Sir Ian McKellen & Jason Watkins take home awards at the 3rd ...

At the end of January, Greece saw its 3rd International Film Festival take place at the Alimos “Karolos Koun” Municipal Theatre in Athens, with the likes of Sir Ian McKellen and Jason Watkins winning awards.

At the closing ceremony, the awards for the best short, medium and feature films took place, which saw both Sir Ian McKellen awarded a gong for Best Voice Over and Jason Watkins a Best Actor award for their performances in the Short Film ‘The One Note Man’ directed by Greek director George Siougas.

Films that had their world, European and Greek premieres were screened, with Fiction, Documentary, Animation and Video Clip themes. Also participating in the competition were Short and Feature Film Screenplays, Theatrical Plays and Photographs.

A highlight of the festival were the talks given by directors Mary Kolonia (Armchair on the Pavement), Fivos Imellos (Wings), Alexandros Kakouris and Giorgos Dellis, (Xenia), Vassilis Economou and Sofia Stavrakaki (The Trojan Women).

During the festival ‘The Trojan Women’ was presented with Greek subtitles SDH so that it could be watched by hearing impaired and deaf viewers.

There is an open call for the 4th Open Air Greece International Film Festival at this Summer in Athens.

Submit your film, video, script, theatrical play and photography:https://filmfreeway.com/GIFFestival

A full list of the winners is included below this video roundup. It is always wonderful to see festivals from around the world thrive and contribute to a worldwide love of cinema.

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Here is the complete award winners list;

BEST SHORT FILM

THE ONE NOTE MAN (Oscar Shortlist)

GEORGE SIOUGAS

 BEST MID-LENGTH FILM

SFENDYLI

MICHALIS BASTAKIS

BEST FEATURE FILM

THE TROJAN WOMEN

VASSILIS ECONOMOU, SOFIA STAVRAKAKI, DAVID CORREIA, KRZYSZTOF TUSIEWICZ

BEST ACTOR

JASON WATKINS (BAFTA Award Winner)

THE ONE NOTE MAN

BEST VOICE OVER

IAN MCKELLEN (BAFTA Award Winner and Nominated for 2 Oscars)

THE ONE NOTE MAN

BEST ADAPTED THEATRICAL PLAY

ELINA DARAKLITSA

THE TROJAN WOMEN

BEST DIRECTOR

ONUR AKŞIT

PLAYBACK

BEST DIRECTOR (DEBUT)

ZIYANG LIU

AN UNOFFICIAL SPACE MISSION

BEST DIRECTOR (STUDENT)

LILY ANDREWS

THE END

BEST FIRST-TIME FILMMAKER

ALEXANDER KAKOURIS

XÉNIA

BEST ACTRESS

DESPINA KOURTI

WINGS

BEST ANIMATION

THE BOY AND THE OWL

MÁRIO GAJO DE CARVALHO

BEST MUSIC VIDEO

OUR ROAD

VALASIA DODULU

BEST PRODUCTION

THE ARMCHAIR ON THE PAVEMENT

MARY KOLONIA

BEST ART PRODUCTION

LYUBIMA

MAYA VITKOVA

BEST D.O.P.

A CHRISTMAS OF 1945

FABIO ROSI

BEST SHORT SCREENPLAY

MY FATHERS DAUGHTER

DAMIEN MICHAEL AULSBERRY

BEST FEATURE SCREENPLAY

A SAINT AND THE SINNER

SIMON ILIOPOULOS

BEST THEATRICAL PLAY

THE SHOW MUST GO ON

LAUREN FOLEY

BEST PHOTOGRAPHY

TRANSPORTING IN ELEGANCE

CHRIS POULIOS

 Support by Municipality of Alimos (Athens, Greece).