1st Award Ceremony DISFF48
National Student, International Student, National Animation Program, Pitching Lab Awards
From the gallery to the stage, the sound of loud cheering and even louder clapping for the young creators that participated in this year’s student programs, the Animation program and Pitching Lab, flooded Olympia theatre on Wednesday night during the award ceremony for the four competition programs of the 48th DISFF. ‘We all want to share the table with young creators. We’re here and we thank you for letting us be here as we honour the National and International Student Programs, the Animation program and the Pitching Lab’, said Drama’s Festival artistic director Yorgos Aggelopoulos, adding that ‘the films are better than ever, as are the participants, the juries, thus we’ll see awards that are better than ever.’
NATIONAL STUDENT COMPETITION PROGRAM AWARDS
Jury:
Sophia Dimopoulou, casting director (Ready2Cast)
Maria Lysikatou, General Director of Trianon, distributor
Dimitris Moutsiakas, director
Ηead Programmer:
Panagiotis Iosifelis
“Frieda Liappa” Best Greek Student Film Award
The award is accompanied by a 5,000-euro prize and provisions for laboratory and post-production activities, offered by the company Stefilm for the director’s next film. The winner is also automatically selected to participate in Thessaloniki’s Film Festival Agora Short Film Lab.
Or How to Disappear, by Giorgos Aggelopoulos
For its energy and daring approach of its story. For the use of different means which serve the purposes of narration. For the kind of cinema we would like to see again.
Best Direction Award
The award is accompanied by a 3,000-euro prize, offered by AMKE Bodouroglou. The winner is also automatically selected to participate in Thessaloniki’s Film Festival Agora Short Film Lab.
Leaving Was What She Did Best, by Vassilis Pantelidis
For its targeted direction, excellent guidance of the actors, and provocative alternation of emotions, which heightens the tension right from the start and up until the final act of the film,
Documentary Award
The award is accompanied by a 3,000-euro prize, offered by AMKE Bodouroglou.
At the Market, by Kostas Fountas Aloupogiannis
For its masterful depiction of a microcosm with the use of real people, directness, interesting photography, and excellent use of measure.
Best Script Award
The award is accompanied by a 1,500-euro prize, offered by ANT1 Media Lab.
SLEEP, by Cos Mandis, Jay McNeil
A very clever idea, where the story moves in a way that touches on the existence of man as a political being.
Drama Queer Award
Transwalking, by Efthymia Kotoula
For the depiction of a reality through personal experiences, which showcases the rotten sociopolitical happenings and makes us accomplices and aids for a world of equality.
Best Male Performance Award
Stathis Papadopoulos
[Or How to Disappear, by Giorgos Aggelopoulos]
For a performance that moves organically within the film’s universe and manages to move us and unquestionably immerse us in its imaginary world.
BEST FEMALE PERFORMANCE AWARD
Olga Adamopoulou
[The Quiet Weight of Things, by Dimitra Petmeza]
For her incredible verbal and kinetic naturalness. A kind of quiet strength which highlights emotion. With a full understanding of the role, she manages to handle the quiet weight of things.
“Dinos Katsouridis” Photography award
The award is accompanied by full technical coverage for the production of the photographer’s next film, courtesy of the Katsouridis family.
Nikos Pylarinos
[Leuresthes ,by Ioanna Roumelioti]
By masterfully using natural and artificial light, he manages to create a solid visual universe, leaving his mark.
EDITING AWARD
The company Telmaco offers its award-winning film and video editing software Avid Media Composer, provided by Avid Technology.
Stelios Zoidis
[Venus Vidi Vici, by Roxani Varela]
The correct selection and change of shots give rhythm and passion to the film, maintaining our interest up until the end of the story.
SET DESIGN AWARD
Mirto Andronidi
[Prelude to a Supernova, by Christos Artemiou]
For its naturalistic depiction of spaces and their functionality, along with the poignant use of a colour palette which places us in the heroes’ environment in a symbiotic manner.
SOUND DESIGN AWARD
The award is accompanied by Telmaco’s Pro Tools Studio by Avid Technology.
Periklis Liakakis
[Lost Gardenias, by Galateia Lagoutari]
An excellent combination of sound design and music, which manages to create a unique soundscape which harmonises with the emotions which emerge through the image.
SPECIAL MENTION
The Life Cycle of Cicadas, by Ines Perot
A film which pulls you into its world right from the start, and makes you wonder affectionately about the circle of life.
INTERNATION STUDENT COMPETITION PROGRAM AWARDS
Jury:
Simone Bardoni, Concorto Film Festival artistic director
Loes van Keulen, selection director at Rotterdam International Film Festival
Maria Drandaki, producer (Homemade Films)
Head Programmer:
Kostis Haramoundanis
GRAND PRIX
The award is accompanied by a 1,500-euro prize offered by the Metropolitan College
Two Point Five Stars, by Sina Lerf, Dario Boger and Dario Marti (Switzerland)
For a hilariously funny script and an idiosyncratic visual language that demonstrates an excellent command of both spatial composition and the intricacy of detail. Two Point Five Stars effortlessly captures its audience through exaggerating the mundane and the relatable into a quirky and absurd range of characters that deserve a rating at least twice as high as its protagonist.
Special Jury Prize “Rising Star”
The award is accompanied by post-production services offered by MetaPost
Embodied, by Chanelle Eidenbenz (United Kingdom)
For directing a tender and disarming performance of the lead actress stepping into a newfound naturalness of relating to those around her. A much-needed, touching tribute to the woman’s body in its full glory and vulnerability.
Drama Queer Award
Pan & Syrinx, by A. Laurel Lawrence (Canada)
For employing a bold aesthetic – both nostalgic and forward – to explore intimacy, queerness, gender and performance, and create a baroque imaginary full of beauty and subversiveness.
Special Mention
Past the Hill of Napoleon’s Hat, Arnas Balčiūnas (Latvia)
For a sensitive portrayal of parent/child dynamics in their full complexity, and the emergence of a singular and cinematic voice.
INTERNATIONAL ANIMATION COMPETITION PROGRAM AWARDS
Jury:
Anna Feistel, program coordinator and curator at Kurzfilm Festival of Hamburg
Nihan Sivridag, Berninale Shorts program coordinator
Konstantinos Vassilaros, producer (StudioBauhaus)
Head Programmer:
Spyros Siakas
Best Animation Film ‘YANNIS VASILEIADIS’
The award is accompanied by 2,000-euro prize
The Death of the Fish, Eva Lusbaronian (France)
For its moving depiction of pain and depression expressed by an exceptional and moving choreography.
Special Jury Award
The award includes a one-year free membership at ASIFA HELLAS, with the full privileges of a registered member (information, visibility, participation in extroversion animation missions at international forums and festivals, etc).
Mealitancy, by Marie Royer and Zinia Scorier (Belgium)
For colorfully immersing us into a community of activists through the use of audio-field recordings, revealing an alternative way of living in the city and the ability to resist and rebuild against all odds.
Special Mention
On Weary Wings Go By, by Anu-Laura Tuttelberg (Esthonia, Latvia)
For taking us on a journey into the northern landscape, where fragile beings are exposed to the harshness of nature and its changing seasons. A poetic blend of real footage and delicate animation.
PITCHING LAB AWARDS
FINOS FILM AWARD
The award is accompanied by a 2,000-euro prize.
Moonlike, Francesco Lorusso (Italy)
BEST PITCHING FOR DEVELOPMENT AWARD -GREEK CINEMA CENTER
The award is accompanied by a 1,000-euro prize.
Who Is Singing?, by Ana Morina (Kosovo)
ERT Award
The award is accompanied by a 1,000-euro prize.
EO1, by Ruby Mastrodimos (Greece, USA, UK)
‘Stathis Paraskevopoulos’ Mentorship Award
The award is accompanied by script development and improvement sessions on selected design.
Mom Is Alive, Antonis Gkoumas (Greece)
