List of Greek award-winning films in international film festivals explained

Many Greek films have represented the Greek cinema in International Film Festivals. Greek films or (Greek co-productive films) have won accolades in the most famous International Film Festival such as Academy Awards, Golden Globe Awards, Cannes Festival, Venice Festival, Berlin Festival, Cyprus International Film Festival and other. Below are considered the awarded Greek films in the most notable international film festival.

Academy Awards

FilmYearAward Category Recipients and nominees Result
Never on Sunday196033rd Academy AwardsBest Original SongManos Hatzidakis
Zorba The Greek196437th Academy AwardsBest Supporting ActressLila Kedrova
Best Production Design
Best CinematographyWalter Lassally

Golden Globes

FilmYearAward Category Recipients and nominees Result
Stella[1] 195513th Golden Globe AwardsBest Foreign Language FilmMichael Cacoyannis
A Girl in Black[2] 195614th Golden Globe AwardsBest Foreign Language FilmMichael Cacoyannis

Cannes International Film Festival

List of awards[3] [4] ! Film!!Year!!Award !! Category !! Recipients and nominees !! Result
Never on Sunday19601960 Cannes Film FestivalBest Actress AwardMelina Mercouri
Voyage to Cythera1984Best Screenplay AwardTheo Angelopoulos
Ulysses' Gaze1995 1995 Cannes Film FestivalGrand Jury PrizeTheo Angelopoulos
Eternity and a Day19981998 Cannes Film FestivalPalme d'OrTheo Angelopoulos
Prize of the Ecumenical JuryTheo Angelopoulos
Dogtooth20092009 Cannes Film FestivalPrix Un Certain RegardYorgos Lanthimos
The Lobster20152015 Cannes Film FestivalJury PrizeYorgos Lanthimos

Berlin International Film Festival

List of awards[5] ! Film!!Year!!Award !! Category !! Recipients and nominees !! Result
Young Aphrodites196313th Berlin International Film FestivalNikos Koundouros
Rebetiko198434th Berlin International Film FestivalSilver Bear Costas Ferris

Venice International Film Festival

List of awards! Film!!Year!!Award !! Category !! Recipients and nominees !! Result
Landscape in the Mist198845th Venice International Film FestivalSilver LionTheo Angelopoulos
Attenberg2010Volpi CupAriane Labed
Alps201168th Venice International Film FestivalGolden OsellaYorgos Lanthimos
Miss Violence[6] 201370th Venice International Film FestivalSilver LionAlexandros Avranas
Volpi CupThemis Panou

Moscow International Film Festival

List of awards! Film!!Year!!Award !! Category !! Recipients and nominees !! Result
The Descent of the Nine1984 Golden PrizeChristos Siopahas

Shanghai International Film Festival

List of awards! Film!!Year!!Award !! Category !! Recipients and nominees !! Result
Little England[7] 20132014 Shanghai International Film FestivalBest Feature FilmPantelis Voulgaris
Best DirectorPantelis Voulgaris
Best ActressPinelopi Tsilika

Locarno International Film Festival

List of awards! Film!!Year!!Award !! Category !! Recipients and nominees !! Result
The Idlers of the Fertile Valley19781978 Locarno International Film FestivalGolden LeopardNikos Panayotopoulos
[8] 20022002 Locarno International Film FestivalBest Actor Giorgos Karayannis

European Film Awards

List of awards! Film!!Year!!Award !! Category !! Recipients and nominees !! Result
Landscape in the Mist19882nd European Film AwardsBest FilmTheo Angelopoulos
The Lobster2015Best ScreenwriterYorgos Lanthimos, Efthimis Filippou
Best Costume DesignerSarah Blenkinsop

San Sebastian International Film Festival

List of awards[9] [10] ! Film!!Year!!Award !! Category !! Recipients and nominees !! Result
Unfair World20122012 San Sebastián Film FestivalSilver ShellFilippos Tsitos
Best ActorAntonis Kafetzopoulos

Cairo International Film Festival

List of awards! Film!!Year!!Award !! Category !! Recipients and nominees !! Result
Vasiliki[11] 19971998 Cairo International Film FestivalBest ActorPaschalis Tsarouhas
The King[12] 20022003 Cairo International Film FestivalGolden PyramidNikos Grammatikos
El Greco200732nd Cairo International Film FestivalBest ActorJuan Diego Botto
Forever[13] 201436th Cairo International Film FestivalSilver PyramidMargarita Manta

Mar del Plata International Film Festival

List of awards! Film!!Year!!Award !! Category !! Recipients and nominees !! Result
Vasiliki19971998 Mar del Plata International Film FestivalBest ActorPaschalis Tsarouhas

Chicago International Film Festival

List of awards! Film!!Year!!Award !! Category !! Recipients and nominees !! Result
And the Wife Shall Revere Her Husband[14] 1965Chicago International Film FestivalBest DirectorGeorge Tzavellas
The Hunters[15] 1977Chicago International Film FestivalGolden HugoTheo Angelopoulos

Goya Awards

List of awards! Film!!Year!!Award !! Category !! Recipients and nominees !! Result
El Greco200723rd Goya AwardsBest Costume DesignLala Huete

Fantasporto

List of awards! Film!!Year!!Award !! Category !! Recipients and nominees !! Result
Money, A Mythology of Darkness1999Jury's special awardVassilis Mazomenos
Vassilis Mazomenos2001Career award

Maverick Movie Awards

List of awards! Film!!Year!!Award !! Category !! Recipients and nominees !! Result
Lines (film)2017Best DirectorVassilis Mazomenos

South East European Film Festival

List of awards! Film!!Year!!Award !! Category !! Recipients and nominees !! Result
Lines (film)2018Best DirectorVassilis Mazomenos

Mumbai Awards

  • Film won the top prize

Cyprus International Film Festival

  • Film won the top prize

South East European Film Festival

List of awards! Film!!Year!!Award !! Category !! Recipients and nominees !! Result
Common Denominator (film)2014Best DirectorSotiris Tsafoulias

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: "Στέλλα" για πάντα. enet.gr. 25 March 2015.
  2. Web site: Girl In Black, a. goldenglobes.com. 25 March 2015. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20150402163146/http://www.goldenglobes.com/girl-black. 2 April 2015.
  3. Web site: Οι μεγάλες στιγμές του ελληνικού σινεμά στις Κάννες. thefrog.gr. 25 March 2015.
  4. Web site: Έλληνες που κατέκτησαν το Φεστιβάλ των Καννών. news.in.gr. 25 March 2015.
  5. Web site: Ich bin ein Berliner. enet.gr. 25 March 2015.
  6. Web site: Θριάμβευσε η ελληνική ταινία Miss Violence. kathimerini.gr. 25 March 2015.
  7. Web site: Θρίαμβος της Μικράς Αγγλίας στην Σαγκάη. tovima.gr. 25 March 2015.
  8. Web site: German director's Locarno triumph. bbc.co.uk. 25 March 2015.
  9. Web site: Αντώνης Καφετζόπουλος. topontiki.gr. 3 April 2016.
  10. Web site: Ο Αδικος Κόσμος τώρα δικαιώνεται. enet.gr. 3 April 2016.
  11. Web site: Vasiliki - Awards. imdb. 25 March 2015.
  12. Web site: Cairo International Film Festival. imdb.com. 25 March 2015.
  13. Web site: 36th Cairo International Film Festival: Iranian film Melbourne wins Best Film. ahram.org.eg. 25 March 2015.
  14. Web site: And let the woman fear her husband. tainiothiki.gr. 25 March 2015.
  15. Web site: The Hunters. tainiothiki.gr. 25 March 2015.
  16. Web site: Βραβείο για το Μαύρο Λιβάδι στην Ινδία. gfc.gr. 22 July 2015.
  17. Web site: Βραβείο για το Tungsten . 15 October 2011.

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