Athens, December 18, 2022

PRESS RELEASE: Awards Ceremony

On Saturday, December 17, at 20:00 at the Municipal Amphitheater of the Town
Hall of Peristeri, the Awards Ceremony of the 4th "Athens Marathon International
Film Festival" was successfully held. The festival continues on December 19
and 20 at the Municipal Amphitheater of the Peristeri Town Hall (Dimokratias
Square 1 - P.O. 12134 – near Peristeri Metro station).
Shows start daily at 5pm. and last until 10.00 p.m.
The President of the Cultural and Educational Organization "The Basement" and
Director of the Festival Georgios Tsononas, after thanking the Film Workshop of
the Municipal Organization for Cultural Development of the Municipality of Peristeri
(DEPADP), the Municipality of Peristeri for the concession of the Amphitheater and
the 5-member jury of the festival, awarded together with:
- Apostolis Iliopoulos - Chairman of the Jury, director, producer and manager of the
Film Workshop of the Municipal Organization for Cultural Development of the
Municipality of Peristeri (DEPADP)
- Christos Arfanis, film director
the following prizes:
• Awards for Best Director, Best Film and Best Sound Design (Marco Vermaas) for
film Sans Soleil. The awards were received by Belgian film director Banu Akseki.
• Award for Best Greek director and Best Greek film to Thanasis Neofotistos for
the film AirHostess-737 who also received the award for best actress for Lena
Papaligoura in the same film.
• Award for Best new director and "honorable mention" for Best Greek film to
Manos Triantafyllakis for his film Just Like Water.
• Best Actor Award to Pavlos Pierros for his performance in the movie Love Ex
Machina
• "Honorable Mention" as Best Screenplay nominee to British Paul G Herbert for
Vegetable Crushers
• "Honorable Mention" as a nomination for best new director to Anastasios
Kassimatis and Antonis Apergis for their film Love Ex Machina
• "Honorable Mention" as a nomination for best Greek film to Konstantinos
Tsiodoulos for his film "The Boar". He also received the "Honorable Mention" as
best actor for Dimitrios Drosos in the same film.
• "Honorable Mention" as a nomination for best documentary film to directors
Apostolos and Giorgos Polymeris for the film Rebetiko Underground.
• "Honorable Mention" as a nomination for best documentary film to the director
Kalliopi Katsidoniotis for the film Imperative (12 Haikus).
• "Honorable Mention" as a nomination for best animated film to director Anastasia
Papadopoulou for her film "Elevator Alone"
Awards were also awarded to:
 Techno, Mama as best short film and its Lithuanian director Saulius
Baradinskas as best short film director,
 Max Bugajak for Best Cinematography in the Polish film The Dreams of Lonely
People
 Tonia Mishiali for the best screenplay of her film, Daphne
 Francisco Yvan Luzemo as Best Supporting Actor for his performance in the
Belgian film Juwaa
 Marissa Triantafyllidou as best supporting actress for her performance in the
film Biouti
 Dimitris Hatzimalis for the best documentary film Steel History – "622
Poseidon
 Vivi Markatos for the best animated film The Knight's Hart
and others who were unable to attend the ceremony and the awards will be sent to
them by e mail. A complete list of awardees is attached at the end of this press
release.
We thank for their valuable help: Municipality of Peristeri for the concession of the
Amphitheater, Apostolis Iliopoulos in charge of the Film Workshop of the Municipal
Organization for Cultural Development of the Municipality of Peristeri (DEPADP),
the members of the Non-profit Cultural and Educational Organization "The
Basement" and especially the hundreds film directors and producers who entrusted
us with their creations, of which 56 were selected and screened.
At the 4th International Film Festival "Athens Marathon International Film Festival"
held on December 16, 17, 19 and 20, 2022, in the municipal Amphitheater of the
Peristeri Town Hall, 56 films - short and feature length - will be screened in 12
screenings. - from 19 countries (including many of them World, European and
Greek premieres) and the creators were honored with awards and Honorable
Mentions, in film direction, script, direction of photography, editing, sound design,
male and female roles, etc.
The awards in detail:
1. Best Feature Sans Soleil (Banu Akseki )
2. Best Short Film Techno, Mama (Saulius Baradinskas)
3. Best Director Banu Akseki (Sans Soleil)
4. Best Director Short Film Saulius Baradinskas (Techno, Mama)
5. Best Greek Film AirHostess-737 (Thanasis Neofotistos)
6. Best Greek Director Thanasis Neofotistos (AirHostess-737)
7. Best New Director Manos Triantafillakis (Just Like Water)
8. Best Cinematography Max Bugajak (The Dreams of Lonely People)
9. Best Screenplay Tonia Mishiali (Daphne)
10. Best Actor Pavlos Pierros (Love Ex Machina)
11. Best supporting Actor Francisco Yvan Luzemo (Juwaa)
12. Best Actress
13. Best supporting Actress
14.Best Documentary
15.Best Animation
16.Best Experimental
17. Best Film Editing
18. Best Sound Design
19.Best Original Score
Lena Papaligoura (AirHostess-737)
Marisha Triantafyllidou (Biouti)
Steel History - “622 Poseidon” (Dimitris
Chatzimalis)
The Knight's Hart (Vivi Markatos)
Les Dieux Changeants (Lucio Arese)
Alex Khosid, Naaman Hoffman (Vlada Goes to
London)
Marco Vermaas (Sans Soleil)
Blvck Ceiling, Ross Tones (Vlada Goes to
London)

The following were also honored with Honorable Mention:

For Best Feature
Juwaa (Nganji Mutiri)
For Best Short Film
My Planet (Valery Carnoy)
Vlada Goes to London (Arti Savchenko)

For Best Director

Nganji Mutiri (Juwaa)

For Best Director Short Film

Valery Carnoy (Titan)
Sarah Heitz de Chabaneix (Synthetic Love)

For Best Greek Film

Just Like Water (Manos Triantafillakis)
The Boar (Konstantinos Tsiodoulos)

For Best Greek Director

Tonia Mishiali (Daphne)
Vivian Papageorgiou (Hansel)

For Best New Director

Thanos Liberopoulos (Biouti)
Anastasios Kasimatis, Antonis Apergis (Love Ex Machina)

For Best Cinematography

Alexandra de Saint Blanquat (A Travers Irène)
Farshad Mohammadi (A Few Steps Further)

For Best Screenplay

Paul G Herbert (Vegetable Crushers)
Daniel Perez (Archibald’s Syndrome)

For Best Actor

Motiejus Aškelovičius (Techno, Mama)
Dimitris Drosos (The Boar)
Matheo Kabati (Titan)

For Best supporting Actor

Killyan Guetchoum-Robert (Titan)

For Best Actress

Niovi Charalampous (Daphne)
Neringa Varnelytė (Techno, Mama)
Françoise Miquelis (Synthetic Love)

For Best supporting Actress

Carmen Delgado (Vivir toda la vida)
Vana Pefani (Wasted Milk)

For Best Documentary

Rebetiko Underground (Apostolos Polymeris, Georgios Polymeris)
Imperative (12 Haikus) - (Kalliopi Katsidonioti)

For.Best Animation
Elevator Alone (Anastasia Papadopoulou)
The Sprayer (Farnoosh Abedi)

Organization: Non-profit Cultural and Educational Organization "The Basement".

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