12th LAGFF Award Winners
| Rita Moreno presents the Honorary Orpheus to George Chakiris |
| Director Tassos Boulmetis receiving his second Orpheus |
| Director Dora Masklavanou with the two Orpheus Awards for POLYXENI |
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Actress Melia Kreiling receiving the Audience Choice Orpheus for THE LAST NOTE |
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Honorary Orpheus: George Chakiris Best Short Film: GOLDFISH, dir. Yorgos Angelopoulos Best Documentary Film: DOLPHIN MAN, dir. Lefteris Haritos Best Feature Fiction Film: POLYXENI, dir. Dora Masklavanou Best Performance: Katia Goulioni in POLYXENI Best Director: Thodoris Atheridis, PERFECT STRANGERS Honorable Mention for Documentary: GOLDEN DAWN GIRLS, dir. Hårvard Bustnes Special Jury Award: 1968, dir. Tassos Boulmetis Audience Award for Short Film: STILL, dir. Mavra Peponis Audience Award for Documentary: 1968, dir Tassos Boulmetis Audience Award for Feature Fiction Film: THE LAST NOTE, dir. Pantelis Voulgaris |
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Romanian Prod. Radu Stancu receiving the IPDF Aegean Award |
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Greek Dir. Yorgos Fourtounis receiving the MFI scholarship |
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Aegean Award: BALAUR, writer/director Octav Chelaru, Producer Radu Stancu MFI Scholarship: PROMETHEUS, writer/director Yorgos Fourtounis Honorable Mention: TWO RACCOONS, writer/director Nasos Gatzoulis |
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ANT opening the Orpheus Awards |
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The Rebetiko Trio performers |
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Chuck Dukas, Orpheus Awards Host |
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Special thanks to comedian ANT, musicians Dimitris Mann, Taso Comanescu and Alexis Cohen, and host Chuck Dukas for the great entertainment on Closing Night! |
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We extend our gratitude to the entire team of staff and volunteers who gave their best to making the best LAGFF so far! Cheers, and here's to the next one! |
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Aegialis Hotel & Spa wellness resort in Amorgos |
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The countdown to final bidding has started. Our auction closes on June 20! All proceeds go toward supporting and promoting Greek cinema, artists and culture in Los Angeles and beyond. Auction items range from exotic vacation getaways to donated items guaranteed to delight and surprise.View all items here.
We thank Ms. Eirini Giannakopoulou from Aegialis Hotel for attending LAGFF! |
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Greek Secretary General of Information and Communications Lefteris Kretsos attended the 12th annual LAGFF. He spoke with Panos Satzoglou, journalist, about the Festival and mentioned the new Greek film law, which offers competitive incentives in order to attract foreign film and television productions to Greece.
Watch the interview here. |
| George Tziallas, Secretary General for Tourism Policy and Development |
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George Tziallas visited LAGFF last week and stressed the synergy that can tie tourism and film production. LAGFF supports all initiatives that encourage local and foreign film production in Greece. |
