Hanna Hovitie – Finland
5. Light of Light, by Neritan Zingziria – Greece
6. Sfendyli: When the water uproots you, by Michalis Bastakis – Greece
7. LUMEN, by Irini Tzoulias – Greece
8. Malafede, by Chiara Borsini, Marialuisa Greco and Paolo Corazza – Italy
9. Ardent Other, by Alice Brygo – France
10. Giorgos Vakirtzis in the Atticon, by Thanasis Papathanasiou – Greece
International Animation Competition Program
1. Nicely Awful, by Tobias Schlage – Japan
2. The Navel of the Moon, by Sarah Lawrence Anthony, Julia Grupińska, Bokang Koatja, Ezequiel Garibay Cires by Tian Westraad – Γαλλία
3. Try Hard, by Yuha Cho, Hugo Lemonnier, Brian Lim, Audrey Chevrolle Yuxi Zhou – Car
4. Childeric, choosing your battles, by Louise Petit, Emma Guyot DLH, Lou Dhelens, Juliette Laurent, Céline Korno and Lucie Tantot – France
5. Zoopticon, by Jon Frickey, Thies Mynther and Sandra Trostel – Germany
6. Places of Hellenism: Hydra, by Dimitris Kusandas – Greece
7. Kafka’s Collection of Porn, by Aristotle Maragos – Greece
8. Greylands, by Charlotte Waltert and Alvaro Schoeck – Switzerland
9. Coin Coin, by Solenn Lelaisant, Jeanne Marotte, Anouk Archambault, Amélie Frit, Lucile Grunder and Jean-Victor Suzanne – France
10. In Half, by Jorge Morais Valle – Spain
11. Claw Machine, by Giorgos Salame – Greece
12. My mother, the sea, by Aspasia Kazeli – Greece
National Student Competition Program
1. мала чешма / Little Faucet, by Stratis Albano
2. Siempreviva, by Nikolaos Kihem Kotsabougioukis
3. Ketchup in your mustard, by Ifigenia Theodoridis
4. DIKEOSINI (Justice), by Nikitas Sifonios and Angelos Barai
5. On the Hill, by Giorgos Stagakis
6. How to light a cigarette without getting burned, by Konstantinos Spanoudakis
7. Spinnerakos aka Panagiotis Grigoriou, of Nasos Karamalekos
8. City of Lost Souls, by Nikos Buyoukas
9. A (almost) Perfect Story of a Restless Artist, by Giorgos Zalogiannis
10. Bad Kids with Saint Names, by Vicky Anastasiadou
11. One and a half, by Odysseus Spyropoulos
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