Chairs

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The protagonist of this film is the chair and its multiple uses. A revelational and subversive satire with sharp humor, full of socio-political puns and unusual flashbacks from the prehistoric era to this day. The “plasticization” of life, modern age conformism and society’s persistent tendency to monotonous fun are presented with a sarcastic mood, through an Aristophanean narrative adapted to contemporary standards.
Screening Schedule

No physical screenings scheduled.

Direction: Jordan Ananiadis
Script: Jordan Ananiadis
Editing: Lambis Charalambidis, Dimitra Gionte
Music: Konstantinos Linoksylakis (Rabbeats)
Production: Magikon, ERT SA
Producers: Jordan Ananiadis
Narration: Takis Papamattheou
Format: Betacam
Color: Color
Production Country: Greece
Production Year: 2018
Duration: 14΄
Contact: Jordan Ananiadis, zak.ananiadis@gmail.com

Jordan Ananiadis

Jordan Ananiadis was born in 1944 in Thessaloniki. He has studied Painting, Decoration, and Advertising. He started making animation films in 1966 and keeps up tirelessly to this day. The work of this pioneer has been awarded many times, both in Greece (winning multiple prizes and distinctions in Thessaloniki Film Festival and Drama International Short Film Festival, or State Quality Awards from the Ministry of Culture) and abroad (awards by EEC Member-States and in international festivals such as in Bilbão, Spain, and Lucca, Italy.). He has taught for ten consecutive years (1994–2004) in Ornerakis Applied Arts School and he is a member of the Greek Directors Guild. His film The Circle has been included in the list of the legendary film magazine IndieWire with the 250 best short animation films from 1895 to 2012, while the important book on the history of animation Cartoons, One Hundred Years of Cinema Animation by Giannalberto Bendazzi (Libbey, 1994) makes a reference to his work.

Filmography

1971 Feast
1979 Zachos the Masochist
1981 The Circle
1983 The Hole
1986 Adam
1996 We Greeks
2002 Overground (The Hole 2)
2005 Don't Throw Away Anything (The Hole 3)
2010 12,410 and One Roses
2018 Chairs