22nd Athens International Film Festival: The Awards
Golden Athena to «Hedi», Special Mention and Audience Award to «The Red Turtle».
The International Competition section jury members for the 22nd Athens International Film Festival were:
Nicola Gallani (Chair) Producer, BFI, British Council curator
Julia Teichmann, film critic
Ersi Danou, founding member of the Los Angeles Greek Film Festival, film critic, director, producer
Sylvia Perel, founder and artistic director of the Festival De Cine De Todos Santos of La Paz, curator and lecturer of Latin American cinema, producer
Bernard Nave, Jeune Cinema critic and former professor of introduction to cinema
Golden Athena award for Best Film
Inhebek Hedi by Mohamed Ben Attia
City of Athens Best Director award:
Operation Avalanche by Matt Johnson
Best Screenplay:
Under the Shadow by Babak Anvari
Jury Special Mention:
La Tortue Rouge by Michael Dudok de Wit
Audience award:
La Tortue Rouge by Michael Dudok de Wit
Golden Athena / Music & Film Competition Section Award
The jury members were:
Lena Platonos (Chair), composer
Heiko Lange, German director and producer
Stella, musician
Yorgos Mouchtaridis, broadcaster and head of programming for Pepper 96,6 radio station
Taso Marougka, broadcaster
Golden Athena Music & Film:
Eat that Question: Frank Zappa in his Own Words by Thorsten Schütte
Greek Short Film Competition Section
The jury members were:
Christos Karakepelis (Chair), director
Lefteris Adamidis, film critic and distributor
Margarita Manda, director
Claudio Bolivar, cinematographer
Vicky Papadopoulou, actress
Best Film – First prize (accompanied by a 1,500-euro cash prize)
LIMBO by Konstantina Kotzamani
Best Film – Second prize:
FOX by Jacqueline Lentzou
Best Director:
Konstantina Kotzamani for LIMBO
Best Screenplay:
Alexandros Skouras for CUBE
Best Cinematography:
Yorgos Karvelas for LIMBO
Best Actor:
Nikos Zeginoglou for FOX
Best Actress:
Elena Topalidou HELGA AR I LUND
Jury Special Award:
AURELIA by Christos Bourantas & Kreon Krionas