Directed by Georges Sifianos. 12min<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Title (Fr): en attendant les barbares \/ (Ru): \u03a0\u03b5\u03c1\u03b9\u03bc\u03ad\u03bd\u03bf\u03bd\u03c4\u03b1\u03c2 \u03c4\u03bf\u03c5\u03c2 \u0392\u03b1\u03c1\u03b2\u03ac\u03c1\u03bf\u03c5\u03c2<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Biofilmography<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Georges Sifianos, born in Greece, is a filmmaker, visual artist, and Doctor of Philosophy. In 1995, he founded the Department of Animation Studies at the \u00c9cole nationale sup\u00e9rieure des Arts D\u00e9coratifs (ENSAD) in Paris, where he taught for more than twenty years, contributing to the education of several generations of filmmakers. Many of his former students are now internationally recognized figures in animation.
During the same period, he gave courses and lectures at universities and academic institutions across Europe, India, Korea, Japan, and China.
He contributed to the founding and\/or administration of major professional and institutional organizations, including CARTOON, the Annecy International Animation Film Festival, and NEF Animation. He has also served on numerous international festival juries.
His research interests focus on the aesthetics of animated film, in relation to perception and mental imagery, as well as ecology and emerging technologies, such as artificial intelligence.
From 2008 to 2018, he concentrated his research on the analysis of movement as observed on the Parthenon frieze. His major discovery lies in demonstrating that the principle of animation was employed with remarkable mastery in this emblematic relief of Antiquity, in order to formalize the philosophical conception of the period concerning dialectics, social organization, democracy, and the musical relationships structuring the cosmos. This original study, The Symphony of the Parthenon Frieze, constitutes his principal research work.
He is the author of The Aesthetics of Animated Film, which received the McLaren\u2013Lambart Award from the Society for Animation Studies in 2014 (Best Academic Book), as well as the Hemingway Grant in 2015. He has also contributed to numerous collective volumes, exhibition catalogues, and specialized journals.
In 2025, he received the Award for Outstanding Contribution to Animation Studies at Animafest Zagreb, as well as the Great Greek Masters distinction at AnimaSyros.
His films have been awarded multiple times at international festivals. His most recent film, The Blind Writer, has received approximately twenty international awards, including Best Animation, Award of Excellence, Best International Short Film, Experimental Prize, People\u2019s Choice Award, the Min Tanaka Award, and the Giulio Giannini Award.
Filmography:
SMILE (1974), animated short film, 2 min
ODEUR DE VILLE (Scent of city) (1994), animated short film, 8 min 30 s
TUTU (2001), animated short film, co-directed with Pascal Dalet, 26 min
C\u2019EST M\u00d4A (2007), animated short film, 12 min
THE BLIND WRITER (2021), animated short film, 9 min 50 s
WAITING FOR THE BARBARIANS (2026), animated short film, 11 min 45 s
as well as the feature-length documentary co-directed with Stathis Katsaros:
PETROCHEMICALS: THE CATHEDRALS OF THE DESERT (1981), 80 min
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Georges Sifianos, n\u00e9 en Gr\u00e8ce, est cin\u00e9aste, plasticien et docteur en philosophie. En 1995, il a fond\u00e9 le D\u00e9partement des \u00e9tudes en cin\u00e9ma d\u2019animation \u00e0 l\u2019\u00c9cole nationale sup\u00e9rieure des Arts D\u00e9coratifs (ENSAD) \u00e0 Paris, o\u00f9 il a enseign\u00e9 pendant plus de vingt ans, accompagnant la formation de plusieurs g\u00e9n\u00e9rations de cin\u00e9astes. Nombre d\u2019entre eux sont aujourd\u2019hui des figures reconnues de l\u2019animation internationale.
Durant la m\u00eame p\u00e9riode, il a donn\u00e9 des cours et des conf\u00e9rences dans des universit\u00e9s et des institutions acad\u00e9miques en Europe, en Inde, en Cor\u00e9e, au Japon et en Chine.
Il a contribu\u00e9 \u00e0 la fondation et\/ou \u00e0 l\u2019administration de structures professionnelles et institutionnelles de r\u00e9f\u00e9rence, parmi lesquelles CARTOON, le Festival international du cin\u00e9ma d\u2019animation d\u2019Annecy et la NEF Animation. Il a \u00e9galement particip\u00e9 \u00e0 de nombreux jurys de festivals internationaux.
Ses int\u00e9r\u00eats de recherche portent sur l\u2019esth\u00e9tique du cin\u00e9ma d\u2019animation, en lien avec la perception et l\u2019imagerie mentale, ainsi qu\u2019avec l\u2019\u00e9cologie et les technologies \u00e9mergentes, telles que l\u2019intelligence artificielle.
De 2008 \u00e0 2018, il a concentr\u00e9 ses recherches sur l\u2019analyse du mouvement rep\u00e9r\u00e9 sur la frise du Parth\u00e9non. Sa d\u00e9couverte majeure r\u00e9side dans le fait que le principe de l\u2019animation a \u00e9t\u00e9 utilis\u00e9 avec une ma\u00eetrise remarquable sur ce relief embl\u00e9matique de l\u2019Antiquit\u00e9, afin de formaliser la conception philosophique de l\u2019\u00e9poque relative \u00e0 la dialectique, \u00e0 l\u2019organisation sociale, \u00e0 la d\u00e9mocratie et au rapport musical structurant le cosmos. Cette \u00e9tude in\u00e9dite, La symphonie de la frise du Parth\u00e9non, constitue son travail de recherche majeur.
Il est l\u2019auteur du livre Esth\u00e9tique du cin\u00e9ma d\u2019animation, r\u00e9compens\u00e9 par le Prix McLaren-Lambart de la Society for Animation Studies en 2014 (meilleur livre acad\u00e9mique), ainsi que par la Hemingway Grant en 2015. Il a \u00e9galement contribu\u00e9 \u00e0 de nombreux ouvrages collectifs, catalogues d\u2019exposition et revues sp\u00e9cialis\u00e9es.
En 2025, il a re\u00e7u le Prix pour une contribution exceptionnelle aux \u00e9tudes d\u2019animation lors de l\u2019Animafest Zagreb, ainsi que la distinction Great Greek Masters \u00e0 AnimaSyros.
Ses films ont \u00e9t\u00e9 r\u00e9compens\u00e9s \u00e0 plusieurs reprises dans des festivals internationaux. Son dernier film, L\u2019\u00c9crivain aveugle, a re\u00e7u environ vingt prix, parmi lesquels Best Animation, Award of Excellence, Best International Short Film, Experimental Prize, People\u2019s Choice Award, le Min Tanaka Award et le Giulio Giannini Award.
Sa filmographie comprend les films suivants :
SMILE (1974), court m\u00e9trage d\u2019animation, 2 min
ODEUR DE VILLE (1994), court m\u00e9trage d\u2019animation, 8 min 30 s
TUTU (2001), court m\u00e9trage d\u2019animation, cor\u00e9alis\u00e9 avec Pascal Dalet, 26 min
C\u2019EST M\u00d4A (2007), court m\u00e9trage d\u2019animation, 12 min
L\u2019\u00c9CRIVAIN AVEUGLE (2021), court m\u00e9trage d\u2019animation, 9 min 50 s
EN ATTENDANT LES BARBARES (2026), court m\u00e9trage d\u2019animation, 11 min 45 s
ainsi que le long m\u00e9trage documentaire cor\u00e9alis\u00e9 avec Stathis Katsaros :
P\u00c9TROCHIMIQUES, LES CATH\u00c9DRALES DU D\u00c9SERT (1981), 80 min
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