From December 4 to 10, Athens was filled with images, stories, and unforgettable experiences. The festival was hosted at the historic Studio New Star Art Cinema in Amerikis Square and at the Blackbox Theater Cinema in Pedion tou Areos, while parallel screenings took place at Ekpaideftiki Enosi in Syntagma, Studio Theatre in Kypseli, the AXON organization on Patision Street, and Geoterra in Chalandri.
Honorary Distinctions of the 3rd International Film Script Festival
Honorary Distinction – Feature-Length Script
Gulf Of Aden by Steve Garry from England
Honorary Distinctions – Short Scripts
SOS – Spirits of Sand by Ravi JOGHEE from the Netherlands
50 Euro by Christodoulos Kigmalis from Greece
International Feature Film Competition
Best Feature Fiction Film Award
Eugene O'Neill's – The First Man by Hardeep Giani from the USA
Honorary Distinction
ReUniverse by Thodoris Vournas
International Feature Documentary Competition
Best Feature Documentary Award
Furious Nikos Αλύγιστος Νίκος by Andrei Nikishin from Russia
Ethnographic Documentary Award
Babalawo by Cyrill Noyalet from France
Best Musical Composition Award Hellenic Center of Cinema, Audiovisual Media and Creation (E.K.K.O.ME.D.)
Giorgos Tziokas: The Poet of Painting by Nikos Papakostas
Honorary Distinctions – Feature Documentaries
SOS by Kyrineos Papadimatos and Akrivi Kollia
Biko and his Balkan Orchestra by Anna Antonopoulou and Giorgos Spyridis
A Clown Girl Girl by Socrates Alafouzos
International Experimental Film Competition
Award
Artemis Jampanoï by Ornella Pacchioni from France
Honorary Distinction
3 Seconds by Ville Mäkäräinen from Finland
International Video Art Film Competition
Honorary Distinction
Wanna Talk? by Nadja Elpida Murze and Anastasia Shirmanova from Cyprus
Honorary Distinction
Trace of a Silent Tear by Alena Starostina and Ivan Nikolaev from Finland
International Dance Film Competition
Honorary Distinction
REVOLVE by Claire Marshall from Australia
Honorary Distinction
The Garden with Roses by Elpiniki Voutsa Rentzepopoulou
International Animation Competition
Animation Award
White Hare by Inkyu Jee from South Korea
Blue Dove and the Pomegranate Tree by hu xun from Usa
Honorary Distinctions – Animation
Soul by Evangelia Kynthia Kotronarou
IS, or: A beautiful, tiny, reddish hair, as thin as fiber by Kostas Bakouris
Love by Julia Spyropoulou Open Wings by Taxiarchis Deligiannis, Vasilis Tsiouvaras
International Short Documentary Competition
Award
The Man Who Watched Ships by Panagiotis Bardakos
Honorary Distinction
Oksana by Ioannis Lazaridis
Honorary Distinction
Contacto y probando by Thea Chung from Mexico – an excellent ethnographic record
International Short Film Competition
Awards
I Want to Go to Moscow by Sarah Baskin from the USA
Honorary Distinctions
Bright Lights of Little Paris by Robert Eugen Popa from Romania
In the Ocean of Time by Korinna Krauss from Germany
Greenhouse by George Georgakopoulos from Greece
The Madwoman by Athanasios Tommy Sklavos from Greece
Don't Leave Me Behind by Konstantina Palli from Greece
International New Directors Competition
Best New Director Award
Sound Asleep by Vadim Egoul from Iceland
Honorary Distinction
As of Today by Petros Loulés
Honorary Distinction Evgenia Hatzikou for the film Latera, directed by Dimitris Glyfos