The 17th International Film Festival of Larissa, which It is organized by the civic non-profit company Artfools, with co-financing from the THESSALIA Program (ESPA 2021 – 27) with the support of the Municipality of Larissa and the French Institute., It was completed on Sunday evening, November 30, with the award ceremony and the closing ceremony held at the Hatzigianniou Cultural Center of the Municipality of Larissa.
The closing ceremony was presented by Anna Zerdeli and Thanassis Patras. Among others, Ms. Chrysa Tsaganos, Mr. Dimitrios Koutsakos, President of the Regional Council of the Thessaly Region and President of the EKOPO,. Thomas Rachianis, Mr. Dimitris Koutsakos, Deputy Mayor of Culture of the Municipality of Larissa,. Christos Giouvas, Mr. Professor, President of the Chamber of Commerce of Larissa Stathis Velissarios from the University of Thessaly and Father Timotheos, Representative of the Metropolis of Larissa – Tyrnavos.
After a brief overview of the events and screenings of this year's festival, the awards ceremony took place.
The beginning was made with the 2nd Artificial Intelligence Short Film Festival Larissa Lumina. The awards were decided by members of the organizing committee of the Artificial Intelligence Festival of Amsterdam. The special award was given to the film “Anima”by Alfred Matthew Hernandez while the first prize was awarded to the film “Steampunk Willie”by Luc Leclerc.”.
In the category “Climate Change“, the award went to the film “EVROS 17 DAYS LATER”by Anthanasios Yupasis.”.
Then the awards ceremony of the Competition Animation section took place. The animation committee was composed of Konstantinos Kakaranths (president), director, producer and president of ASIFAHELLAS (Greek Association of Animated Films), Irida Ziouka, director and animation artist, and Andreas Latinis, educator and director.
A brief mention of Animation B’ was made in the film “Prikosymphono”by Elena Gazzi, Dolan Bailey, Alejandra Diaz and Leonardo Dal Fabbro while a brief mention is made of Animation A in the film ’M.“. L’Esperance”by Chantale Boulainne. The Animation award was given to the film “Salamander’s Land”by Ekaterina Ulyanova.
The awards continued with the International, Greek and Student Competition prizes.
The International and Greek Competition jury was composed of: Menos Deliozaki (chairman), director Giorgos Georgakopoulos, director Yula Budalata, actress and director Mirella Legaki, economist and vice president of OKLE (Organisation of Cinema Halls of Greece) and Lampros Anagnostopoulos, journalist and cultural editor of larissanet.gr.
In the Competitive International category, two Outstanding Mentions were awarded to the films “Blood Ties” by Tommy Joela Drucker, from Israel and “Two Sisters”By Antonio De Palo, from Italy. 3rd Prize for Best International Film was awarded to“As Long as They Don’t Find Us” by Maya Gorzack, from Poland while the 2nd Prize for Best International Film went to “For Educational Purposes”by Hassan Benali and Charlotte Gayé, from France. Finally, the 1st Prize for Best International Film went to the film “Isle of Mia”by Miguel Pinto and Francisco Morais, from the United Kingdom.
Two honorable mentions were also given in the Greek Competition category for the films “Oksana” of John Lazaridis and “Out of my waters”By Aymilía Papachristofili. The 3rd Best Greek Film Award was received by the film “Mira”of Orfeas Peretz and the 2nd Prize for Best Greek Film for the film “Assist”by Maria Tsioli. Finally, the 1st Prize for Best Greek Film was awarded to the film “Gekas”by Dimitris Moutzikas.”.
The awarding of the Student Festival awards was also held. The student jury was composed of Latinia Andreas, educator, director, producer of short films, Pimenidou Eudokia, educator, award-winning author, Mastorodoumi Chryssa, school director, poet, and author, Rebapi Vangelis, educator, co-responsible for «OFINICAL» and Youruki Argyris, professor, director and poet.
1 the distinction was awarded to the documentary «Friends Ktenidis»From the 4th Gymnasium of Halkidona, while the First Prize for Student Film was awarded to the film ’Victoria» from the 1st Gymnasium of Perdikas & Gymnasium of Plataria in Thesprotia.
The event’s organizers were Alpha Marketing.
Admission was free for all screenings and activities of the Festival.
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