Thessaloniki Festival of Greek Cinema

The Thessaloniki Film Festival started in 1960 and at the beginning comprised exclusively Greek films. The first years (1960-1965) the festival was called "Week of Greek Cinema". From 1965 to 1991 the festival was called Festival of Greek Cinema and from 1992 became an international film festival as the Thessaloniki International Film Festival.^[1][2] Since 1992, Greek films compete in a different section of the festival with the name Greek State Film Awards. Since 2008, the Greek competition was abolished and remained only the international section of the festival. Today the Greek films compete in Hellenic Film Academy Awards. Below are considered the awards of Thessaloniki Film Festival during the period that only Greek films took part (1960-1991).

Thessaloniki Film Festival

Location	Thessaloniki, Greece
Founded	1960 (1960)
Disestablished	1991 (1991)
Successor	Greek State Film Awards, Thessaloniki International Film Festival
Language	Greek

The awards comprise the categories: best film, best director, best screenplay, best editing, best cinematography, best actor, best actress, best supporting actor, best supporting actress, best music and other.

Best Film

Season	Best Film	Director	Sources
1960	Not given
1961	Not given
1962	Electra	Michael Cacoyannis	[3]
1963	Young Aphrodites	Nikos Koundouros	[4]
1964	Diogmos	Grigoris Grigoriou	[5]
1965	No Mr. Johnson	Michalis Grigoriou	[6]
1966	Forgotten Heroes	Nikos Gardelis	[7]
1967	Silouettes	Kostas Zois	[8]
1968	Parenthesi	Takis Kanellopoulos	[9]
	Girls in the Sun	Vasilis Georgiadis	[9]
1969	The Girl of 17	Petros Lykas	[10]
1970	Reconstitution	Theodoros Angelopoulos	[11]
1971	What Did You Do in the War, Thanasi?	Dinos Katsouridis	[12]
1972	To proxenio tis Annas	Pantelis Voulgaris	[13]
1973	Lavete Theseis	Thodoros Maragos	[14]
1974	Kierion	Dimos Theos	[14]
	Modelo	Kostas Sfikas	[15]
1975	The Travelling Players	Theodoros Angelopoulos	[16]
1976	Happy Day	Pantelis Voulgaris	[17]
1977	Iphigenia	Michael Cacoyannis	[18]
1978	1922	Nikos Koundouros	[19]
1979	Anatoliki Perifereia	Vasilis Vafeas	[20]
1980	Alexander the Great	Theodoros Angelopoulos	[21]
1981	Ergostasio	Tasos Psaras	[22]
1982	Aggelos	Giorgos Katakouzinos	[23]
1983	Rembetiko	Costas Ferris	[24]
1984	Loafing and Camouflage	Nikos Perakis	[25]
1985	Stone Years	Pantelis Voulgaris	[26]
1986	Knock-Out	Pavlos Tasios	[27]
	Karavan Serai	Tasos Psaras	[27]
1987	Theophilos	Lakis Papastathis	[28]
	Ta Paidia tis Chelidonas	Kostas Vrettakos	[28]
1988	Akatanikitoi erastes	Stavros Tsiolis	[29]
1989	Not given
1990	Erotas sti Chourmadia	Stavros Tsiolis	[30]
1991	Not given

Best Director

Season	Best Director	Sources
1960	Nikos Koundouros for The River	[31]
1961	Michael Cacoyannis for Eroica	[32]
1962	Michael Cacoyannis for Electra	[3]
1963	Nikos Koundouros for Young Aphrodites	[4]
1964	Grigoris Grigoriou for Diogmos	[5]
1965	Not Given
1966	Roviros Manthoulis for Prosopo me Prosopo	[7]
1967	Dinos Dimopoulos for Pyretos stin Asphalto	[8]
1968	Dimis Dadiras for Sta Synora tis Prodosias	[9]
1969	Petros Lykas for The Girl of 17	[10]
1970	Errikos Andreou for I Antarsia ton 10	[11]
1971	Errikos Andreou for Papaflessas	[12]
1972	Theodoros Angelopoulos for Days of 36	[13]
1973	Tonia Marketaki for Ioannis o Viaios	[14]
1974	Kostas Ferris for I Fonissa	[15]
1975	Theodoros Angelopoulos for The Travelling Players	[16]
1976	Pantelis Voulgaris for Happy Day	[17]
1977	Not Given
1978	Nikos Koundouros for 1922	[19]
1979	Nikos Nikolaidis for The Wretches Are Still Singing	[20]
1980	Nikos Panagiotopoulos for Melodrama	[21]
1981	Lakis Papastathis for Ton Kairo ton Ellinon	[22]
1982	Christoforos Hristofis for Roza	[23]
1983	Nikos Vergitsis for Revanche	[24]
1984	Vassilis Vafeas for O Erotas tou Odyssea	[25]
1985	Pantelis Voulgaris for Stone Years	[26]
1986	Pavlos Tassios for Knock-Out	[27]
1987	Nikos Vergitsis for Archipelagos tou Pathous Nikos Nikolaidis for Morning Patrol	[28]
1988	Giorgos Karypidis for Sti Skia tou Fovou Stavros Tsiolis for Akatanikitoi Erastes	[29]
1989	Not Given
1990	Nikos Nikolaidis for Singapore Sling	[30]
1991	Not Given

Best Screenplay

Season	Best Screenplay	Sources
1960	Giorgos Roussos for Madalena	[31]
1961	Not given
1962	Not given
1963	Not given
1964	Panos Kontelis for Prodosia	[5]
1965	Michalis Grigoriou for No Mr. Johnson	[6]
1966	Panos Glykofrydis for Me tis Lampsi sta Matia	[7]
1967	Gianos Kontelis for O 13os	[8]
1968	Iakovos Kampanellis for To Kanoni kai t' Aidoni	[9]
1969	Petros Glykas for The Girl of 17	[10]
1970	Not given
1971	Asimakis Giolamas, Ntinos Katsouridis for What Did You Do in the War, Thanasi?	[12]
1972	Pavlos Tassios for Ne men Alla	[13]
1973	Tonia Marketaki for Ioannis o Viaios	[14]
1974	Not given
1975	Theodoros Angelopoulos for The Travelling Players	[16]
1976	Not given
1977	Not given
1978	Giorgos Skourtis for Double Moon In August	[19]
1979	Not given
1980	Not given
1981	Lakis Papastathis for Ton Kairo ton Ellinon	[22]
1982	Giorgos Katakouzinos for Aggelos	[23]
1983	Not given
1984	Nikos Perrakis for Loafing and Camouflage	[25]
1985	Manousos Manousakis for I Skiahtra	[26]
1986	Nikos Papatakis for Photograph	[27]
1987	Vaggelis Gkoufas, Kostas Koutsomitis and Giorgos Bramos for Kloios Kostas Vrettakos, Soula Drakopoulou for Ta Paidia tis Helidonas	[28]
1988	Not given
1989	Not given
1990	Vasiliki Iliopoulou for To Perasma	[30]
1991	Not given

Best Actor

Season	Best Actor	Sources
1960	Dimitris Horn for Mia tou Klefti	[31]
1961	Dimitris Horn for Woe to the Young	[32]
1962	Titos Vandis for Poliorkia	[3]
1963	Petros Fyssoun for Adelfos Anna	[4]
1964	Petros Fyssoun for Prodosia	[5]
1965	Nikos Kourkoulos for Adistahtoi	[6]
1966	Giorgos Fountas for Me ti Lampsi sta Matia	[6]
1967	Giorgos Fountas for Pyretos stin Asphalto	[8]
1968	Kostas Prekas for Sta Synora tis Prodosias	[9]
1969	Lambros Konstantaras for O Mplofatzis	[10]
1970	Nikos Kourkoulos for Astrapogiannos	[11]
1971	Thanasis Veggos for What Did You Do in the War, Thanasi?	[12]
1972	Thanasis Veggos for Thanasi Pare t'Oplo Sou	[13]
1973	Manolis Logiadis for Ioannis o Viaios	[14]
1974	Michalis Mpagiaridis for Di'Asimanton Aformi	[15]
1975	Vangelis Kazan for The Travelling Players	[16]
1976	Not given
1977	Not given
1978	Not given
1979	Stavros Xenidis for To Taxidi tou Melitos Hristos Valavanidis for The Wretches Are Still Singing	[20]
1980	Antonis Antoniou for Paraggelia	[21]
1981	Vasilis Diamantopoulos for Learn How to Read and Write, Son	[22]
1982	Michalis Maniatis for Aggelos	[23]
1983	Titos Vandis for Prosohi Kindinos	[24]
1984	Nikos Kalogeropoulos for Loafing and Camouflage	[25]
1985	Takis Moshos for Meteoro kai Skia	[26]
1986	Giorgos Kimoulis for Knock-out	[27]
1987	Dimitris Kataleifos for Theofilos	[28]
1988	Giorgos Konstas for Sti Skia tou Fovou	[29]
1989	Gerasimos Skiadaresis for Dexiotera tis Dexias	[33]
1990	Lazaros Andreou for Erotas sti Hourmadia	[30]
1991	Minas Hatzisavvas for Kleisti Strofi	[34]

Best Actress

Season	Best Actress	Sources
1960	Aliki Vougiouklaki for Madalena	[31]
1961	Irene Papas for Antigone	[32]
1962	Irene Papas for Electra	[3]
1963	Ilya Livykou for Enas Ntelikanis	[4]
1964	Xenia Kalogeropoulou for Gamos ala Ellinika	[5]
1965	Elli Fotiou for Epistrofi	[6]
1966	Voula Zouboulaki for Syntomo Dialeimma	[7]
1967	Pery Poravou for Silouettes	[8]
1968	Elena Nathanail for Rantevou me mia Agnosti	[9]
1969	Sofia Roubou for The Girl of 17	[10]
1970	Not given
1971	Maro Vasileiou for Evdokia	[12]
1972	Anna Vagena for To Proxenio tis Annas	[13]
1973	Not given
1974	Maria Alkaiou for I Fonissa	[15]
1975	Eva Kotamanidou for The Travelling Players	[16]
1976	Not given
1977	Tatiana Papamoschou for Iphigenia	[18]
1978	Eleonora Stathopoula for 1922	[19]
1979	Betty Livanou for Taxidi tou Melitos	[20]
1980	Not given
1981	Mirka Papakonstantinou for Oi Dromoi tis Agapis Einai Nyhterinoi Anna Mantzourani for Learn How to Read and Write, Son	[22]
1982	Olia Lazaridou for To Stigma Eva Kotamanidou for Roza	[23]
1983	Giota Festa for Revanche Sotiria Leonardou for Rebetiko	[24]
1984	Not given
1985	Themis Bazaka for Stone Years Pemi Zouni for Mia Toso Makrini Apousia	[26]
1986	Eleonora Stathopoulou for Itan Enas Isihos Thanatos	[27]
1987	Mary Chronopoulou for Ta Paidia tis Helidonas	[28]
1988	Not given
1989	Aleka Paizi for Gamos sto Perithorio	[33]
1990	Meredyth Herold for Singapore Sling	[30]
1991	Dimitra Hatoupi for I Alli Opsi	[34]

Best Supporting Actor

Season	Best Supporting Actor	Sources
1960	Pantelis Zervos for Madalena	[31]
1961	Manos Katrakis for Synoikia to Oneiro	[32]
1962	Not given
1963	Not given
1964	Not given
1965	Not given
1966	Not given
1967	Not given
1968	Kostas Mpakas for Girls in the Sun	[9]
1969	Christos Politis for The Girl of 17	[10]
1970	Ilias Logothetis for Vavylonia	[11]
1971	Lavrentis Dianellos for Olokaftoma	[12]
1972	Kostas Rigopoulos for To Proxenio tis Annas	[13]
1973	Manolis Logiadis for Ioannis o Viaios	[14]
1974	Not given
1975	Not given
1976	Not given
1977	Not given
1978	Vassilis Laggos for 1922	[19]
1979	Not given
1980	Not given
1981	Not given
1982	Not given
1983	Andreas Vaios for Prosoji Kindinos Dimitris Poulikakos for Rebetiko	[24]
1984	Vassilis Tsanglos for I Kathodos ton Ennea	[25]
1985	Minas Hatzisavvas for Ta Paidia tou Kronou	[26]
1986	Fani Hinas for Knock-out	[27]
1987	Vasilis Diamantopoulos for Ta Paidia tis Helidonas	[28]
1988	Kostas Hatzoudis for Fakelos Polk Ston Aera	[29]
1989	Giorgos Ninios for Dexiotera tis Dexias	[33]
1990	Manolis Vamvakousis for Viotehnia Oneiron	[30]
1991	Giorgos Ninios for Isimeria and O Drapetis	[34]

Best Supporting Actress

Season	Best Supporting Actress	Sources
1960	Zorz Sarri for Englima sta Paraskinia	[31]
1960	Athina Michailidou for Efialtis	[32]
1962	Not given
1963	Not given
1962	Not given
1963	Not given
1964	Not given
1965	Not given
1966	Not given
1967	Not given
1968	Ilya Livykou for Sta Synora tis Prodosias	[9]
1969	Not given
1970	Toula Stathopoulou for Reconstitution	[11]
1971	Miranta Kounelaki for I Haravgi tis Nikis	[12]
1972	Smaragda Veaki for To Proxenio tis Annas	[13]
1973	Zorz Sarri for Oi Prostates	[14]
1974	Not given
1975	Not given
1976	Not given
1977	Not given
1978	Not given
1979	Not given
1980	Not given
1981	Not given
1982	Not given
1983	Themis Bazaka for Rebetiko	[24]
1984	Not given
1985	Dimitra Hatoupi for Mia Toso Makrini Apousia	[26]
1986	Mirka Kalantzopoulou for Karavan Serai	[27]
1987	Olia Lazaridou for Archangelos tou Pathous	[28]
1988	Toula Stathopoulou for Lipotaktis	[29]
1989	Olga Tournaki for Gamos sto Perithorio and Athoos I Enohos	[33]
1990	Not given
1991	Matina Moschovi for Korakia	[34]

Best cinematography

Season	Best Cinematography	Sources
1960	Aristeidis Karidis for Englima sta Paraskinia	[31]
1961	Dimos Sakellariou for Synoikia to Oneiro	[32]
1962	Jiovanni Mariano, Dimitris Danalis for Ouranos	[3]
1963	Dimos Sakellariou for Enas Delikanis	[4]
1964	Nikos Gardelis for Prodosia	[5]
1965	Dimos Sakellariou, Ntinos Katsouridis for Oi Adistahtoi	[6]
1966	Syrakos Danalis for I Ekdromi	[7]
1967	Stamatis Trypos for Silouettes	[8]
1968	Stamatis Trypos, Syrakos Danalis for Parenthesi	[9]
1969	Dimitris Papakonstantis for OXI	[10]
1970	Giorgos Arvanitis for Reconstitution	[11]
1971	Stamatis Trypos for Ekeino to Kalokairi	[12]
1972	Giorgos Arvanitis for Days of 36	[13]
1973	Nikos Petanidis for Lavete Theseis	[14]
1974	Nikos Kavoukidis for Ta Hromata tis Iridas	[15]
1975	Giorgos Arvanitis for The Travelling Players	[16]
1976	Stavros Hasapis for To Allo Gramma	[17]
1977	Kostas Papagiannakis for I Megali Apofasi	[18]
1978	Nikos Kavoukidis for 1922	[19]
1979	Andreas Mbellis for Periplanisi	[20]
1980	Giorgos Arvanitis for Alexander the Great	[21]
1981	Nikos Smaragdis for Oi Dromoi tis Agapis Einai Nyhterinoi	[22]
1982	Andreas Mpellis for Roza	[23]
1983	Aris Stavrou for Sweet Bunch	[24]
1984	Ntinos Katsouridis for O Erotas tou Odyssea Christos Triantafyllou for I Poli Pote Den Koimatai	[25]
1985	Giorgos Arvanitis for Mia Toso Makrini Apousia	[26]
1986	Nikos Smaragdis for Itan Enas Isihos Thanatos	[27]
1987	Giorgos Arvanitis for Doxompous	[28]
1988	Giorgos Arvanitis for Stia Skia tou Fovou	[29]
1989	Takis Zervoulakis for Oh! Babylon Andrea Sinano for Olga Robards	[33]
1990	Aris Stavrou for Singapore Sling	[30]
1991	Andreas Sinanos for Isimeria and O Drapetis	[30]

Best Music

Season	Best Music	Sources
1960	Manos Hatzidakis for The River	[31]
1961	Argiris Kounadis for Antigone (1961 film)	[32]
1962	Kostas Kapnisis for Ta Heria	[3]
1963	Giannis Markopoulos for Young Aphrodites	[4]
1964	Nikos Mamagakis for Monemvasia	[5]
1965	Giannis Markopoulos for I Moira enos Athoou	[6]
1966	Christos Leontis for Me ti Lampsi sta Matia	[7]
1967	Mimis Plessas for Oi Sphaires den Gyrizoun Piso	[8]
1968	Stavros Xarhakos for Girls in the Sun	[9]
1969	Kostas Kapnisis for Panikos	[10]
1970	Not given
1971	Giannis Spanos for Ekeino to Kalokairi	[12]
1972	Not given
1973	Vasilis Tenidis for Enas Iroas me Mikroskopia	[14]
1974	Not given
1975	Stamatis Spanoudakis for Promitheas se Deftero Prosopo	[16]
1976	Dionysis Savopoulos for Happy Day	[17]
1977	Kostas Kapnisis for Alexandros o Megas	[18]
1978	Hristodoulos Halaris for I Ilikia tis Thalassas	[19]
1979	Giorgos Kouroupos for Emphylios Logos	[20]
1980	Kyriakos Sfetsas for Paraggelia	[21]
1981	Dimitris Lekkas and Dimitris Papadimitriou for Ilektrikos Angelos	[22]
1982	Not given
1983	Hristodoulos Halaris for Prosohi Kyndinos	[24]
1984	Michalis Christodoulidis for I Kathodos ton Ennea	[25]
1985	Dimitris Papadimitriou for I Skiahtra	[26]
1986	Eleni Karaindrou for Kali Patrida Syntrofe	[27]
1987	Dimitris Papadimitriou for Archangelos tou Pathous	[28]
1988	Dimitris Papadimitriou for Stia Skia tou Fovou	[29]
1989	Thesia Panagiotou for Oh! Babylon	[33]
1990	Nikos Kypourgos for Aenigma Est	[30]
1991	Nikos Kypourgos for O Drapetis	[34]

Best Editing

Season	Best Editing	Sources
1978	Tasos Hatzis for O Ilios tou Thanatou Giorgos Triantafyllou for Oi Tempelides tis Eforis Koiladas	[19]
1979	Andreas Andreadakis for The Wretches Are Still Singing	[20]
1980	Giorgos Tsitsopoulos for Paraggelia	[21]
1981	Takis Giannopoulos for Oi Dromoi tis Agapis Einai Nyhterinoi Vangelis Gousias for Ton Kairo ton Ellinon	[22]
1982	Not given
1983	Andreas Andreadakis for Sweet Bunch Giorgos Tsitsopoulos for Revanche	[24]
1984	Giorgos Triantafyllou for Loafing and Camouflage	[25]
1985	Giorgos Mavropsalidis for I Skiahtra	[26]
1986	Takis Giannopoulos for Itan Enas Isihos Thanatos	[27]
1987	Giannis Tsitsopoulos for Archangelos tou Pathous and Vios kai Politeia	[28]
1988	Takis Giannopoulos for The Striker with Number 9 Vangelis Gousias for Fakelos Polk ston Aera	[29]
1989	Takis Giannopoulos for ROM	[33]
1990	Takis Giannopoulos for Simadia tis Nyhtas	[30]
1991	Not given

Best Production Design

Season	Best Production Design	Sources
1977	Mikes Karapiperis for To Kleisto Parathyro	[18]
1978	Dionysis Fotopoulos, Mikes Karapiperis for O Ilios tou Thanatou, Oi Tempelides tis Eforis Koiladas, 1922, Kagkeloporta	[19]
1979	Zorzet Themeli for Periplanisi	[20]
1980	Mikes Karapiperis for Alexander the Great	[21]
1981	Stamatis tsarouhas, Angeliki Maragkou for Learn How to Read and Write, Son Nikos Politis for Ton Kairo ton Ellinon	[22]
1982	Not given
1983	Marie-Louise Bartholomew for Sweet Bunch	[24]
1984	Damianos Zafiris for O Erotas tou Odyssea	[25]
1985	Ntora Leloudi for Meteoro kai Skia	[26]
1986	Antonis Halkias for Karavan Serai	[27]
1987	Mikes Karapiperis for Doxompous	[28]
1988	Anastasia Arseni for Stia Skia tou Fovou	[29]
1989	Tasos Zografos for Oh! Babylon	[33]
1990	Michalis Sdougkos for Viotehnia Oneiron	[30]
1991	Antonis Dagklidis for Isimeria	[34]

Best Sound

Season	Best Sound	Sources
1978	Mimis Kasimatis for Double Moon in August Argyris Lazaridis for Ypothesi Polk	[19]
1979	Marinos Athanasoulis for The Wretches Are Still Singing	[20]
1980	A. Lazaridis for Alexander the Great Ilias Ionesko for Paraggelia	[21]
1982	Not given
1983	Marinos Athanasopoulos for Sweet Bunch	[24]
1984	Not given
1985	Not given
1986	Not given
1987	Marinos Athanasopoulos for Ta Paidia tis Helidonas Argyris Lazaridis for Kloios	[28]
1988	Andreas Achladis for The Striker with Number 9	[29]
1989	Not given
1990	Ntinos Kittou, Kostas Poulintzas for I Niki tis Samothrakis	[30]
1991	Not given

Best Costumes Design

Season	Best Costumes Design	Sources
1985	Ntora Leloudi for Meteoro kai Skia	[26]
1986	Anastasia Arseni for Karavan Serai	[27]
1987	Ioulia Stavridi for Theofilos	[28]
1988	Not given
1989	Not given
1990	Sofia Papahristou for I Niki tis Samothrakis	[30]
1991	Ariadni Papatheofanous for Isimeria	[34]

Best Make-up

Season	Best Make-up	Sources
1985	Stella Vossou for Meteoro kai Skia	[26]
1986	Not given
1987	Theano Kapnia for Doxompous	[28]
1988	Not given
1989	Stella Votsou for Dexiotera tis Dexias	[33]
1990	Despoina Mari for Viotehnia Oneiron	[30]
1991	Not given

See also

• Thessaloniki International Film Festival
• Greek State Film Awards