IOANNA TSOLAKIDOU
Digital storyteller 2D animator Storyboarder
Short Films
NEVER ALONE
“Never Alone” is the debut independent short-film from Ioanna Tsolakidou. It deals with psychological syndromes such as anxiety disorder, universal doubt, and hysterical crisis, and pictures these mental conditions in a compassionate, artistic, and humorous way by personifying them through animated cartoon creatures.
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The story so far...
Ioanna Tsolakidou is a Greek artist working in animation and storyboarding and considers her practice as “digital story-telling”. After she finished her studies 2012 in Dessin d’animation in France she worked for studios such as Gaumont Animation, Studio Redfrog, Futurikon, Watch Next Media and GO-N Productions.
She lives and works between Paris and Berlin.
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