NASSOS VAKALIS
Nassos Vakalis was born and raised in Athens and studied animation at CALARTS in the USA. He has workedwith the biggest movie studios in Hollywood (DreamWorks, Warner Bros., Disney, Paramount, Netflix, Illumination, Rovio, Sullivan-Bluth, etc.). In 2006 with the animated series “Off Mikes”, he was awarded the EMMY prize. In 2007-2008 he wrote and directed 130 animation episodes for the series “Crime Time ” which reached 25 million online visits. In Greece he worked in the Time-Lapse Pictures company, of which he was the founder and co-owner, performing productions abroad and ERT. Today, he lives in Los Angeles where he continues to collaborate with Hollywood studios while also producing and directing independent animation productions. His latest film “DINNER FOR FEW” has won 80 awards at international festivals.
A sociopolitical metaphor of the world as a formal dinner that takes an unexpected turn when there’s no more food to be served.
https://dinnerforfew.com/
CREDITS
Director and Writer Nassos Vakalis
Original Music by Kostas Christides
Produced by Nassos Vakalis, Katerinai Stergiopoulou
AWARDS
DRAMA SHORT FILM FESTIVAL
Best Music
Special Jury Award
SITGES INTERNATIONAL FANTASTIC FILM FESTIVAL
Special Mention
ANIMARTE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
Audience Award, Enviromental Film Jury Award, Best Enviromental Film Award,
ANIMASYROS
Special Mention
ZOOM FILM FESTIVAL
Best Animated Film by Young Jury
SHORT OF THE YEAR
Best Animation
ODENSE INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM FESTIVAL
Best Film
BILBAO INTERNATIONAL FANTASY FILM FESTIVAL
Audience Award
SHORTS MEXICO
Best International Short
KLIK INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
Best Political Animation Short
INTERFILM FILM FESTIVAL
Special Mention
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