Award-winning films, leading animation figures, special tributes, educational workshops, Agora activities, and a variety of parallel events headed to the capital and seven islands of the Cyclades from September 22-28.
ANIMASYROS International Animation Festival will return for its 18th edition from September 22 to 28.The largest International Animation Festival in Greece this year has selected 280 films by creators from 50 different countries.
The Festival includes seven competition sections (International, Student, K.ID.S, AnimaPride, National Competition, TV & Commissioned Films, and Feature Films), special tributes, educational workshops, parallel events, international collaborations, and the Agora.On September 24, ANIMASYROS 2025 will open at the emblematic Apollon Theatre, featuring the Greek premiere of the multi-award-winning film () by Dominican storyteller Tomás Pichardo Espaillat, who will be present at the screening.On the same day, the short film will be screened.
The sixth installment in the “Ninety Seconds” series is produced in collaboration with the radio station Melodia 99.2, and is dedicated to the composer Mikis Theodorakis, and draws inspiration from his dreamlike and the earthy .The event will close with a celebration in the courtyard of the Hermoupolis Town Hall.The main theme of this year’s ANIMASYROS edition, titled “Animated Cosmos,” is dedicated to space and runs through all pillars of the Festival.
As part of the tribute, 25 feature and short films will be screened - from Disney blockbusters like and to independent European shorts such as by Kaspar Jancis (Estonia) andby Reka Busci (Hungary).This year, ANIMASYROS will welcome the legendary director Bill Plympton.This September, he will arrive at Syros to immerse attendees in his magical, surreal universe through 10 of his films, including and .
The events of ANIMASYROS will be hosted in the Apollon Theatre; the Hermoupolis Cultural Centre; the Valma Conference Hall of the Cyclades Chamber of Commerce; the Tsiropinas Mansion in Poseidonia; the Capuchin Monastery in Ano Syros; Miaouli Square; and Finikas Square.Throughout the Festival, parallel events and activities will be held at central locations in Hermoupolis.For the second consecutive year, ANIMASYROS will extend beyond Syros, to seven branch offices of the Chamber in Andros, Milos, Mykonos, Naxos, Paros, Santorini, and Tinos.
The Awards Ceremony will be held on September 27 at the Apollon Theatre.The Festival’s big party will follow, this year hosted at Pavone Syros.The music will be curated by Leonidas Antonopoulos, director of Kosmos 93.6 radio station, and will draw inspiration from the central theme of this year’s ANIMASYROS.
The Festival will conclude on the evening of September 29, with the avant-premiere of , presented in collaboration with and supported by NEO Films.Ne Zha, a mischievous child raised by humans, forms a fragile alliance with the Dragon Prince Ao Bing in an epic battle to protect their tribes.After the confrontation, their bodies are left on the brink of destruction, and Ne Zha must embark on a perilous mission to obtain an elixir that will restore Ao Bing’s body.
The film will be released in Greek cinemas on October 2.Check out the full program here.
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