The Hellenic Film Academy Awards or Hellenic Iris Awards are a set of awards given annually by the Hellenic Film Academy for excellence of cinematic achievements in Greek cinema, replacing the abolished Greek State Film Awards. On May 3, 2010, the first awards ceremony was presented at the Athens Concert Hall. Since 2016, the awards have been renamed Iris Awards.
Hellenic Film Awards
Best Film Season Best Film Sources2010 Dogtooth 2011Knifer 2012 Unfair World 2013 Boy Eating the Bird's Food 2014 Little England 2015 Xenia2016Tetarti 04:452017Suntan2018Son of Sofia2019Pity2020Eftychia2021 Digger 2022 Magnetic Fields 2023 Behind the Haystacks 2024 Animal 2025 Arcadia 2026 Patty Is Such a Girly Name
Best Director Season Best Director2010 Yorgos Lanthimos for Dogtooth2011 Yannis Economides for Knifer2012 Filippos Tsitos for Unfair World2013 Thanos Anastopoulos for The Daughter2014 Yorgos Tsemberopoulos for The Enemy Within2015 Panos H. Koutras for Xenia2016 Alexis Alexiou for Tetarti 04:452017 Argyris Papadimitropoulos for Suntan2018 Elina Psykou for Son of Sofia2019 Angelos Frantzis for Still River2020Syllas Tzoumerkas for The Miracle of the Sargasso Sea2021Georgis Grigorgakis for Digger2022Araceli Lemos for Holy Emy2023Asimina Proedrou for Piso apo tis thimonies2024Sofia Exarchou for Animal2025Yorgos Zois for Arcadia
Best First Film Director
Season Best First Film Director2010 Argyris Papadimitropoulos for Bank Bang2011 Syllas Tzoumerkas for Homeland2012 Elias Demetriou for Fish n' Chips2013 Ektoras Lygizos for Boy Eating the Bird's Food2014 Elina Psykou for The Eternal Return of Antonis Paraskevas 2015Yannis Veslemes for Norway2016Evangelia Kranioti for Exotica, Erotica etc and Yorgos Zois for Interruption2017Sofia Exarchou for Park2018Lefteris Charitos for Dolphin Man2019Nikos Labôt for Her Job2020Rinio Dragasaki for Cosmic Candy2021Georgis Grigorakis for Digger2022George Gousis for Magnetic Fields2023Asimina Proedrou for Piso apo tis thimonies2024Vasilis Katsoupis for Inside2025Kostis Charamountanis for Kyuka: Before Summer's End
Best Screenwriter
Season Best Screenwriter2010 Efthymis Filippou and Yorgos Lanthimos for Dogtooth2011 Yannis Economides for Knifer2012 Yorgos Gikapeppas for The City of Children2013 Thanos Anastopoulos for The Daughter2014 Giannis Tsiros for The Enemy Within2015 Panagiotis Evangelidis and Panos H. Koutras for Xenia2016 Athina Rachel Tsangari for Chevalier2017 Argyris Papadimitropoulos and Syllas Tzoumerkas for Suntan2018 Elina Psykou for Son of Sofia2019 Marios Piperides for Smuggling Hendrix2020Zacharias Mavroidis for Defunct2021Georgis Grigorakis for Digger2022Yorgos Goussis, Antonis Tsiotsiopoulos and Elena Topalidou for Magnitika pedia2023Asimina Proedrou for Piso apo tis thimonies2024Sofia Exarchou for Animal2025Yorgos Zois and Konstantina Kotzamani for Arcadia
Best Actor
Season Best Actor2010 Antonis Kafetzopoulos for 2011 Argyris Xafis for Ap' ta kokala vgalmena2012 Antonis Kafetzopoulos for Unfair World2013 Yannis Papadopoulos for Boy Eating the Bird's Food2014 Themis Panou for Miss Violence2015 Vangelis Mourikis for Stratos2016 Stelios Mainas for Tetarti 04:452017 Makis Papadimitriou for Suntan2018 Andreas Konstantinou for The Last Note2019Aris Servetalis for The Waiter2020Pigmalion Dadakaridis for Eftychia2021Vangelis Mourikis for Digger2022Lazaros Georgakopoulos for Moon, 66 Questions2023Stathis Stamoulakatos for Piso apo tis thimonies2024Willem Dafoe for Inside2025Kostas Nikouli for Kreas
Best Actress
Season Best Actress2010 Mina Orfanou for Strella2011 Ariane Labed for Attenberg2012 Kika Georgiou for The City of Children2013 Amalia Moutoussi for Hara2014 Kora Karvouni for September2015 Maria Kallimani for Sto Spiti2016 Evangelia Andreadaki for Smac2017 Sofia Kokkali for Nima2018 Katia Goulioni for Polyxeni2019Marisha Triantafyllidou for Her Job2020Angeliki Papoulia for The Miracle of the Sargasso Sea2021Malika Foroutan for Pari2022Elena Topalidou for Magnetic Fields2023Eleni Kokkidou for Black Stone2024Dimitra Vlagopoulou for Animal2025Elsa Lekakou for Kyuka: Before Summer's End
Best Supporting Actor
Season Best Supporting Actor2010 Christos Passalis for Dogtooth2011 Dimitris Imellos for Ap' ta kokkala vgalmena2012 Christos Stergioglou for Unfair World2013 Ieronimos Kaletsanos for J.A.C.E2014Nikos Georgakis for Standing Aside Watching2015Angelos Papadimitriou for Xenia2016 Minas Hatzisavvas for Worlds Apart2017 Themis Panou for Notias2018Thanasis Papageorgiou for Son of Sofia2019Yannis Stankoglou for The Waiter2020Thanos Tokakis for Eftychia2021Stathis Stamoulakatos for Prostimo2022Aris Servetalis for Herd of Sheep2023Christos Kontogeorgis for Behind the haystacks2024Vasilis Kolovos for Development2025Julio Katsis for Agapouse ta louloudia perissotero
Best Supporting Actress
Season Best Supporting Actress2010 Anna Mascha for Chrisoskoni2011 Ioanna Tsirigouli for Homeland2012 Olia Lazaridou for Paradise2013 Kora Karvouni for J.A.C.E2014 Reni Pittaki for Miss Violence2015 Vicky Papadopoulou for Stratos2016Vassiliki Troufakou for Cloudy Sunday2017Elli Tringou for Suntan2018 Lydia Fotopoulou for Polyxeni2019Maria Filini for Her Job2020Katia Goulioni for Eftychia2021Vasiliki Kallimani for I Balada tis Trypias Kardias2022Hasmine Killip for Holy Emy2024Flomaria Papadaki for Animal2025 Klelia Renesi for Stelios2026 Gioula Boudali for Patty Is Such a Girly Name Betty Arvaniti for Broken Vein
Best Cinematography
Season Best Cinematography2010 Marcus Waterloo for Black Field2011 Dimitris Katsaitis for Knifer2012 Angelos Viskadourakis and Yorgos Argyroiliopoulos for Man at Sea2013 Ilias Adamis for The Daughter2014 Simos Sakertzis for Little England2015Kostas Gikas for Forever2016Christos Karamanis for Tetarti 04:452017Christos Karamanis for Suntan2018Claudio Bolivar for Polyxeni2019Simon Beaufils for Still River2020Christina Moumouri for Zizotek2021Yorgos Karvelas for Digger2024Panagiotis Vasilakis for Murderess
Best Music
Season Best Music2010 Giannis Aggelakas for Psyhi Vathia2011 drog_A_tek for Homeland2012 Yannis Aiolou for Christmas Tango2013 Stavros Gasparatos for Aima2014 Alexander Voulgaris (The Boy) for The Sentimentalists2015Babis Papadopoulos for Stratos and Yannis Veslemes for Norvigia2016 Yannis Veslemes for Tetarti 04:452017 drog_A_Tek for Spring Awakening2018Nikos Kypourgos for Polyxeni2019Coti K. for The Waiter2020Alexander Voulgaris (The Boy) and Despinis Trichromi for Winona2021Nikos Kypourgos for O Raftis2024Dimitris Papadimitriou for Murderess
Best Editing
Season Best Editing2010 Yorgos Mavropsaridis for Dogtooth 2011 Yannis Chalkiadakis for Knifer, Ioanna Spiliopoulou for Ap' ta kokkala vgalmena, Panos Voutsaras for Homeland2012 Yannis Chalkiadakis for Wasted Youth2013 Stella Fillipopoulou for An... and Takis Yannopoulos, Panos Daoultzis & Lambis Haralambidis for J.A.C.E2014Yorgos Mavropsaridis for The Enemy Within2015Yorgos Lambrinos for Xenia2016 Lambis Charalambidis for Tetarti 04:452017 Yannis Sakaridis for Amerika Square2018Lambis Charalambidis for Do It Yourself2019Yorgos Lambrinos for Obscuro Barroco2020Nikos Pastras for Winona2021Panos Voutsaras for Pari
Best Production Design / Art Direction
Season Best Production Design2010 Pinelopi Valti for Strella 2011 Ioulia Stavridou for Knifer2012 Giorgos Georgiou for Christmas Tango2013 Ilias Ledakis for J.A.C.E2014Adonis Dagklidis for Little England2015Yannis Veslemes for Norway2016 Spyros Laskaris for Tetarti 04:452017 Spyros Laskaris for Notias
Best Costume Design
Season Best Costumes Design2010 Vassilis Barbarigos for Strella 2011 Giorgos Georgiou for Taxidi sti Mytilini2012 Giorgos Georgiou for Christmas Tango2013 Despina Himona for J.A.C.E2014 Gioula Zoiopoulou for Little England2015Vassilis Barbarigos for Xenia2016 Anna Mahairianaki for Cloudy Sunday2017 Gioula Zoiopoulou for I Roza tis Smyrnis
Best Sound
Season Best Sound2010 Stefanos Efthymiou, Dimitris Voutsas, Panos Voutsaras, Costas Varybopiotis for Psyhi Vathia 2011 Dinos Kittou, Costas Fylaktidis for Knifer2012 Aris Louziotis, Alexandros Sidiropoulos, Panos Voutsaras, Costas Varybopiotis for Paradise2013 Marinos Athanassopoulos, Aris Louziotis, Alexandros Sidiropoulos, Costas Varybopiotis for An...2014 Stefanos Efthimiou, Kostas Varimpopiotis, Takis Giannopoulos for Little England2015Ntinos Kittou, William Frank, Kostas Fylaktisid for Stratos2016 Aris Athanasopoulos, Gil Toren, Avi Mizrahie for Tetarti 04:452017 Stefanos Efthimiou, Kostas Varimpopiotis, Persefoni Miliou, Valia Tserou for Park
Best Make-up
Season Best Make-up2010 Apollonia B., Mary Stavrakaki Strella2011 Evi Zafiropoulou for Homeland2012 Katerina Varthalitou for To Gala2013 Yannis Pamoukis for J.A.C.E2014 Efi Zafiropoulou for Little England2015Dora Nazou for Norvigia2016 Nabil Salame for Cloudy Sunday2017 Katerina Varthalitou for Notias
Best Special & Visual Effects
Season Best Special & Visual Effects2010 Petros Nousias for To Kako stin Epohi ton Iroon 2011 Nikos Moutselos for I Ypografi2012 Yorgos Alahouzos, Argyris Alahouzos for The City of Children2013 Vassilis Andriopoulos, Yorgos Alahouzos, Argyris Alahouzos, Yannis Vamvakas, Dimitris Gerpinis for Demeni, Kokkini Klosti2014 Aggelos Spartalis for From the Earth to the Moon2015 Roulis Alahouzos, Ionas Katrazanos, Phokion Xenos for Norvigia2016 Roulis Alahouzos, Ippokratis Halas for Tetarti 04:452017 Yorgos Alahouzos, Argyris Alahouzos for The Other Me
Best Documentary Film
Season Best Documentary Film2010 Allos Dromos Den Ypirhe by Stavros Psyllakis2011 Ta Paidia Paizei by Rea Apostolidou, Yuri Averov2012 Raw Material by Christos Karakepelis2013 Imerologia Amnisias by Stella Theodoraki2014 Glow in the Dark by Panagiotis Evaggelidis2015 Mia Oikogeneiaki Ypothesi by Angeliki Aristomenopoulou2016Exotica, Erotica etc. by Evangelia Kranioti2017The Last Beach by Thanos Anastopoulos2018Dolphin Man by Lefteris Charitos2019Obscuro Barocco by Evangelia Kranioti2020When Wagner Met Tomatoes by Marianna Ikonomou2021Unknown Athenians by Angeliki Antoniou
Best Short Documentary Season Best Short Documentary2019Tetartos toixos by Dimitris Gkotsis2020The Arm Wrestler by Giorgos Goussis2021Teo, My Neighbor by Christos Karteris2022Latin Noir by Andreas Apostolidis, Rea Apostolidis, Yuri Averof2023Mnimi me oura by Dimitris Indares2024Light of Light by Neritan Zinxhiria
Best Short Film
Season Best Short Film2010 And Me for Myself by Georgis Grigorakis2011 Casus Belli by Yorgos Zois2012 My Dad, Lenin and Freddy by Rinio Dragassaki2013 Chamomile by Neritan Zinxhiria2014Washingtonia by Konstantina Kotzamani2015Volta by Stella Kyriakopoulou2016Fig by Nicolas Kolovos2017Limbo by Konstantina Kotzamani2018Copa Loca by Christos Massalas2019Hector Malo - The Last Day of the Year by Jacqueline Lentzou2020Electric Swan by Konstantina Kotzamani2021Bella by Thelyia Petraki
Honorary Award Season Honorary Award2010Thanasis Veggos, actor and director2011Michalis Cacoyannis, director2012Attikon, cinema in Athens2013Zoi Laskari, actress2014Yorgos Stamou, post-production laboratory manager2015Fanny Ardant, actress2016Vanessa Redgrave, actress2017Kostas Voutsas, actor2018Alexandre Desplat, composer2019not given2020not given2021Mary Chronopoulou, actress, and Yannis Papadakis, grip
See also Greek Film Critics Association Awards Greek State Film Awards Thessaloniki International Film Festival
References
External links Hellenic Film Academy, The awards Hellenic Film Academy at IMDB.