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:
Melbourne International Animation Festival May 2026
Framed International Animation Film FestivalMay 2026
Animation Screening Film Festival Striped Tale April 2026
2300 Plan 9 – Les Étranges Nuits du CinémaMarch 2026
EXTRA sci-fi festival VeronaMarch 2026
Screams By The SeaMarch 2026
ANIMED Mediterranean Animation Film FestivalFebruary 2026
DC Independent Film Festival February 2026
The Bay International Film FestivalJanuary 2026
Sardinia Film Festival December 2025
Animateka December 2025
REX Animation Film FestivalNovember 2025
Animafest Gdańsk International Animation Film FestivalNovember 2025
Girona Film FestivalNovember 2025
Norwich Film FestivalNovember 2025
Piccolo Festival AnimazioneNovember 2025
PÖFF Shorts (Black Nights Film Festival)November 2025
Tampa Animation FestivalNovember 2025
Cortoons Festival October 2025
Trieste Science+Fiction FestivalOctober 2025
ReAnimania International Animation Film Festival of Yerevan October 2025
TAF Thessaloniki Animation Festival October 2025
London Breeze Film FestivalOctober 2025
SITGES - International Fantastic Film Festival of CataloniaOctober 2025
FilmQuestOctober 2025
Bolton International Film FestivalOctober 2025
Athens International Film Festival October 2025
Animasyros International Animation Festival September 2025
Drama International Short Film FestivalSeptember 2025
HollyShorts Film FestivalAugust 2025
ANNECY FestivalJune 2025