The Team

Graphic artist, experimental animation filmmaker and the founder and artistic director of Animafest Cyprus (est. 2002), the first International Animation Film Festival in Cyprus. He has served as guest curator and jury member of many international Animation festivals. He is a lecturer of Animation, Illustration and Printmaking at the University of Nicosia. His work has received awards locally and internationally. Since 2019 he has been artistic director of Hambis Municipal Printmaking Museum in Nicosia.

A multidisciplinary artist focusing on animation, whose work explores storytelling, movement, and experimental visual techniques across digital and analog media. She works as Art Director at Morfi, creating visual worlds that range from e-learning platforms to music videos and animated projects. Since 2015, Eleni has been involved with Countryside Animafest Cyprus progressing from volunteer to core team member. She contributes to festival programs, coordination and workshops.

A Hungarian animation filmmaker and creative professional based in Cyprus. He is the founder and director of the Nicosia-based studio MM Morfi Media Ltd, a multimedia studio specialized in 2D animation production and eLearning development. He is also a member of Countryside Animafest Cyprus, where he is involved in programming, film submissions, and the festival’s Junior Edition and development activities.

Fine Artist, material activist, and experimental animator, exploring the transformative potential of discarded matter through visual and tactile experiences. She has been part of the Countryside Animafest Cyprus family since 2019, first as an audience member, a volunteer, and now as the festival’s ?. She loves to-do lists, and collecting any scrap material you can imagine. Over the years, inspired by the festival’s selfless spirit, Marianna wanted to help bring more Animafest editions to life in many ways, from welcoming guests, to coordinating tasks and festival operations [except doing to-do lists].

A multi-media artist, specializing in hand-drawn animation. His work tends to revolve around a combination of creative fields including image, sound, video and performance. He has been involved with the team of Animafest Cyprus since 2021, initially as a volunteer and eventually as a core team member, contributing on matters of technical direction, festival programming and workshops.

Film researcher, programmer, and filmmaker, based between Cyprus and the Netherlands. She manages CineCircle Film Club in Groningen, curating programs and fostering discussions around cinema. Her filmic interests are ever evolving (hopefully), but particularly lie in memory, identity, and archives. An Animafest “regular” since childhood, Nefeli joined the Countryside Animafest Cyprus team in 2024 and is currently jury coordinator and social media manager (and occasionally a bit of everything else).