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Residency of Anna Oikonomou

hosted by TAF - Thessaloniki Animation Festival
Participating countries:
  • Greece
  • Kosovo
  • Serbia
  • Film
  • Visual Arts

Period

  • From 01-09-2023 to 31-08-2024
Generation #2

Website

Address

Thessaloniki
Greece

Project summary

A dancing journey through a girl’s relationship with her eating disorder. Cut the tie is a 4' short 2D animation by Anna Oikonomou, who has battled with an eating disorder herself and now advocates for the need to acknowledge the issue and ask for help, through her art. Miss Oikonomou is an aspiring animator from Greece, who was recently awarded with the “Stasinos” award for “Best Student Film”. During the discovery residency, the audience will have the opportunity to watch her work in progress, as well as learn about her way of creating and evolving while living in a country that gives no opportunities to young artists and especially animators.

Artist

Anna Oikonomou

Biography: Anna Oikonomou is an animator from Athens/Greece. Anna moved to Athens in 2013 to study Graphic Design & Visual Communication (University of West Attica). During her studies, she was working as a freelance animator. Her graduation film, "Looking for Joy'', has screened in various festivals, was part of the "Greece Animated" kiosk and catalogue in the MIFA of ANNECY and won the "Best Student Film of 2022" award at the annual Stratos Stasinos Awards. In 2022, Anna was an intern at Lokey Animation Studio in Athens and was also Assistant Educator in animation workshops (AnimaSyros, Aristonautes Festival). Since then, Anna has been continuing her studies at UNIWA in the MA "2D and 3D Animation" and aspires to keep working as an animator and contribute to the development of Animation in Greece.
Contact: annaoiko26@gmail.com
Website: https://vimeo.com/user155982147
Social media: @coffeeandpaintstains
Work: https://vimeo.com/user155982147

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