Synopsis

In the Greek Parliament, politicians, police officers and janitors deal with boredom and antagonistic co-workers. The historic building is weighing them down with its inescapable, rich, Greek history, as they try to navigate their existential anxiety. Power games make tensions rise coercing them to act like children, leaving them feeling left out, sour and bruised. But through an act of kindness, the surroundings disappear and the characters self-reflect for the first time causing to cooperate for the first time. Music will help them become honest, earnest and vulnerable. Music will set them free before it’s too late, hopefully.

Eirini Vianelli

Eirini Vianelli works as a freelance animator and director for both commissioned and personal work. She collaborates with the Greek National Opera, where her animations are projected on sets and function as interactive backgrounds. She has recently collaborated with Panos Koutras on an animated sequence for his latest film Dodo (Cannes Premiere 2022). Her short animated films have been screened at festivals around the world, including San Francisco International Film Festival (Icebergs – winner of best animated short), Sarajevo, Oberhausen, Glas Animation, Slamdance. Since 2021 four of her films have been broadcasted on the Centre Pompidou website and its YouTube Channel. She is an Onassis Foundation Scholar and in 2018 she was awarded the SNF Artist Fellowship.