Greece, documentary animation, 2’13”, 2014. Dir: Aristotelis Maragkos. Japan Premiere!
Through a fluid line, etching out the shaky outline of the story of his Grandfather’s unconventional life and unexpected death in rural Greece, the artist also discovers parts of himself and shares his reflections on their identities. Annecy International Animated Film Festival 2015, among many others.
Festivals:
Annecy International Animated Film Festival 2015
Encounters Short Film and Animation Festival 2014
Leeds International Film Festival 2014
55th Krakow Film Festival 2015
20min|max International Short Film Festival 2015
21. Internationale Kurzfilmwoche Regensburg 2015
London Short Film Festival 2015
Brussels Animation Film Festival (Anima) 2015
Lanzarote International Film Festival 2015
Tehran International Animation Festival (TIAF) 2015
Golden Kuker- Sofia International Animation Film Festival 2015
“Erarta Motion Pictures” International Film Festival 2015
Athens Animation Film Festival 2015 (3rd Prize)
Taratsa Film Festival 2015
Turbine Festival Cinema – Tate Modern 2015
23rd Curtas Vila do Conde – European Panorama
Kraljevski Film Festival 2015
This Is England – Film Festival 2015
Countryside Animafest Cyprus 2015
International Short Film Festival Psarokokalo 2015
Seoul international Extreme-Short Image & Film Festival 2014
Athens International Film Festival 2014 (Bronze Award)
Drama International Film Festival 2014
Aristotelis Maragkos Biography:
ARISTOTELIS MARAGKOS was born in 1985 in Athens.
After graduating from the department of Architecture in N.T.U.A. he continued his studies at the London Film school with Filmmaking. He has written and directed several short films, including “If You Have No Place to Cry” which won the best newcomer award in Drama Film Festival 2011. He participated in the Berlinale Talent Campus 2013, Locarno Film Academy 2013 and Toronto Film Lab 2013. He won the Sarajevo Film Festival – Pack and Pitch 2013 with his feature script “The Ark”.
Aristotelis works as a director and production designer while preparing his debut feature fiction film.
Filmography:
Ark (In development)_Fiction – 100’ – Greece (2016) Produced by plays2place Productions
A Portrait_Animation – 2’ – Greece (2014)
Beatitudes_Fiction – 16’ – Greece/UK (2012) Produced with LFS and plays2place Productions
If you Have No Place to Cry_Fiction – 11’ – UK (2011) Produced with LFS
http://aristotelismaragkos.com/