The 13th was completed with great success on Wednesday, April 7thο International Film Festival of Larissa, with the awarding of distinctions in the competitive categories of the International and Greek sections and the Animation section, in which 40, 34 and 25 films participated this year respectively. However, the announcement of the awards did not automatically mean the end of the program’s screening on the festival platform. Due to the exceptionally increased interest, the organizers decided to extend the availability of the content of this year’s celebration – always free for the public, through the staging.iffl.gr/ website – until next Sunday, April 11. Thus, film lovers will have the opportunity to watch all the short film and feature films, documentaries or lectures in the program. Revolutionary Movements They didn't have time to recover, but also to return to titles that had already distinguished themselves during the 12th day of the festival.
The review committees The International and Greek Competition juries, chaired by Gina Petroplou, artistic director of the Peloponnese International Documentary Festival, and the Animation Jury, chaired by the multi-award-winning director Antonis Douzias, awarded the following films:
International Competition
1ο Best Film Award: Rap night by Salvatore Lista (France)
2ο Best Film Award: Do you like poetry by Eduardo Mattos (Brazil)
3ο Best Film Award: May God be with you by Gianluca Magniasciutti (Italy)
A thoughtful mention Best Documentary in The angel of history by Eric Esser (Germany)
A thoughtful mention in the movie My mom isn't the best one by Irina Sadchikova (Russia) for the performances of Evdokia Germanova and Veronica Timofeeva
A thoughtful mention in the movie Pilgrims (Turkey) for the scenario by Farnoosh Samadi and Ali Asgari
Greek Competition
1ο Best Film Award: Dakar by Stelios Moraitidis
2ο Best Film Award: Badland by Christos Pithara
3ο Best Film Award: Take the thing and beat it up by Kyrianios Papadathous
A thoughtful mention in the movie Hansel by Viviana Papageorgiou for the artistic direction of Konstantinos Papageorgiou
A thoughtful mention in the movie Relief by Dimitris Papagiannopoulos for the photography direction of Giannis Karampatsos
A thoughtful mention in the movie The weight of the sea by Kostis Alevizos about the performance of Sissy Tomasi
Animation
Best Film Award: In my particular case by Chico Jofilsan (Uruguay)
A thoughtful mention in the movie Apple mousse by Alexander Gratzer (Austria) for the surrealistic, humorous, minimalist way in which he approaches existential dilemmas
A thoughtful mention in the movie The parrot lady by Michalis Kalopaidis (Cyprus) for its exciting aesthetics, its moving story, its literary central character and its gaze on the values of life
A thoughtful mention in the movie The fourfold by Alisi Telengut (Canada) for originality in storytelling, expressive aesthetics, and its distinctive visual qualities
Before renewing his appointment for next year, the International Film Festival of Larissa, which It is being held this year under the auspices of Greece 2021, the Ministry of Culture and the Thessaly Region, and with the collaboration of the Folklore Museum of Larissa, the French Institute of Larissa, and the Cultural Center of Educational Larissa, while it is part of the National Program of Actions and Events of the Committee Greece 2021 and bears the auspices of the Committee, with Eren Hellas as the action sponsor and Alpha Marketing Greece as the event consultant., It is already organizing a physical edition of 13ου festival for next October. If the circumstances allow, this year’s celebration will return for a few days to theaters in Larissa with the screening of the award-winning films and the awarding of the distinctions to the winners in a physical manner, the partial presentation of the contents of the tribute Revolutionary Movements, As well as a special tribute to German cinema, in collaboration with the Goethe Institute.
Therefore, we are returning and hoping to see you soon
We stay tuned and watch the 13th International Film Festival of Larissa for free staging.iffl.gr/
