Eirini Vianelli

Eirini Vianelli is a Greek director and animator from Athens. She received a BA (hons) in Graphic Design from the University of the Arts London (Camberwell) in 2007. Between 2007 and 2014 she worked in various film and theater productions with collaborators including Academy Award nominees Efthymis Filippou, and Phedon Papamichael ASC.

In 2010 she wrote, illustrated, and published the children’s book “Filo” in Athens, Greece. In May 2017 she received an MFA in Experimental Animation from the California Institute of the Arts. She is an Onassis Foundation Scholar. Her short film, “The Leaf of the Poplar” (2014), has been short listed for a Young Directors Award. In 2015 it won the 1st prize for an animated short in the Athens International Festival. In 2017 the Athens Concert Hall invited musicians from across the world to compose original music for the film as part of an International Competition.