terra di tutti art festival
Social cinema and performing arts from the Global South
9th special edition for the European Year for Development 2015 | 7-11 october
DINNER FOR FEW
Nassos Vakalis | Greece, USA | 2014 | 10'
During dinner the system is working like a well-oiled machine. It constantly and solely feeds the few that foolishly consume all the resources while the rest survive on what little falls off the table. Inevitably when the supply is depleted the struggle for what's left leads to a catastrophic change. Sadly the offspring of this profound transition turns out to be not a sign of hope but the spitting image of the parents. The film is a sociopolitical allegory of our society.
Nassos Vakalis is an EMMY award winner animator storyboard artist and animation director. He studied animation at the California Institute of the Arts in the US. He worked as an animator, animation supervisor and storyboard artist for some of the biggest animation studios in Hollywood such as DreamWorks Animation Warner Bros Paramount and Illumination/Universal Pictures.