Location | Thessaloniki, Greece |
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Founded | 1960 |
Disestablished | 1991 |
Successor | Greek State Film Awards, Thessaloniki International Film Festival |
Language | Greek |
The Thessaloniki Film Festival started in 1960 and at the beginning comprised exclusively Greek films. The first years (1960-1965) the festival was called "Week of Greek Cinema". From 1965 to 1991 the festival was called Festival of Greek Cinema and from 1992 became an international film festival as the Thessaloniki International Film Festival. [1] [2] Since 1992, Greek films compete in a different section of the festival with the name Greek State Film Awards. Since 2008, the Greek competition was abolished and remained only the international section of the festival. Today the Greek films compete in Hellenic Film Academy Awards. Below are considered the awards of Thessaloniki Film Festival during the period that only Greek films took part (1960-1991).
The awards comprise the categories: best film, best director, best screenplay, best editing, best cinematography, best actor, best actress, best supporting actor, best supporting actress, best music and other.
Season | Best Supporting Actress | Sources |
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1960 | Zorz Sarri for Englima sta Paraskinia | [31] |
1960 | Athina Michailidou for Efialtis | [32] |
1962 | Not given | |
1963 | Not given | |
1962 | Not given | |
1963 | Not given | |
1964 | Not given | |
1965 | Not given | |
1966 | Not given | |
1967 | Not given | |
1968 | Ilya Livykou for Sta Synora tis Prodosias | [9] |
1969 | Not given | |
1970 | Toula Stathopoulou for Reconstitution | [11] |
1971 | Miranta Kounelaki for I Haravgi tis Nikis | [12] |
1972 | Smaragda Veaki for To Proxenio tis Annas | [13] |
1973 | Zorz Sarri for Oi Prostates | [14] |
1974 | Not given | |
1975 | Not given | |
1976 | Not given | |
1977 | Not given | |
1978 | Not given | |
1979 | Not given | |
1980 | Not given | |
1981 | Not given | |
1982 | Not given | |
1983 | Themis Bazaka for Rebetiko | [24] |
1984 | Not given | |
1985 | Dimitra Hatoupi for Mia Toso Makrini Apousia | [26] |
1986 | Mirka Kalantzopoulou for Karavan Serai | [27] |
1987 | Olia Lazaridou for Archangelos tou Pathous | [28] |
1988 | Toula Stathopoulou for Lipotaktis | [29] |
1989 | Olga Tournaki for Gamos sto Perithorio and Athoos I Enohos | [33] |
1990 | Not given | |
1991 | Matina Moschovi for Korakia | [34] |
Season | Best Editing | Sources |
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1978 | Tasos Hatzis for O Ilios tou Thanatou Giorgos Triantafyllou for Oi Tempelides tis Eforis Koiladas | [19] |
1979 | Andreas Andreadakis for The Wretches Are Still Singing | [20] |
1980 | Giorgos Tsitsopoulos for Paraggelia | [21] |
1981 | Takis Giannopoulos for Oi Dromoi tis Agapis Einai Nyhterinoi Vangelis Gousias for Ton Kairo ton Ellinon | [22] |
1982 | Not given | |
1983 | Andreas Andreadakis for Sweet Bunch Giorgos Tsitsopoulos for Revanche | [24] |
1984 | Giorgos Triantafyllou for Loafing and Camouflage | [25] |
1985 | Giorgos Mavropsalidis for I Skiahtra | [26] |
1986 | Takis Giannopoulos for Itan Enas Isihos Thanatos | [27] |
1987 | Giannis Tsitsopoulos for Archangelos tou Pathous and Vios kai Politeia | [28] |
1988 | Takis Giannopoulos for The Striker with Number 9 Vangelis Gousias for Fakelos Polk ston Aera | [29] |
1989 | Takis Giannopoulos for ROM | [33] |
1990 | Takis Giannopoulos for Simadia tis Nyhtas | [30] |
1991 | Not given |
Season | Best Production Design | Sources |
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1977 | Mikes Karapiperis for To Kleisto Parathyro | [18] |
1978 | Dionysis Fotopoulos, Mikes Karapiperis for O Ilios tou Thanatou, Oi Tempelides tis Eforis Koiladas, 1922, Kagkeloporta | [19] |
1979 | Zorzet Themeli for Periplanisi | [20] |
1980 | Mikes Karapiperis for Alexander the Great | [21] |
1981 | Stamatis tsarouhas, Angeliki Maragkou for Learn How to Read and Write, Son Nikos Politis for Ton Kairo ton Ellinon | [22] |
1982 | Not given | |
1983 | Marie-Louise Bartholomew for Sweet Bunch | [24] |
1984 | Damianos Zafiris for O Erotas tou Odyssea | [25] |
1985 | Ntora Leloudi for Meteoro kai Skia | [26] |
1986 | Antonis Halkias for Karavan Serai | [27] |
1987 | Mikes Karapiperis for Doxompous | [28] |
1988 | Anastasia Arseni for Stia Skia tou Fovou | [29] |
1989 | Tasos Zografos for Oh! Babylon | [33] |
1990 | Michalis Sdougkos for Viotehnia Oneiron | [30] |
1991 | Antonis Dagklidis for Isimeria | [34] |
Season | Best Sound | Sources |
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1978 | Mimis Kasimatis for Double Moon in August Argyris Lazaridis for Ypothesi Polk | [19] |
1979 | Marinos Athanasoulis for The Wretches Are Still Singing | [20] |
1980 | A. Lazaridis for Alexander the Great Ilias Ionesko for Paraggelia | [21] |
1982 | Not given | |
1983 | Marinos Athanasopoulos for Sweet Bunch | [24] |
1984 | Not given | |
1985 | Not given | |
1986 | Not given | |
1987 | Marinos Athanasopoulos for Ta Paidia tis Helidonas Argyris Lazaridis for Kloios | [28] |
1988 | Andreas Achladis for The Striker with Number 9 | [29] |
1989 | Not given | |
1990 | Ntinos Kittou, Kostas Poulintzas for I Niki tis Samothrakis | [30] |
1991 | Not given |
Season | Best Costumes Design | Sources |
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1985 | Ntora Leloudi for Meteoro kai Skia | [26] |
1986 | Anastasia Arseni for Karavan Serai | [27] |
1987 | Ioulia Stavridi for Theofilos | [28] |
1988 | Not given | |
1989 | Not given | |
1990 | Sofia Papahristou for I Niki tis Samothrakis | [30] |
1991 | Ariadni Papatheofanous for Isimeria | [34] |
Season | Best Make-up | Sources |
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1985 | Stella Vossou for Meteoro kai Skia | [26] |
1986 | Not given | |
1987 | Theano Kapnia for Doxompous | [28] |
1988 | Not given | |
1989 | Stella Votsou for Dexiotera tis Dexias | [33] |
1990 | Despoina Mari for Viotehnia Oneiron | [30] |
1991 | Not given |
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