LAGFF 2022 Winners

16th Los Angeles Greek Film Festival 
Red Carpet Closing Night - Orpheus Award Winners

The red carpet Closing Night of the 16th Los Angeles Greek Film Festival (LAGFF) on Sunday, May 15 at the Silver Screen Theatre, Pacific Design Center was a great success. The screening of Araceli Lemos’ award-winning “HOLY EMY”, Orpheus Awards & Reception at the state-of-the-art Silver Screen Theatre at the Pacific Design Center included VIPS, celebrities, dignitaries, along with many filmmakers from Greece. Guests enjoyed music by popular DJ Yiannis Markoulakis, Greek cuisine from Pietris Bakery and signature cocktails by Kástra Elión Vodka.

Festival Director Aris Katopodis opened the ceremony with a warm welcome to the (sold out audience). “What an exceptional Festival week we have had - We are back and we are better than ever,” exclaimed Katopodis”. The Awards Ceremony was co-hosted by Lia Bozonelis and Alex Kalognomos. 

LAGFF 2022 consisted of 64 films, including 25 female filmmakers and showcasing 8 world premieres, 5 international premieres, 7 North American premieres, 9 West Coast premieres, 13 U.S. premieres, 10 Los Angeles premieres and 14 animated films. The virtual portion of the Festival continues through May 22^th, including on-line access internationally to 50% of the films.

Orpheus Award Winners:

 

Best Feature Fiction Film 

Holy Emy by Araceli Lemos

Best Director Feature Fiction Film

Araceli Lemos for Holy Emy

 

Best Performance in a Feature Fiction Film

Angeliki Papoulia for her role in Patchwork

Honorable Mention: Nikos Zegkinoglou for his role in 18

Honorable Mention: Aris Servetalis for his role in Pack of Sheep (This one was a supporting role, but the committee thought it was worth mentioning)

Audience Award: Smyrna, My Beloved

 

Best Documentary Film

The Students of Umberto Primo by Alessandra Maioletti

Special Jury Award: How to Train an Antihero by Yannis Bletas

Special Jury Award: Memento by Nikos Ziogas

Audience Award, Outer Space Kids by George Gounezos

 

Best Short Film

To Vancouver by Artemis Anastasiadou

Honorable Mention: Brutalia, Days of Labour by Manolis Mavris

Honorable Mention: Memoir of a Veering Storm: by Sofia Georgovassili

Audience Award: Nexting by Karina Logotheti

 

Best Animation

From The Balcony by Aris Kaplanidis, Elias Roumeliotis

Honorable Mention: Afterimage by Antonis Doussias

 

IPDF Award Winner

Glory B - Director: Konstantinos Antonopoulos, Producer: Fani Skartouli

Honorable Mention: Shibboleth - Writer/ Director: Alexandra Matheou

Group photo of the winners - Photo credit: Urbanite Media/Steve Sasaki