AURELIA

A young girl drifts through the dark, empty city on a lonely journey. Fragments of her past unfold the story of an unusual phenomenon to which her life is bound: a worldwide jellyfish outbreak.

AURELIA is an animation short film, written & directed by Kreon Krionas and Christos Bourantas.
AURELIA was first conceived back in 2010, when the team decided to test their creative ideas in the field of animation. A news article about a jellyfish population outbreak in the Mediterranean Sea served as the core narrative of the story, while a decaying vision of the city of Athens its essential backdrop. Within almost 5 years of production we had the opportunity to employ several techniques (2D, 3D animation, rotoscoping etc) and narrative forms.
Aurelia has been featured in many festivals around the globe and has been praised as a technical and artistic achievement, as well as an imaginative depiction of a mid-crisis Greece. It has won the Special Jury Award in Athens International Film Festval and was nominated for the annual Hellenic Film Academy Awards. 

---

Technical Details

Category: Short films
Original title: AURELIA
Nationality of film: Greece
Year of production: 2015
Running time: 15 min 35 s
First film Version: Without dialogue
Genre: Animation
Theme: Drama, Fantasy
Main technique: 2D Computer, 3D Computer
Target audience: Teens, Young adults, Adults

Credits

Directors: Christos Bourantas, Kreon Krionas
Script: Kreon Krionas, Christos Bourantas
Animation: Kreon Krionas, Christos Bourantas, George Farazis
Compositing: Kreon Krionas
Music: Christos Bourantas, Kevin McLeod
Sound: Christos Bourantas, Orestis Atsalakis
Editing: Christos Bourantas
DCP mastering: Christos Manousakis
Executive producer: Phaedra Vokali - Marni Films