Short Documentary Films
- A Night at the Garden (Marshall Curry, 2017, 7’)
In 1939, 20,000 Americans gathered at Madison Square Garden in New York to celebrate the rise of Nazism shortly before World War II—an event largely forgotten in mainstream American history. ***Academy Award Nominee***
- St. Louis Superman (Sami Khan – Smriti Mundhra, 2019, 28’)
Bruce Franks Jr. is a 34-year-old rapper, activist, and state representative from St. Louis, Missouri. Known as “Superman” to his constituents, he is a complex political figure who has overcome unimaginable loss to become one of the country’s most compelling emerging leaders.*** Academy Award Nominee***
- The Queen of Basketball (Ben Proudfoot, 2021, 22’)
A portrait of Lucy Harris, who scored the first basket in the history of women’s Olympic basketball and was the first and only woman officially drafted into the NBA. ***Academy Award Winner***
- Period. End of Sentence. (Rayka Zehtabchi, 2018, 26’)
Women in a village outside Delhi, India, fight the stigma surrounding menstruation by learning how to manufacture sanitary pads. ***Academy Award Winner***
The program will be introduced by Maria Leonida and Dionysia Kopana (Greek Documentary Association).
Maria Leonida
Documentary filmmaker and Director of Karpos, an organization focused on film education with activities across several European countries. She has directed documentaries in collaboration with ERT, the Greek Film Centre, German Television, the EBU, and interactive media projects. Her latest documentary The Bet (https://thebetdoc.gr/
) received an award at the Aegean Docs Festival. She studied History, Art History, and Film. She is a board member of the Greek Documentary Association.
Dionysia Kopana
Director and cinematographer. She studied Film, Psychology, and Art History. She has worked in television, advertising, film, and theater productions, as well as a photographer and writer. Since 2007, she has been teaching directing and creative documentary filmmaking. She has participated in and received distinctions at numerous festivals. She is a founding member of the Greek Documentary Association.
Live-Action Short Films
- Skin (Guy Nattiv, 2018, 20’)
In a small supermarket in a provincial town, a Black man smiles at a 10-year-old white boy. This innocent moment sparks a war between two gangs. ***Academy Award Winner***
- The Neighbors’ Window (Marshall Curry, 2019, 20’)
The true story of a middle-aged woman with young children whose life is turned upside down when two young people move in across the street. ***Academy Award Winner***
- The Letter Room (Elvira Lind, 2020, 30’)
Starring Oscar Isaac, this is a dark comedy about the secret life of a prison officer who is transferred to the letter room, where a whole new world is revealed to him. ***Academy Award Nominee***
- DeKalb Elementary (Reed Van Dyk, 2017, 21’)
The film is inspired by a 911 call made during an armed attack at a school in Atlanta. ***Academy Award Nominee***
The program will be introduced by Simos Kyparissopoulos (Micro μ Short Film Festival).
Since 2007, he has been working in the organization and production of artistic events and theater performances in Athens. Since 2011, he has managed KATOPTRON AMKE, through which he created the Micro μ Short Film Festival, which he has been organizing continuously for the past twelve years in Greece and abroad.
Animated Short Films
- Weekends (Trevor Jimenez, 2017, 15’)
The story of a young boy who has to shuttle back and forth between the homes of his recently divorced parents. ***Academy Award Nominee***
- Feast (Patrick Osborne, 2014, 6’)
The life of a man, seen through the meals he gives his dog, Winston. ***Academy Award Winner***
- Kapaemahu (Hinaleimoana Wong-Kalu, Joe Wilson, Dean Hamer, 2020, 9’)
Long ago, four beings made up of both male and female spirits brought the healing arts from Haiti to Hawaii and infused four stones with their power. These stones still remain on Waikiki Beach, but their true story has remained hidden—until now. ***Academy Award Nominee***
- The Dam Keeper (Robert Kondo & Daisuke “Dice” Tsutsumi, 2014, 18’)
A small pig protects his town from a cloud of pollution with his windmill dam, but suffers at the hands of an ungrateful crowd and is bullied at school. When a new child arrives, things start to change. ***Academy Award Nominee***
- World of Tomorrow (Don Hertzfeldt, 2015, 17’)
A little girl travels to her distant future. ***Academy Award Nominee***
- Dear Basketball (Glen Keane, 2017, 6’)
Based on a poem by Kobe Bryant about his love for basketball. ***Academy Award Winner***
- Pearl (Patrick Osborne, 2016, 6’)
A lyrical road trip of a father and his daughter. ***Academy Award Nominee***
The program will be introduced by: Panagiotis Kyriakoulakos (ASIFA HELLAS) and Marineta Mac Kritikou (Animasyros International Animation Festival).
Panagiotis Kyriakoulakos
Lecturer at the University of the Aegean, producer of the first 30-minute Greek 3D animated film “Oi Filoi Mou ta Diastimakia” (2003), directed by D. Patrikios.
Marineta Mac Kritikou
Coordinator of the Animasyros Festival Market, multimedia director specialized in documentary films. Studied contemporary history, journalism, and cinema in Paris, completed a Master’s in Screenwriting at the Sorbonne, and studied film and television at UCLA Extension, California.
