Sofia Exarchou’s Animal gained seven prizes on the Hellenic Movie Academy’s Iris Awards, together with greatest movie, director, screenplay, actress and supporting actress.
The Greek-Austrian-Romanian-Bulgarian co-production a few group of younger entertainers working in a Greek resort resort was nominated in 14 classes. Animal world premiered at Locarno 2023, successful the very best actress award for Dimitra Vlagopoulou.
The producers are Maria Drandaki and Maria Kontogianni from Selfmade Movies with help from the Greek Movie Centre, Ekome and ERT Public TV.
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An emotional Willem Dafoe went as much as the stage to obtain the very best actor award for psychological suspense thriller Inside, Vassilis Katsoupis first directorial effort. Katsoupis additionally obtained the very best debut director award.
A Greece-Germany-Belgium co-production, Inside was nominated in seven classes. George Karnavas and Konstantinos Kontovrakis produced for Heretic.
Main artwork director and costume designer Eva Nathena’s directorial debut Murderess, tailored from a basic native novel, obtained 5 awards out of a document 17 nominations. The wins included artwork course and costumes, rating and cinematography.
An honorary award went to veteran producer George Papalios who financed a rating of movies by the New Greek Wave within the sixties and seventies, amongst them these by Theo Angelopoulos.
Iris winners 2024
Greatest characteristic movie, fiction
Animal dir. Sophia Exarchou
Greatest characteristic movie, documentary
The Queen of New York, dir. Valerie Kontakos
Greatest characteristic movie, fiction (Greek minority co-production)
Methods to have Intercourse, dir. Molly Manning Walker (UK), produced by Konstantinos Kotovrakis (Heretic).
Greatest director
Sophia Exarchou, Animal
Greatest screenplay
Sophia Exarchou, Animal
Greatest debut director
Vassilis Katsoupis, Inside
Greatest actress
Dimitra Vlagopoulou, Animal
Greatest actor
Willem Dafoe, Inside
Greatest supporting actress
Flomaria Papadaki, Animal
Greatest supporting actor
Vassilis Kolovos in Exelixi (Evolution) by Periklis Hoursoglou
Greatest cinematography
Panagiotis Vasilakis, Murderess
Greatest modifying
Nikos Vavouris, Animal
Greatest sound
Odo Grotschnig, Sebastian Watzinger, Thomas Potz Kava, Rudolf Gottsberger, Valia Tserou, Kostas Varybobiotis, Christos Gousios, for Animal
