Greek Short Stories in Competition Section, the Jury and the Awards
Since its inception, the Athens International Film Festival has actively supported Greek cinema as a testament to its love for the sector. A special and powerful bond between the Festival and Greek cinema is none other than the “Greek Short Stories” In Competition section sponsored by Nespresso.
For the best part of a decade, this section has been carefully helping new Greek short films make their way to the big screen and find their audience. The love and trust exhibited by the Festival is reciprocated by Greek film creators as they continue to submit an increasing number of their films thus making the Festival a champion in showcasing the most creative works Greek film production has to offer.
For the 26th event submissions exceeded 342 (a record number) out of which 47 “Greek Short Stories” were selected to compete in this dynamic and exciting section of the Athens International Film Festival.
THE JURY
The jury of the Greek Short Stories In Competition section of the 26th Athens International Film Festival is made up of:
Antoinetta Angelidi, Director (President): A pioneer of avant-garde cinema in Greece. She studied directing and editing at the Institut des Hautes Etudes Cinématographiques in Paris and Film Theory with Christian Metz. Her films include: “Dies Irae” (1977), “Place” (1985), “The Hours: A Square Film” (1995), “Thief or Reality” (2001). She has taught in the Film Studies department at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.
Akis Gourzoulidis, Casting Director: Akis Gourzoulidis has studied Theatre lessons at NYU and Film Studies at New York College. He has worked as assistant director, associate director and set director in theatrical and other shows, events and in the Olympic Games. For the last 16 years he has worked as casting director for films and TV shows.
Gerasimos Evangelatos, Lyricist, Translator and Author: Born in Athens. He works as a lyricist, translator and author. He studied Film Studies at the University of Athens. Since 2004 he has had a steady presence in the Greek music scene, the curation of musical shows while also writing and translating
Sofia Michailidou, Cultural Events Curator: a graduate in Philosophy, PSychology and German Literature (MA, Frankfurt University). She has worked in planning and organising cultural events, mainly cinema-related, at the Goethe-Institut of Athens for over 30 years, up until April 2020. She has participated in festival juries in Germany.
Angeliki Papoulia, Actress: born in Athens. She graduated from the Theatre Studies department of the University of Athens and the Drama Schools of the “Embros” theatre in 2000. She has taken part in films and plays which have been featured in various film and theatre festivals around the world.
THE AWARDS
The final selection of the films which will comprise the Greek Short Stories in Competition section will be judged by the jury who will present the following awards. In this year’s Festival event the monetary prizes have increased by 2000 Euros reaching the grand total of 5000 Euros:
GOLDEN ATHENA, accompanied by a monetary prize of 2000 Euros with the kind support of the Greek Film Centre
SILVER ATHENA, accompanied by a monetary prize of 1000 Euros with the kind support of the Greek Film Centre
BEST DIRECTOR, accompanied by a monetary prize of 1000 Euros with the kind support of Nespresso
BEST SCREENPLAY, accompanied by a monetary prize of 1000 Euros with the kind support of Nespresso
BEST ACTOR
BEST ACTRESS
Nespresso sponsors the “Greek Short Stories” In Competition section of the 26th Athens International Film Festival
At the award ceremony of the Greek Short Stories In Competition section the Greek award of the Nespresso Talents Competition will also be presented. Please note that the Greek winners will receive prizes in the total of 3000 Euros.
For the Nespresso Talents awards click HERE
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The 26th Athens International Film Festival will take place between 23rd September and the 4th October 2020, in its usual venues, IDEAL, DANAOS1 and OPERA1 cinemas, and exclusively for this year, within the context of the hybrid and safety-minded organisation of the event, films will also be screened at the open air cinemas LAIS - the Greek Film Archive Foundation, RIVIERA, TRIANON STELLA and at Technopolis City of AThens.
The full schedule of the Festival will be presented at the Press Conference which will take place on Wednesday 16th September 2020 at the open air cinema AEGLI ZAPPEIOU at 20:30 and will be streamed live through the Festival’s social media accounts.
For updates and more information tune into the sites of aiff.gr and cinemagazine.gr and the relevant social media pages: Facebook AIFF, Instagram, Twitter.
The 26th Athens International Film Festival takes place under the auspices of and with the financial support of the Ministry of Culture and Sports.
