The 18th London Greek Film Festival 2024 was presented the Awards from the film and script competition, in an emotional ceremony, in the Greek Embassy in London, on June 21, 2024.
The festival, which is approaching two decades of continuous presence in the British capital, is now moving in a hybrid format, and plans to keep only the competition and to take place online, with parallel acts and special screenings only when possible, during the year.
Website for more information, the list of award-winning films and screenplays and finalists, and the Award Ceremony:
www.londongreekfilmfestival.com
The London Greek Film Festival started in 2008. Accepts and presents contemporary films and screenplays in competition from Greek film directors, producers, writers and artists, from all over the world – including Greek Diaspora and Greek Cypriots, with no specific subject in their work; also from international film directors, producers, writers and artists, from all over the world, with work related to Greece or Cyprus.
The London Greek Film Festival 2024 and the awards ceremony was presented under the auspices of the Secretary General for Greeks Abroad and Public Diplomacy and supported by the Greek Embassy in London.
The Awards ceremony of the Festival was welcomed with a video message by the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Greece, responsible for Greeks Abroad, Mr. Giorgos Kotsiras, and the Secretary General for Greeks Abroad and Public Diplomacy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Ioannis Chrysoulakis.
The event was welcomed on behalf of the Greek Embassy in London by Ambassador Mr.Yannis Tsaousis, while the director Mr. Christos Prosylis, Artistic Director of the Festival, also addressed a greeting.
During the ceremony, a video about the activities of the National Centre for Audiovisual Media and Communication -EKOME in the field of film production was also shown.
The Awards Ceremony was attended, among others, by film directors, producers, screenwriters, actors, artists, representatives of cultural institutions and Greek artists working in the UK, Greek correspondents accredited to the UK and journalists from London Greek media.
London Greek Film Festival from the very beginning, aimed to be the international meeting point for Greek films from all over the world. It promotes internationally contemporary Greek cinema and Greek culture in general in all its forms, film-making and filming in Greece and Cyprus, the positive image of Greece and Cyprus abroad, new technologies in cinema, theatre and the arts, academic and artistic research and innovation in cinema, theatre, and all the arts.
Film Categories: feature fiction, short fiction, documentary, video art, experimental film, music video, animation.
Screenplay Categories:feature fiction, short fiction.
London Greek Film Festival offers in the Film and script competition: Odysseus Awards (since 2008), Cosmocinema Awards (since 2018) and Acting Code Awards (since 2022).
From 2022, the London Greek Film Festival supporting the newly established International Epidaurus Film Festival in Greece, which takes place for third year.
Founder and Artistic Director of the London Greek Film Festival, is the film and theater director, artist and writer Christos Prosylis.
Media Sponsor: ERT
This years’ Winners
Delivering the Awards was performed by H.E. The Greek Ambassador in UK Yannis Tsaousis, the Head of the Press and Public Diplomacy Office Ms Marianna Varvarigou, journalists Thanassis Gavos, Ms Maria Yiahnaki and Evdoxia Limberi and Stephanos Dimitriadis from the pubic Diplomacy Office at the Greek Embassy.
Best Fiction Feature Film – Cosmocinema Awards
Murderess. Dir. by Eva Nathena. Greece. 2023.
Honorable Mention for Fiction Feature Film – Acting Code Awards
The Gaze Adventure. Dir. by Dimitri Athanitis. Greece. 2023.
Honorable Mention for Fiction Feature Film – Odysseus Awards
Operation Star. Dir. by Vasileios Tsikaras. Greece. 2023.
Best Director – Acting Code Awards
Murderess. Dir. by Eva Nathena. Greece. 2023.
Best Documentary – Cosmocinema Awards
Uprootings. Dir. by Eleni Alexandraki. Greece. 2023.
Best Documentary – Acting Code Awards
Homelandsickness. Dir. by Gülsel Özkan. Germany, Greece, Turkey. 2023.
Best Documentary – Odysseus Awards
Gas Station or the Pigeons of Lahore. Dir. by Thomas Sideris. Greece, Pakistan. 2024.
Honorable Mention for Documentary – Acting Code Awards
A Taste of Life. Dir. by Alkis Sdougkos. Greece. 2024.
Best Short Fiction Film – Acting Code Awards
The One Note Man. Dir. by George C. Siougas. UK. 2023.
Best Short Fiction Film – Cosmocinema Awards
Smoking In Public. dir. by Stelios Kouk. UK. 2023.
Honorable Mention for Short Fiction Film – Cosmocinema Awards
The Armchair on the Pavement. Dir. by Mary Kolonia. Greece. 2023.
Honorable Mention for Short Fiction Film – Acting Code Awards
At the Gym. Dir. by Pantelis Skourlas. Greece. 2022.
Honorable Mention for Short Fiction Film – Odysseus Awards
Caged. Dir. by Orestis Rouskas. Greece. 2023.
Best Video Art – Cosmocinema Awards
The Mushroom Man. Dir. by Petros Niamonitakis. Greece. 2024.
Best Video Art – Acting Code Awards
You. Dir. by Gm Touliatou. Greece. 2023.
Best Music Video – Cosmocinema Awards
Kohyli. Dir. by Thodoris Pistiolas. Greece. 2023.
Best Experimental Film – Acting Code Awards
Vigil. Dir. by Pippa Samaya, Tara Jade Samaya (The Samaya Wives). Australia. 2024.
Honorable Mention for Experimental Film – Cosmocinema Awards
Trojan Women re-imagined. Dir. by Vicky Karaiskou. Greece. 2022.
Honorable Mention for Experimental Film – Acting Code Awards
Exist. Dir. by Daniel Luke Fossey & Kalliopi Fouseki. UK. 2023.
Best Costume Design – Cosmocinema Awards
Eva Nathena
Murderess. Dir. by Eva Nathena. Greece. 2023.
Best Actress – Acting Code Awards
Karyofillia Karabeti
Murderess. Dir. by Eva Nathena. Greece. 2023.
Best Photography – Cosmocinema Awards
Panagiotis Vassilakis
Murderess. Dir. by Eva Nathena. Greece. 2023.
Best Music – Cosmocinema Awards
Dimitris Papadimitriou
Murderess. Dir. by Eva Nathena. Greece. 2023.
Best Actor – Acting Code Awards
Jason Watkins
The One Note Man. Dir. by George C. Siougas. UK. 2023.
Best Fiction Feature Screenplay – Cosmocinema Awards
Homeless. Written by Nicholas Kyriallidis. Greece.
Best Fiction Feature Screenplay – Acting Code Awards
Puppeteer. Written by Nicholas Kyriallidis. Greece.
Honorable Mention for Fiction Feature Screenplay – Acting Code Awards
Black Gold. Written by Niki Lambropoulos. Greece.
Best Short Fiction Screenplay – Acting Code Awards
Blue Sky Out of the Oresteia. Written by Katherine Taylor. USA.
Best Short Fiction Screenplay – Cosmocinema Awards
Malgo. Written by Chara Kourlessi. Greece.
Webpage:www.londongreekfilmfestival.com
