List of Greek award-winning films in international film festivals

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Many Greek films have represented the Greek cinema in International Film Festivals. Greek films or (Greek co-productive films) have won accolades in the most famous International Film Festival such as Academy Awards, Golden Globe Awards, Cannes Festival, Venice Festival, Berlin Festival, Cyprus International Film Festival and other. Below are considered the awarded Greek films in the most notable international film festival.

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Academy Awards

FilmYearAwardCategoryRecipients and nomineesResult
Never on Sunday 1960 33rd Academy Awards Best Original Song Manos Hatzidakis Won
Zorba The Greek 1964 37th Academy Awards Best Supporting Actress Lila Kedrova Won
Best Production Design Vassilis Photopoulos Won
Best Cinematography Walter Lassally Won

Golden Globes

FilmYearAwardCategoryRecipients and nomineesResult
Stella [1] 1955 13th Golden Globe Awards Best Foreign Language Film Michael Cacoyannis Won
A Girl in Black [2] 1956 14th Golden Globe Awards Best Foreign Language Film Michael Cacoyannis Won

Cannes International Film Festival

List of awards [3] [4]
FilmYearAwardCategoryRecipients and nomineesResult
Never on Sunday 1960 1960 Cannes Film Festival Best Actress Award Melina Mercouri Won
Voyage to Cythera 1984 1984 Cannes Film Festival Best Screenplay Award Theo Angelopoulos Won
Ulysses' Gaze 1995 1995 Cannes Film Festival Grand Jury Prize Theo Angelopoulos Won
Eternity and a Day 1998 1998 Cannes Film Festival Palme d'Or Theo Angelopoulos Won
Prize of the Ecumenical Jury Theo Angelopoulos Won
Dogtooth 2009 2009 Cannes Film Festival Prix Un Certain Regard Yorgos Lanthimos Won
The Lobster 2015 2015 Cannes Film Festival Jury Prize Yorgos Lanthimos Won

Berlin International Film Festival

List of awards [5]
FilmYearAwardCategoryRecipients and nomineesResult
Young Aphrodites 1963 13th Berlin International Film Festival Silver Bear for Best Director Nikos Koundouros Won
Rebetiko 1984 34th Berlin International Film Festival Silver Bear Costas Ferris Won

Venice International Film Festival

List of awards
FilmYearAwardCategoryRecipients and nomineesResult
Landscape in the Mist 1988 45th Venice International Film Festival Silver Lion Theo Angelopoulos Won
Attenberg 2010 67th Venice International Film Festival Volpi Cup Ariane Labed Won
Alps 2011 68th Venice International Film Festival Golden Osella Yorgos Lanthimos Won
Miss Violence [6] 2013 70th Venice International Film Festival Silver Lion Alexandros Avranas Won
Volpi Cup Themis PanouWon

Moscow International Film Festival

List of awards
FilmYearAwardCategoryRecipients and nomineesResult
The Descent of the Nine 1984 14th Moscow International Film Festival Golden Prize Christos Siopahas Won

Shanghai International Film Festival

List of awards
FilmYearAwardCategoryRecipients and nomineesResult
Little England [7] 2013 2014 Shanghai International Film Festival Best Feature Film Pantelis Voulgaris Won
Best Director Pantelis Voulgaris Won
Best Actress Pinelopi Tsilika Won

Locarno International Film Festival

List of awards
FilmYearAwardCategoryRecipients and nomineesResult
The Idlers of the Fertile Valley 1978 1978 Locarno International Film Festival Golden Leopard Nikos Panayotopoulos Won
Hard Goodbyes: My Father [8] 2002 2002 Locarno International Film Festival Best Actor Giorgos Karayannis Won

European Film Awards

List of awards
FilmYearAwardCategoryRecipients and nomineesResult
Landscape in the Mist 1988 2nd European Film Awards Best Film Theo Angelopoulos Won
The Lobster 2015 28th European Film Awards Best Screenwriter Yorgos Lanthimos, Efthimis Filippou Won
Best Costume Designer Sarah BlenkinsopWon

San Sebastian International Film Festival

List of awards [9] [10]
FilmYearAwardCategoryRecipients and nomineesResult
Unfair World 2012 2012 San Sebastián Film Festival Silver Shell Filippos Tsitos Won
Best Actor Antonis Kafetzopoulos Won

Cairo International Film Festival

List of awards
FilmYearAwardCategoryRecipients and nomineesResult
Vasiliki [11] 1997 1998 Cairo International Film Festival Best Actor Paschalis Tsarouhas Won
The King [12] 2002 2003 Cairo International Film Festival Golden Pyramid Nikos Grammatikos Won
El Greco 2007 32nd Cairo International Film Festival Best Actor Juan Diego Botto Won
Forever [13] 2014 36th Cairo International Film Festival Silver Pyramid Margarita Manta Won

Mar del Plata International Film Festival

List of awards
FilmYearAwardCategoryRecipients and nomineesResult
Vasiliki [11] 1997 1998 Mar del Plata International Film Festival Best Actor Paschalis Tsarouhas Won

Chicago International Film Festival

List of awards
FilmYearAwardCategoryRecipients and nomineesResult
And the Wife Shall Revere Her Husband [14] 1965 Chicago International Film Festival Best Director George Tzavellas Won
The Hunters [15] 1977 Chicago International Film Festival Golden Hugo Theo Angelopoulos Won

Goya Awards

List of awards
FilmYearAwardCategoryRecipients and nomineesResult
El Greco 2007 23rd Goya Awards Best Costume Design Lala Huete Won

Fantasporto

List of awards
FilmYearAwardCategoryRecipients and nomineesResult
Money, A Mythology of Darkness 1999Jury's special awardVassilis MazomenosWon
Vassilis Mazomenos2001 Career award Won

Maverick Movie Awards

List of awards
FilmYearAwardCategoryRecipients and nomineesResult
Lines (film) 2017Best DirectorVassilis MazomenosWon

South East European Film Festival

List of awards
FilmYearAwardCategoryRecipients and nomineesResult
Lines (film) 2018Best DirectorVassilis MazomenosWon

Mumbai Awards

List of awards and nominations [16]
FilmYearAwardCategoryRecipients and nomineesResult
Black Field 2009 2010 Mumbai International Film Festival Silver Gateway Trophy Vardis Marinakis Won
*Film won the top prize

Cyprus International Film Festival

List of awards and nominations [17]
FilmYearAwardCategoryRecipients and nomineesResult
Tungsten 2010 2011 Cyprus International Film Festival Golden Aphrodite Award Giorgos Georgopoulos Won
*Film won the top prize

South East European Film Festival

List of awards
FilmYearAwardCategoryRecipients and nomineesResult
Common Denominator (film) 2014Best DirectorSotiris TsafouliasWon

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