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18th
London Greek Film Festival
2024
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18th London Greek Film Festival 2024: the wonderful Awards Ceremony,
on June 21, 2024.
>>> LGFF 2024 awarded films and screenplays and finalists
>>> LGFF 2024 Photos on our facebook page
The 18th London Greek Film Festival 2024 was presented the Awards from the film
and script competition, in an emotional ceremony, in the Greek Embassy in
London, on June 21, 2024.
The festival, which is approaching two decades of continuous presence in the
British capital, is now moving in a hybrid format, and plans to keep only the
competition and to take place online, with parallel acts and special screenings
only when possible, during the year.
The London Greek Film Festival started in 2008. Accepts and presents
contemporary films and screenplays in competition from Greek film directors,
producers, writers and artists, from all over the world - including Greek
Diaspora and Greek Cypriots, with no specific subject in their work; also from
international film directors, producers, writers and artists, from all over the
world, with work related to Greece or Cyprus.
The London Greek Film Festival 2024 and the awards ceremony was presented under
the auspices of the
Secretary General for Greeks Abroad and Public Diplomacy and supported by
the Greek Embassy
in London.
The Awards ceremony of the Festival was welcomed with a video message by the
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Greece, responsible for Greeks
Abroad, Mr.
Giorgos Kotsiras, and the Secretary General for Greeks Abroad and
Public Diplomacy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs,
Mr.
Ioannis Chrysoulakis.
The event was welcomed on behalf of the Greek Embassy in London by Ambassador
Mr.
Yannis Tsaousis, while the director Mr.
Christos Prosylis,
Artistic Director of the Festival, also addressed a greeting. During the
ceremony, a video about the activities of the National Centre for Audiovisual
Media and Communication -EKOME in the field of film production was also shown.
The Awards Ceremony was attended, among others, by film directors, producers,
screenwriters, actors, artists, representatives of cultural institutions and
Greek artists working in the UK, Greek correspondents accredited to the UK and
journalists from London Greek media.
London Greek Film Festival from the very beginning, aimed to be the
international meeting point for Greek films from all over the world. It promotes
internationally contemporary Greek cinema and Greek culture in general in all
its forms, film-making and filming in Greece and Cyprus, the positive image of
Greece and Cyprus abroad, new technologies in cinema, theatre and the arts,
academic and artistic research and innovation in cinema, theatre, and all the
arts.
Film Categories: feature fiction, short fiction, documentary, video art,
experimental film, music video, animation.
Screenplay Categories: feature fiction, short fiction.
London Greek Film Festival offers in the Film and script competition: Odysseus
Awards (since 2008), Cosmocinema Awards (since 2018) and Acting Code Awards
(since 2022).
From 2022, the London Greek Film Festival supporting the newly established
International Epidaurus Film Festival in Greece, which takes place for third
year.
Founder and Artistic Director of the London Greek Film Festival, is the film and
theater director, artist and writer
Christos Prosylis.
Media Sponsor: ERT
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Films and Screenplays
accepted from:
Greek Origin
Individuals and Production Companies from all over the
world,
with no specific subject in their work
(Greek Diaspora &
Greek-Cypriots included),
or
International
Individuals and Production Companies from all over the
world,
with film or screenplay related to Greece (e.g. subject,
myths, history, locations or filming in Greece).
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English subtitles required for non English films
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Films
should be completed into the last 3 years
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Screenplays accepted in English or Greek.
Kind of films:
fiction feature films [μεγάλου μήκους
μυθοπλασίας]
short fiction films [μικρού
μήκους μυθοπλασίας] - under 25'
documentaries [ντοκιμαντέρ]
experimental films, video art, music
video -
under 10'
animation
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English subtitles required for non English films
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Films
should be completed into the last 3 years
Kind of
screenplays
[script
competition only - διαγωνιστικό σεναρίου μόνο]:
fiction feature (60-150 pages)
[σενάρια
για ταινίες μυθοπλασίας μεγάλου μήκους]
short fiction (1-20 pages)
[σενάρια
για ταινίες μυθοπλασίας μικρού μήκους]
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Screenplays accepted in English or Greek.
Τα σενάρια γίνονται δεκτά στα Αγγλικά ή τα
Ελληνικά.
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London Greek Film Festival
London Greek Film Festival started in 2008.
Since 2020 London Greek Film Festival taking place in a
Hybrid format:
online competition and with
selected special online or in-house screenings and events.
London Greek
Film Festival offers in the Film and script competition:
Odysseus Awards (since
2008), Cosmocinema Awards (since 2018) and Acting Code Awards (since
2022).
Website:
www.londongreekfilmfestival.com
The London Greek Film Festival receives entries from Greek
and
International
authors, film directors, producers, writers and artists, from
all over the world.
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Odysseus Awards, Cosmocinema Awards
and Acting Code Awards
are not
accompanied by cash prize or funding.
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