National student, International student & Animation competitions awards
NATIONAL STUDENT COMPETITION PROGRAMME AWARDS
Jury:
Aris Katopodis (President), Artistic Director of the Los Angeles Greek Film Festival
Stylianos Zerefos, Professor at the School of Applied Arts and Sustainable Design of the Hellenic Open University
Vania Turner, Director, documentary filmmaker
Head Programmer:
Panagiotis Iosifelis
“Frieda Liappa” Best Greek Student Film Award
The award is accompanied by a 5,000-euro prize. The award is also accompanied by provisions for laboratory and post-production activities, offered by the company Stefilm for the director’s next film.
pop, by Lina Kountoura
The award goes to a film which offers an unexpectedly fresh directorial perspective and captures the imagination by taking us on a journey into the new world it has created.
Best Direction Award
The award is accompanied by a 3,000-euro prize, offered by AMKE Bodouroglou.
Driving me crazy, by Meni Tsilianidou
For its honesty, simplicity, acuity, and humour.
Documentary Award
The award is accompanied by a 3,000-euro prize, offered by AMKE Bodouroglou.
Stelianna, by Yannis Bletas
For the creator’s sensitivity and courage, which were necessary to approach such a difficult subject and to win the trust of both the family and the main character.
Best Script Award
The award is accompanied by a 1,500-euro prize, offered by the ANT1 Screenwriting Academy.
Earthbound, by Vangelis Dikopoulos
script: Vangelis Dikopoulos
Through the film’s hyper-realistic mosaic of stories, the hilarious everyday life of Greek people is brought face to face with an extraterrestrial reality.
Student Drama Queer Award
Alles Gut, Pavlos Paraskevopoulos
For the creator’s honest, direct, and daring decision to confront us with the stereotypes of Greek society.
Best Male Performance Award
Driving me crazy, Meni Tsilianidou
awarded to Dimitris Naziris
The film’s two performances masterfully uncover an array of emotions and revelations, while fully supporting the film’s script and the creator’s cinematic vision.
Best Female Performance Award
Driving me crazy, Meni Tsilianidou
awarded to Iro Tsamoglou
The film’s two performances masterfully uncover an array of emotions and revelations, while fully supporting the film’s script and the creator’s cinematic vision.
“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.
The gardener’s death, by Christina Spiliopoulou
photography direction: Thanos Athanasiou
In this film, photography is the main character. The shots are combined with various shades of ochre, red, and brown, composing a palette of emotions, which transport the viewer inside the film’s narrative.
Editing Award
The company Telmaco offers its award-winning film and video editing software Avid Media Composer, provided by Avid Technology.
The River Runs Through the Village, by Xenophon Nikolakopoulos
editing: Yorgos Pavloudis
In this film, the use of editing works as a parallel for memory loss, and the mixing up of times, places, and emotions.
Set Design Award
pop, by Lina Kountoura
set design: Katerina Perdikouri-Papadopoulou, Panos Sellas, Stella Deliantoni
Through its imagination, innocence, and playful character, this film transports us to its thrilling cinematic universe, where an impressive result is achieved with the use of colour, movement, and architecture.
Best Sound Design Award
Dracaena, by Sofia Priovolou and Ioannis Panagiotidis
Sound design: Kostas Fylaktidis
From the very first still, the sound design shapes the film’s identity and qualities, while directly conversing with the script.
Special Mention
Acheron, by Konstantina Papadopoulou
The jury gives the special mention award to a film that moved us and brought us face to face with loss, through a masterful cinematic experience.
INTERNATIONAL STUDENT COMPETITION PROGRAMME AWARDS 2024
Jury:
Νiels Putman, film programmer, chief editor of Talking Shorts
Celine Roustan, film programmer
Vicky Papadopoulou, actress
Head programmer:
Thanasis Neofotistos
GRAND PRIX STUDENT “Almost Famous” Award
The award is accompanied by a 1,500-euro prize offered by the Metropolitan College
No Future Kids, by Eleni Poulopoulou
From its immersive and impressively captivating cinematography, its sensitive yet vibrant direction and its fiery performances, this film truly embarked us, along with its protagonists, on a road trip with its infectious energy. Pardon the lack of eloquence, but this film is a vibe!
Special Jury Award “Rising Star”
Falling, by Anna Gyimesi
This year’s Jury Award “Rising Star” goes to a film that, through a simple cinematic approach, managed to move us deeply by illustrating the vibrations caused by the conflict between two roles: that of a mother suffering and that of a woman longing to live.
Queer Student Award “Loud & Proud”
Slimane, by Carlos Pereira
Through a puzzling narrative structure, this excellent piece of slow, minimalist cinema paints a bleak world where queer resistance lies in bodily movements. Against the social stagnation ignited by the threat to LGTBQIA+ rights, this film cleverly deconstructs our perceptions of time and space and ultimately delivers what one could call “cinematic queerness”.
Special Mention
Leli‘s Friend, by Sawanti Das
Through its delicate’s use of animation, this film conveyed the emotional depth of the unconventional bond between a boy with cerebral palsy and his aging grandmother.
Distribution Award
The Distribution Award is sponsored by Radiator IP Sales and is presented to a Greek film of the programme. The award offers representation for the development of a comprehensive commercial strategy targeting buyers abroad (TV stations and platforms).
No Future Kids, by Eleni Poulopoulou
INTERNATIONAL ANIMATION PROGRAMME 2024 AWARDS
Jury:
Dr Lamprini Trivella, PhD researcher, University of West Attica
Vasilis Galopoulos, audio engineer
Marineta Kritikou, Agora Coordinator at Animasyros Festival
Head Programmer:
Spyros Siakas
Best Animation Film ASIFA HELLAS YANNIS VASILEIADIS
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).
In the Shadow of the Cypress, by Hossein Molayemi and Shirin Sohani
For its groundbreaking narrative, its excellent sound and image, its animation aesthetic, and the delicacy with which it approaches the human psyche.
Special Jury Award
Underground, Yiannis Christoforou
For its innovative approach to storytelling through the use of stop motion animation, a challenging technique which was successfully mastered in both sound and image.
