Tokei Maru

Tokei Maru
Greece, 2018, 20’
in Greek w/ Arm./Eng. subtitles
Director and Scriptwriter: Zachos Samoladas
Cinematographer: Zachos Samoladas
Producer: Zachos Samoladas
Editor: Zachos Samoladas
Original Score: Christos Stanisis, Ryan Camus
Production Company: Genesis Pix
He was the captain of the Japanese cargo ship Tokei Maru and the man, who saved more than 4000 people during the devastating fire that destroyed the Greek and Armenian quarters of the city of Smyrna. The story of captain Norito now unfolds.

Awards

Best Animated Short, 7^th Athens International Film Festival, Greece, 2018; Best Artwork, Daedalus Project, Mykonos Multimedia Festival, Greece, 2018; Honorary Mention, Symi International Film Festival, Greece, 2018; Best Greek Animated Short, Athens AnimFest, Greece, 2019; 3^rd Award for Documentary Short Film, DocFest Chalkida, 2019.

Zachos Samoladas

Born in Thessaloniki, Greece on 1967. In 1983, an S8 film camera led to the creation of Zachos Samoladas’ first animated short. By 1986, the Greek State television ET1 aired 6 of his animated shorts. He studied Experimental Animation at the California Institute of the Arts with legendary animator Jules Engel as his mentor. His studies also include a degree in film direction from the Eugenia Hatzikou film school in Athens. His 1997 animated short titled Genesis is the first Greek animated film over 20 minutes. At present Zachos Samoladas is the Deputy Technical Director at the Municipal Television of Thessaloniki TV100 and an active member of the Greek Directors Guild and ASIFA Greece.

Select filmography

Animations: Metal Story (1985), Quest for Fire (1986), Genesis (1997), The Thing (1997), Mirror (2013), The Runner (2016), Tokei Maru (2018). Features: Taste of Centuries (2003), Shadows of Eons (2004), The Return of Dominick Deladoor (2007). Documentaries: One Life in History: The Story of Dr. Aris Poulianos (2006), The Age of Fire: Distant Relative (2007); The Ape Who Fell From the Sky (2009).