The Synthetic Age

Production Country: Greece
Running Time: 8mins
Year: 2025

In a world where cartoon characters have become food for humans, a cartoon hunting dog reunites with his old toon friends to escape the city.

FILM CREW:
Director: Dimitris Armenakis
Producer: Alexis Anastasiadis
Writer: Dimitris Armenakis
Sound Design: Stelios Koupetoris
Composer: Will Turner
Animation: Christos Papandreopoulos, Panos Koutivas, Kostas Firinidis, Simona Mehandzhieva, Nikolas Kolliniatis, Alexandros Apostolakis, Dimitris Armenakis

Cast: Kelly Savaranou, Despina Ksenopoulou, Michalis Kalligeris, Dimitris Armenakis


FESTIVALS:
Interfilm International Short Film Festival November 2026
New York Short Animation Festival (NYSAF) October 2026
Lund International Fantastic Film Festival October 2026
AnimArte - International Student Animation Festival of Brazil October 2026
Canlandıranlar Film Festival October 2026
Chania Film Festival October 2026
Astrophobia Science Fiction & Horror Film Festival October 2026
Santiago Horror Film Festival October 2026
Picture Show Panic October 2026
BANG AWARDS – International Animation Film Festival September 2026
Charlotte Film Festival September 2026
International Alexandria Short Film Festival (IASFF) September 2026
Montreal International Animation Film Festival - ANIMAZE September 2026
Cinétoile August 2026
Imaginaria (as part of FAN Showcase) August 2026
Karditsa International Short Film Festival August 2026
La Guarimba Film Festival August 2026
PHULAE International Animation Festival July 2026
Anibar International Animation Festival July 2026
Palm Springs International ShortsFest June 2026
Animation Bucharest International Film Festival (ABIFF) June 2026
Vienna Shorts May 2026
Melbourne International Animation Festival May 2026
Framed International Animation Film Festival May 2026
Stuttgart International Festival of Animated Film (ITFS) (as part of FAN Showcase) April 2026
Animation Screening Film Festival Striped Tale April 2026
2300 Plan 9 – Les Étranges Nuits du Cinéma March 2026
EXTRA sci-fi festival Verona March 2026
Screams By The Sea March 2026
ANIMED Mediterranean Animation Film Festival February 2026
DC Independent Film Festival February 2026
The Bay International Film Festival January 2026
Sardinia Film Festival December 2025
Animateka December 2025
REX Animation Film Festival November 2025
Animafest Gdańsk International Animation Film Festival November 2025
Girona Film Festival November 2025
Norwich Film Festival November 2025
Piccolo Festival Animazione November 2025
PÖFF Shorts (Black Nights Film Festival) November 2025
Tampa Animation Festival November 2025
Cortoons Festival October 2025
Trieste Science+Fiction Festival October 2025
ReAnimania International Animation Film Festival of Yerevan October 2025
TAF Thessaloniki Animation Festival October 2025
London Breeze Film Festival October 2025
SITGES - International Fantastic Film Festival of Catalonia October 2025
FilmQuest October 2025
Bolton International Film Festival October 2025
Athens International Film Festival October 2025
Animasyros International Animation Festival September 2025
Drama International Short Film Festival September 2025
HollyShorts Film Festival August 2025
ANNECY Festival June 2025