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ODYSSEUS AWARDS & COSMOCINEMA AWARDS

Dedicated to the filmmakers', writers' & producers Odyssey.

Odysseus Awards 2018

Film Competition

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Best Feature Fiction Film, Best Director:
Success Story. Dir. by Nikos Perakis. Greece, 2017.
Best Actress
Tonia Sotiropoulou
Best Actor
Konstantinos Markoulakis
Best Photography
Claudio Bolivar
Best Screenplay
Katerina Bei

Best Concept for Feature Fiction Film
[2nd Award for Feature Fiction Film]
Jamaika. Dir. by Andreas Morfonios. Greece, 2017.

Special mention for fiction feature film
Waiting room. Dir. by Alexander Leontaritis. Cyprus, 2017.

Best Documentary
1st Award:
Kananga. Dir. by Pavlos Tripodakis. Greece, 2017.
2nd Award:
The Road to Sparta. Dir. by Barney Spender & Roddy Gibson. Greece, UK. 2016.

Best Creative Documentary
Europe. Dir. by Stavros Stratigakos. Greece, 2017.

Special mention for documentary
Welcome to our relatives by marriage. Dir. by Maria Giachnaki. Greece, 2016.

Best Short Fiction Film
1st Award:
Heimlich. Dir. by Kostas Bakouris. Greece, 2017.
2nd Award:
A child outside. Dir. by Panos Eliakopoulos. Greece, 2017.

Best Experimental Film
City of my heart. Dir. by Kostas Petsas. Greece, Spain. 2017.

Best Video Art
Metronome. Dir. by Katerina Michalopoulou. Greece, 2017,

Best Animation
Aenigma. Dir. By Antonis Ntoussias & Aris Fatouros. Greece, 2016.

Best Music Video
Cinnamon. Dir. by Michael Starakis. Greece, 2017.

Best Music Video Audience Award
Cinnamon. Dir. by Michael Starakis. Greece, 2017.

Special Effects Award
Ulysses - A dark Odyssey. Dir. by Federico Alotto. Italy, 2017.

Best Music
Ntinos Tselis
Bliss. Dir. by Christos Pitharas. Greece, 2017.

New Director’s Award
Ulysses - A dark Odyssey. Dir. by Federico Alotto. Italy, 2017.

Special Mention
The Tree and the Swing. Dir. by Maria Douza. Greece, 2013.

Special Mention
Phoenix. Dir. by Junyan He, Giorgos Papagaroufalis. Greece, 2017.

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Screenplay Competition
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Best Feature Fiction Script

1st Award:
Girl gone Greek. Written by James Collins & Rebbeca Hall. UK

2nd Award:
Crossroads. By Anna Tenezi. Cyprus.

Special Mention Award:
Potnia. Written by Julie Lacy. UK, Greece.

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Best Short Fiction Script

1st Award:
Hypnos. Written by Alexandra Dyranis-Maounis & Athanasia Michopoulou. Greece.

2nd Award:
Zorbas revisited. Written by Ralf Hochstrasser. Switzerland.

Special Mention Award:
The Farm. Written by Christina Dimitriadou.

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Cosmocinema Awards

Screenplay Competition

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Best Feature Fiction Script

1st Award:
Perry. Written by RJ Watson . USA.

2nd Award:
Nauti girls (biff). Written by Linda Toussaint. Australia.

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Film Competition

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Best Concept for Feature Fiction Film
The Marvin Case. Dir. by Lewis Eizykman. France, 2018.

Best Short Fiction Film
Kaltrina. Dir. by Evi Stamatiou. UK, USA. 2017.

Best Adaptation
Ulysses - A dark Odyssey. Dir. by Federico Alotto. Italy, 2017.
Best Actor
Danny Glover

Best Music Video
Deserted Eyes. Dir. by Olivia Hadjiioannou. Greece, 2018.

New Director’s Award
Nostos. Dir by Ioanna Koliofoti. Greece, 2018.

Every year the London Greek Film Festival presents the Odysseus Awards in each of the competition categories. The prize’s name is a tribute to the Odyssey of the creators, film directors and screenwriters, their journey to the completion of their vision. The Odysseus Awards offered during the year to poets and other authors and artists, as well. Starting form this year, an international section of the LGFF, the Cosmocinema Festival, offers the international Cosmocinema Awards, as well. Following the London festival, the Awards presented not only in London, but are also presented often to the winners at a special event in Athens.

Odysseus Awards, Cosmocinema Awards & Acting Code Awards are not accompanied by cash prize or funding.

SELECTED WORKS AND FINALISTS

The Seven Sages of Greek Antiquity. Dir. by George Petritsis. USA, 2017. 52’

Europe. Dir. by Stavros Stratigakos. Greece, 2017. 30’

Two Strangers Who Meet Five Times. Dir. by Marcus Markou. UK, 2017. 12’

Testing Greta. Dir. by Abbie Lucas. UK, 2017. 11’

Lifting Clouds. Dir. by Stella Dimadis. Australia, 2017. 13’

Hawk. Dir. by Peter Ellinas. USA, 2017. 9’

Rosemarie. Dir by Adonis Florides. Cyprus, 2017. 112’

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From Africa with love – Greekethiopic. Dir. by Christina Vazou. Greece, 2018. 47’

Portolago-Ghosts in the Aegean. Dir. by Ioanna Asmeniadou-Phocas. Greece, 2017. 60’

Cyprus, a possible reconciliation? Dir. by Angélique Kourounis. Greece, Cyprus, Switzerland, 2017. 10’

The Marvin Case. Dir. by Lewis Eizykman. France, 2018. 70’ [Cosmocinema Fest]

Ta gemista (salted). Dir. by Bletas Ioannis. Greece, 2017. 15’

Southgate To Brighton. Dir. by Athena Mandis & Dino Jacovides. UK, 2017. 14’

The Surface of Things. Dir. by Nancy Biniadaki. Greece, Germany, 2017. 85’.

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“Above everything, the Opus” a tribute to Nikos Kazantzakis. Dir. by Tania Chatzigeorgiou. Greece, 2017. 59’

War stories. Dir. by Argyrios Marmaras. Greece, 2017. 32’

98. Dir. by Evripidis Karydis. Greece, UK. 2017. 7’

Memories of a Doll. Dir. by Michail Charalampidis. Greece, 2017. 19’

Memories and Signs. Dir. by Lampros Georgopoulos, George Leontakianakos. Greece, 2018. 20’

Lend An Ear. Dir. by Tsilochristou Xenia. Greece, 2018. 51’

Kaltrina. Dir. by Evi Stamatiou. UK, USA. 2017. 10’ [Cosmocinema Fest]

The Tree and the Swing. Dir. by Maria Douza. Greece, 2013. 108’

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The Road to Sparta. Dir. by Barney Spender & Roddy Gibson. Greece, UK. 2016. 60’

5 Minutes Silence. Dir. by Dimitris Argyriou. Greece, 2018. 11’

Heimlich. Dir. by Kostas Bakouris. Greece, 2017. 19’.

In-Between. Dir. by Kostopoulos Stavros. Greece, 2017. 13’

Herself. Dir. by Kintan Chauhan. USA, 2018. 8’ [Cosmocinema Fest]

Kananga. Dir. by Pavlos Tripodakis. Greece, 2017. 69’

Toxic Schlock. Dir. by Sam Mason Bell & Tony Newton. UK, 2017. 100’ [Cosmocinema Fest]

Bliss. Dir. by Christos Pitharas. Greece, 2017. 84’.

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Welcome to our relatives by marriage. Dir. by Maria Giachnaki. Greece, 2016. 43’ [Special screening]

Ulysses - A dark Odyssey. Dir. by Federico Alotto. Italy, 2017. 110’ [Special screening]

The soil. Dir. by Thanassis Fouradoulas. Switzerland, 2017. 4’

Dance Fight Love Die: With Mikis on the road. Dir. by Asteris Koutoulas. Greece, Germany, 2017. 89’

Mannlicher. Dir by Alexis Hatzigiannis. Greece, 2017. 11’

I'm glad to see you. Dir. by Fotis Kelepouris & Kristo Pantera. Greece, 2017. 14’

Waiting room. Dir. by Alexander Leontaritis. Cyprus, 2017. 103’.

Jamaika. Dir. by Andreas Morfonios. Greece, 2017. 95’

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The Road to Sparta. Dir. by Barney Spender & Roddy Gibson. Greece, UK. 2016. 60’ [Special screening]

Gradiva-Aglauros. Dir. by Antonis Touloumis. Greece, 2018. 9’

Ganymede. Dir. by Nikos Giavropoulos. Greece, 2017. 4’

Metronome. Dir. by Katerina Michalopoulou. Greece, 2917, 3'

Thence. Dir, by Gm Touliatou. Greece, 2017. 4’

Experimental Zone

Soul Washer. Dir. by Grigoris - G. Gaitanaros. Greece, 2017. 9’

Meltemi. Dir. by Debra Sea. USA, 2018.

City of my heart. Dir. by Kostas Petsas & Aris Nikolaidis. Greece, Spain. 2017. 4’

Impulse. Dir. by Dimitris Argyriou. Greece, China, 2018. 7’

The Man in the Bushes. Dir. by Vasilios Papaioannu & Emma Piper-Burket. USA, 2018. 6’

Vous. Dir. by Pari Antoniou. Greece, 2017. 8’

Animation Zone

Ηοw many hugs? Dir. By Katerina Michalopoulou, Spyros Pantazis, Eleni Politopoulou, Antonis Touloumis. Greece, 2018. 3’.

Aenigma. Dir. By Antonis Ntoussias & Aris Fatouros. Greece, 2016. 10’

From heart to heart. Dir. by Sofia Kalantzi & Aristarchos Papadaniel. Greece, 2017. 2’

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The extra mile. Dir. by Victoria Vellopoulou. Greece, 2017. 74’

Whispers of the Sky. Dir. by Maro Anastopoulou. Greece, 2016. 70’

The house. Dir. by Vassilis Dimou. Greece, 2017. 9’

The kiss. Dir. by George Leontakianakos. Greece, 2018. 14’

9 to 5. Dir. by Filippos Tsapekis. Greece, 2017. 12’

Two Worlds. Dir. by Kostas Printezis, Leonidas Tzortzakis. Greece, 2017. 10’

A child outside. Dir. by Panos Eliakopoulos. Greece, 2017. 7’

The Grocery Store. Dir. by Michalis Mathioudakis. Greece, 2017. 13’

Success Story. Dir. by Nikos Perakis. Greece, 2017. 107’.

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Cinnamon. Dir. by Michael Starakis. Greece, 2017. 5’

Deserted Eyes. Dir. by Olivia Hadjiioannou. Greece, 2018. 3’

Nostos. Dir. by Ioanna Koliofoti. Greece. 2018. 12’ [Cosmocinema Fest]

The Emoji Song. Dir. by Adam Volerich. USA, 2017. 3’ [Cosmocinema Fest]

Egeo - the sea for me. Dir. by Vicky Markolefa, Bastian Fischer. Greece, 2017. 13’







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