Aspasia Kazeli holds a Design degree from the University of Aegean and an MA in Animation from the Estonian Academy of Arts. There, she created the animated film "my mother, the sea" (2022, 6’) which has received awards at national and international festivals. She has participated in the Portuguese AniDoc production “PERCEBES” (2024, 10') of BAP studio, while she has also contributed to the creation of explanatory animated videos for the exhibition “Art in Gold” for Benaki Museum. Aspasia is currently working on the Portuguese animated production “UNA” (2027, 75') by BAP studio, while she is also an animation lecturer and teacher.
*January 2026 - March 2027*
Painting department. “UNA” by David Doutel and Vasco Sá, 75’ , BAP studio, Portugal.
*October 2023 - December 2025*
Lecturer in the Animation Departments of AKTO College and AAS College, Greece.
*July 2024 - November 2024*
Co-director, storyboard artist & 2D animator. Animated videos for museum exhibition “ART IN GOLD” by Lukas Winter and Aspasia Kazeli, 5 x 8’,
commissioned by Benaki Museum, Greece.
*October 2022 - May 2023*
In-between & coloring. “PERCEBES” by Alexandra Ramires & Laura Gonçalves, 10’, BAP studio, Portugal.
*April 2023 - June 2024*
Film Supervisor for “Poppy Flowers”, directed by Evridiki Papaiakovou. MA Animation, Estonian Academy of Arts, Estonia
*September 2018 - November 2018*
Commission for stage design background projections for children's theatrical play "The Purple Umbrella" / Minotaur Digital Arts, Greece
*October 2018 - July 2019*
Design, illustration, animation. Participated in the pilots of “Future Postman", “Oogy Aaga”, “It’s all Greek to me” /Addart, Greece
*2022*
“my mother, the sea”
(director, artist, animator / 6’ / Estonian Academy of Arts)
✨ Winner of 6 awards and distinctions, including:
The Best Student Bizarre Film award, T-Short animated film festival (2023)
Best School Film award, Olhares do Mediterraneo Women’s Film Festival (2024)
Orpheus Award Winner Best Animation Film, Los Angeles Greek Film Festival (2023)
Honorable Mention, Aigio International Film Festival (2024)
Best Film distinction, Thessaloniki Animated Festival (2022)
Student Film Honorable Mention, Stratos Stasinos Awards (2022)
*2025*
“Salt in my soup”
(co-director, artist, animator / 10" / personal supershort animation project )
✨ Winner of ONION ANION AWARD in 10SAMS festival (2025).
*2019 - 2022*
MA Animation, Estonian Academy of Arts, Tallinn, Estonia.
*autumn semester 2021*
Erasmus exchange, Animation, Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design, Budapest, Hungary.
*2010 - 2018*
BA & MA Design Engineering, University of the Aegean, Syros, Greece.
*August 2025*
“my mother, the sea” participated in the exhibition “Always is everywhere” at the Contemporary Art Museum of Estonia (Estonia)
*November 2023*
“my mother, the sea” participated in Video Art Miden audiovisual exhibition at Sanktstudio (Germany)
* July 2023*
“my mother, the sea” participated in Video Art Miden audiovisual exhibition at the Archaeological Museum of Messinia (Greece)