Iordanis Ananiadis
Directing
Biography
Jordan Ananiadis was born in 1944 in Thessaloniki. He has studied Painting, Decoration, and Advertising. He started making animation films in 1966 and keeps up tirelessly to this day. The work of this pioneer has been awarded many times, both in Greece (winning multiple prizes and distinctions in Thessaloniki Film Festival and Drama International Short Film Festival, or State Quality Awards from the Ministry of Culture) and abroad (awards by EEC Member-States and in international festivals such as in Bilbão, Spain, and Lucca, Italy.). He has taught for ten consecutive years (1994–2004) in Ornerakis Applied Arts School and he is a member of the Greek Directors Guild. His film The Circle has been included in the list of the legendary film magazine IndieWire with the 250 best short animation films from 1895 to 2012, while the important book on the history of animation Cartoons, One Hundred Years of Cinema Animation by Giannalberto Bendazzi (Libbey, 1994) makes a reference to his work.
Known For
A compilation of animated shorts, by 36 animators from 36 countries. Each animator worked independently, but a single theme unites them all: animation has no borders. The compilation is set to the music of "The Internationale".
Animation Has No Borders
The film approaches in an original way the devastating events of the Athens Polytechnic Uprising in 1973, starting from today.
12410 and 1 Roses
A satirical, revealing and entertaining film that unmasks modern Greeks and their vices but always by sweetening the pill. The film dips into the cultural and artistic heritage of Greece with the use of historical figures and everyday common characters.
We Greeks
The life cycle of a man from childhood to death.
The Circle
Outrageous animation by Greek animator Jordan Ananiades.
Adam
A hermit decides to leave his underground sanctuary and returns to the surface, only to find out that the world is a cruel place and people misunderstand things easily. Even if you have the best of intentions...
The Hole
Failed suicide attempts with a touch of black humor in this slapstick animation.
Zachos The Masochist
Greed & ecological destruction is the issue here. A toxic substance creates a bottomless hole that is used for waste disposal. Seemingly it is capable of absorbing the whole world's junk but with a significant cost. The 3rd film with The Hole's main character, the hermit.