About — Fokion Xenos / Animation.Design.Vfx

Fokion (Foks for short) is a Director/ Designer from Athens, Greece.

As an animation filmmaker he is interested in playful and bold stories that focus on visual wit and emotional honesty.

With a particular emphasis on colour and form he is very keen into combining practical and digital techniques to create unique emerging visuals.

He graduated from the Graphic Design department TEI of Athens at 2014 and since then have had the opportunity to work on several film and commercial projects in collaboration with the design/filmmaking studio DeepGreenSea.net in Athens Greece. In 2019 he graduated from the Directing Animation course at the National Film & Television School.

Fokion has experience in various positions on film and animation related projects, such as 2D and Stop frame Animator, Editor, Lead VFX Artist, Motion Graphics Artist, Storyboard artist and Storyteller.

His MA graduation film “Heatwave” has been awarded by multiple prestigious film festivals such as Edinburgh Int. Film Festival, Cinekid, Athens Int. Film Fest, AnimaSyros and many others. In addition “Heatwave” has been officially selected in more than 70 film festivals all over the globe including Annecy, Anima Mundi, Encounters, LSSF, LIAF and it has been Shortlisted for the Student BAFTA LA.