General Announcements

The first Ionian Contemporary Animation Festival ICONA 2019, organized by the Department of Audio and Visual Arts of the Ionian University (within the framework of the CIAK Intereg program) took place in Corfu from the 29th of November until the 1st of December 2019.

The organizing committee of the Ionian Contemporary Animation Festival ICONA 2019 would like to call on all students who so wish to take part in the Festival’s team of volunteers and support the organization, thanks to their own special knowledge and skills. Closing date for applications: November 24th, 2019.

The first Ionian Contemporary Animation Festival ICONA 2019, organized by the Department of Audio and Visual Arts of the Ionian University within the framework of the CIAK Interreg program under the scientific supervision of Assistant Professor Michalis Panagopoulos, had a great participation with almost 1.000 submissions of movies. Although competition was fierce, the committee's work was successfully completed with a selection of 135 films - 72 short films and 63 student films – from 48 countries.

The first Ionian Contemporary Animation Festival ICONA 2019, organized by the Department of Audio and Visual Arts of the Ionian University (within the framework of the CIAK Intereg program), had a great participation with almost 1.000 submission of movies. 

The ebook with the proceedings of the interdisciplinary conference Taboo-Transgression-Transcendence in Art & Science 2018 was published by the Ionian University - Department of Audio & Visual Arts in November 2019. This digital publication includes 20 contributions, in English, proposed and accepted by the scientific and artistic committee of TTT2018. Edited by Dalila Honorato, María Antonia González Valerio, Marta de Menezes and Andreas Giannakoulopoulos, this is the second and main core of the presentations of TTT2018.

The aim of the first Ionian Contemporary Animation Festival ICONA 2019, which is organized by the Department of Audio and Visual Arts of the Ionian University (within the framework of the CIAK Intereg program) is to present the best from the field of animation from all around the world. The festival also aims to preserve and help develop the cultural heritage of short animated film, contribute to creation of new films, provide ground for potential international co-productions and encourage dialogue between professionals, filmmakers and the public.

Mentors of undergraduates for the academic year 2019-2020 are available at the webpage: Mentors

The first part of the proceedings of TTT2018 has been released by Intellect Books as a special issue of Technoetic Arts, vol. 16 issue 3. Authors: Sixto Castro, Graydon Wetzler, Hege Tapio, Adam Zaretsky, Dolores Steinman - David Steinman, Matej Vakula, Sofia Falomir, Maro Pebo, Polona Tratnik, Linus Lancaster, Jenifer Wightman, Miguel Oliveros, Ebru Yetiskin, Dimitrios Traperas - Nikos Kanellopoulos and Yi-Chen Wu. Also, images by the Conference and Events have been uploaded.

International & Public Relations Department of the Ionian University has new and modern website. In the sections of the new website one can find information on public and international relations and information on the Erasmus program and internships.

Interreg V-A Greece-Italy Programme launches an amateur video competition to celebrate the European Cooperation Day! Participants will have to make a very short video (maximum duration: 40 seconds) responding very briefly to the question: Why EUROPE IS YOU?? (how Europe benefits you), which is the slogan of the EC DAY 2019 campaign. The deadline is 30 June 2019.

Apulia Film Commission Foundation organised a press conference yesterday at Bari Cineporto, in order to present “Memory” call- winning directors in the frame of Greece-Italy cooperation project CIAK. Simonetta Dellomonaco, President of Apulia Film Commission Foundation, announced the names of the 10 winning under-35 directors.

The Greece – Puglia Experience Screenwriting Workshop Participants Evaluation Results have been announced. According to the rule concerning the geographical origin of the participants (5 from Apulia region, 5 from Ionian Islands, Western Greece, Epirus and 5 from Other regions) the committee has selected 2 participants from Greek regions, since only 2 over 6 candidates scored more than 50%.

The Embassy of Mexico send the call for entries to participate in the International Environmental Short Film Festival ECOFILM, which will take place in Mexico from September 29th to October 6th 2019. The deadline for submissions is June 27th 2019.

The SDGs in Action Film Festival, coordinated by the UN DESA Division for Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), is a competition seeking short films that highlight how people and organizations around the world are taking action for the 17 global goals. Submit your film until 26 April at filmfreeway.com/SDGinActionFilmFestival2019.

During the Linux Audio Conference 2019 (LAC19), that will take place in University of Standford [23-26/3/2019], Ioannis Zannos, Professor and Deputy Head of the Department of Audio and Visual Arts, will present his project "IDE Fantasy", which is part of the EASTN-DC project and will make a presentation entitled "sc-hacks: A Live Coding Framework for Gestural Performance and Electronic Music". IMPORTANT: Live streaming 25/03/2019 - 12:00 local time (21:00 greek time): https://ccrma.stanford.edu/lac19/stream

Ionian University represented by the Department of Audio & Visual Arts takes part in the project “Common Initiatives to AcKnowledge and valorize tourism potential of the programme area through cinema” (CIAK). The Department of Audiovisual Arts is responsible for organizing and delivering the planned educational activities starting in 2019, as well as theme-specific festivals. The interested economic operators can send their application through digital platform by February 28th, 2019: https://avarts.ionio.gr/memory-greece-italy/.

Τhe "THE OX" of the graduate of the Department of Audio and Visual Arts and doctoral candidate, George Nikopoulos, is the only Greek production that competes for the Emile Awards 2018 / European Animation Awards in the category of "Best Soundtrack in a Feature Film". The soundtrack is composed by Dimitra Trypani, Assistant Professor of the Department of Music Studies of the Ionian University.

See mentors of undergraduates for the academic year 2017-2018 in the page Mentors.

On September 12-13, 2018, the project “Common Initiatives to AcKnowledge and valorize tourism potential of the programme area through cinema” (CIAK) was launched through its kickoff meeting that took place in Bari, Italy. CIAK is funded by the Interreg V-A Greece-Italy Programme 2014-2020 and the kickoff meeting was hosted by the lead partner, the Foundation Apulia Film Commission. Ionian University is a CIAK project partner, represented by the Department of Audio and Visual Arts, being responsible for organizing and delivering the planned educational activities starting in 2019, as well as theme-specific festivals.

The ebook with the proceedings of the interdisciplinary conference Taboo-Transgression-Transcendence in Art & Science 2017 was published by the Ionian University - Department of Audio & Visual Arts in September 2018. This digital publication includes 38 contributions, in Greek and English, of writers from 14 different countries, accepted by the scientific and artistic committee.  ΤΤΤ2017 Proceedings

Marianna Strapatsakis, artist and former Associate Professor of the Department of Audio and Visual Arts of the Ionian University will present her work at the exhibition entitled Shell // the politics of being at the 15th Kypseli High School in Athens. Exhibition opening: 26 June 2018 | 17.00 - 21.00. Exhibition duration: 26 June - 24 July 2018.

Steven Bernstein,, who visited Corfu and lectured at the students of the Department of Audio and Visual Arts of the Ionian University last month (May 2018), organizes two online webinars: 1) DIRECTING, CINEMATOGRAPHY AND ACTING - June 30th (Saturday), 2018 4pm to 7pm GMT , 2) THE VISUAL IMAGINATION - July 1st (Sunday), 2018 4pm to 7pm GMT

The academic calendar for the year 2018-2019 is published with dates on tuition, exams and holidays.

Aggeliki Ioakeimidou, student of the Department of Audio and Visual Arts, gets the 1st Greek Award for her film entitled "Forest Red" during Athens Animfest 2018.

Postgraduate Programme "Audiovisual Arts in the Digital Age" 2018-2019 has been announced with a renewed curriculum.

The Head of the Department of Audio and Visual Arts, Professor Nikolaos Kanellopoulos, and the Secretariat wish you Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Our warmest wishes for a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, full of health and creativity - The Dean of the Faculty of Music and Audiovisual Arts, Associate Professor Andreas Floros.

The animation feature film THEOX by Giorgos Nikopoulos, graduate and Phd Candidate at Audio & Visual Arts Departments of Ionian University, will have a wordwide premiere at Olympion Cinema Theater, on Thursday, November 9th at 18.00 during the 58th Thessaloniki International Film Festival and will be repeated on Saturday 11th at 17.30, at Tonia Marketaki Cinema Theater located, Apothiki D, Port of Thessaloniki.