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In a city where people consume cartoons, a dog reconciles with its old friends, and together, they try to escape from humans.

Dimitris Armenakis is an animation director based in Athens. In 2017 he graduated from Audiovisual Arts of Ionian University and in 2019 he graduated from MA Animation at the Royal College of Art. Since then, he has been working as a freelance animation director for commercials, music videos, short films and documentaries. In 2021 he was awarded by ARTWORKS and he is a fellow of the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Artist Support Program. In 2025 his latest short animated film, The Synthetic Age, produced by Frenel and supported by Hellenic Film & Audiovisual Center, premiered at Annecy International Animation Film Festival and has since been screened at more than 30 film festivals worldwide, where it received the award for Best Greek Film at Thessaloniki Animation Festival.

2026, Framed International Animation Film Festival

2026, Animation Screenings Film Festival Striped Tale

2026, 2300 Plan 9 – Les Étranges Nuits Du Cinéma (Rafael Cherkaski Award: Free The Toons)

Extra Sci-Fi Festival Verona

2026, Screams By The Sea

2026, Animed Mediterranean Animation Film Festival

2026, DC Independent Film Festival

2026, The Bay International Film Festival

2025, Animateka

2025, Rex Animation Film Festival

2025, Animafest Gdańsk International Animation Film Festival

2025, Girona Film Festival

2025, Norwich Film Festival

2025, Piccolo Festival Animazione

2025, PÖFF Shorts (Black Nights Film Festival)

2025, Tampa Animation Festival

2025, Cortoons Festival

2025, Trieste Science+Fiction Festival

2025, Reanimania International Animation Film Festival Of Yerevan

2025, TAF Thessaloniki Animation Festival (Best Greek Film Award)

2025, London Breeze Film Festival (Finalist)

2025, Sitges International Fantastic Film Festival Of Catalonia

2025, Filmquest

2025, Bolton International Film Festival

2025, Athens International Film Festival

2025, Animasyros International Animation Festival

2025, Drama International Short Film Festival

2025, Hollyshorts Film Festival

2025, Annecy International Animation Film Festival (World Premiere)

Year
2025
Runtime
8 minutes
Language
Greek
Country
Greece
Subtitle Language
English

Director
Dimitris Armenakis
Screenwriter
Dimitris Armenakis
Producer
Alexis Anastasiadis
Cinematographer
Dimitris Armenakis
Editor
Dimitris Armenakis
Animator
Christos Papandreopoulos, Panos Koutivas, Kostas Firinidis, Simona Mehandzhieva, Nikolas Kolliniatis, Alexandros Apostolakis, Dimitris Armenakis
Composer
Will Turner

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