In a city where people consume cartoons, a dog reconciles with its old friends, and together, they try to escape from humans.
The Synthetic Age
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The Synthetic Age
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.
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• 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
DIRECTOR(S):
Dimitris Armenakis
PRODUCER(S):
Alexis Anastasiadis
WRITER(S):
Dimitris Armenakis
EDITOR:
Dimitris Armenakis
CINEMATOGRAPHER:
Dimitris Armenakis
MUSIC:
Will Turner
RUNTIME:
8 mins
COUNTRY:
Greece
CATEGORY: