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The Hellenic Film Academy and EKKOMED have signed of an Agreement laying the foundations for a comprehensive collaboration in preparation for hosting the European Film Awards 2027 in Athens.

The agreement was signed by the CEO of EKKOMED, Leonidas Christopoulos, and the President of the Hellenic Film Academy, Lefteris Charitos.

Under the agreement, the Hellenic Film Academy will implement a multi-layered program of activities, including film screenings, educational workshops, masterclasses, and networking events with the participation of Greek and European professionals.

These activities are part of the official preparation program for the European Film Awards and contribute to promoting contemporary Greek and European filmmaking.

Hosting the European Film Awards 2027 in Athens is a major cultural event of international significance and a key opportunity to showcase Greek cinema, as well as to promote the country as a hub for film production and cultural innovation, and to highlight Greece as a dynamic center of filmmaking in Europe.

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The Hellenic Film Academy announces the films participating in the awards process for the Iris Awards 2026.

A total of 128 films were submitted: 27 feature fiction films, 20 feature documentaries, 4 Greek minority co-productions, 35 short fiction films, 9 short documentaries, 5 short animation films, and 28 student short films.

The members of the Academy will watch the films and vote by secret ballot in two rounds: in the first round, they will determine the final nominations, and in the second round, they will select the winners in the 22 award categories.

128 films – 128 reasons to celebrate a rich and productive year, full of talent, creativity, and hard work. The awards ceremony will take place in June 2026, at the Iris Awards Ceremony.

The films participating in the process are listed below.

Feature fiction films

• Από τι είμαστε φτιαγμένοι – Σιαμάκ Ετεμάντι
• Τα Βήματα του Κόσμου – Ηρώ Σιαφλιάκη
• Δέλτα – Βίβιαν Παπαγεωργίου
• Εδώ Μιλάνε για Λατρεία – Βύρωνας Κριτζάς
• Εκτός Εαυτού – Τάσος Γκολέτσος
• ΕΜΕΙΣ: Μια ταινία για τον Bloody Hawk – Στέλιος Κοτιώνης, Ορέστης Πλακιάς
• Επιστροφή στην Πατρίδα – Χρύσα Τζελέπη, Άκης Κερσανίδης
• Η Καρδιά του Ταύρου – Εύα Στεφανή
• Κύριλλος και Μεθόδιος – Μαρία Χατζημιχάλη-Παπαλιού
• Στους λεπτοδείκτες της μνήμης – Κριστιάν Νίρκα
• Λο – Θανάσης Βασιλείου
• Ο Λόχος των Εραστών – Λευτέρης Χαρίτος
• Ο Μπίκο και η ορχήστρα του – Άννα Αντωνοπούλου, Γιώργος Σπυριδής
• Πειθαρχική Μεραρχία 999 – Κώστας Σταματόπουλος
• Πέστε ο πόθος πού φυτρώνει – Στέργιος Πάσχος
• Σμιλεμένες Ψυχές – Σταύρος Ψυλλάκης
• Τα τέρματα του Αυγούστου – Δημήτρης Κουτσιαμπασάκος
• Η Τέχνη της Μνήμης – Αννέτα Παπαθανασίου
• NovaMax SkyLand – Διονυσία Κοπανά
• Super Paradise – Στηβ Κρικρής

Greek minority co-productions

• Ο Θεός δε θα βοηθήσει – Hana Jušić
• Τα πρώτα δόντια / Milk Teeth – Mihai Mincan
• Harvest – Αθηνά Ραχήλ Τσαγγάρη
• Maysoon – Νάνσυ Μπινιαδάκη

Short fiction films

• 100 χρόνια μπροστά – Μιχάλης Γιγιντής
• Άγρια – Ελένη Βεργέτη
• Ο άρρωστος 1789 – Ειρήνη Καραγκιοζίδου
• Αυτός που κάποτε υπήρχε – Κωστής Θεοδοσόπουλος
• Γοργόνες – Λήδα Βαρτζιώτη, Δημήτρης Τσακαλέας
• Έτοιμη – Κριστιάν Νίρκα
• Ο Εφιάλτης του Ιησού – Γιώργος Χρυσανθακόπουλος
• Κρύο – Αντρέας Κοντόπουλος
• Λουδίας – Άκης Πολύζος
• Οι Λύκοι Επιστρέφουν – Στυλιανός Μωραϊτίδης
• Μαγκνταλένα Χάουζαν: Ο παγωμένος χρόνος – Γιάννης Καρπούζης
• Η μέρα που γίναμε ήρωες – Σελήνη Παπαγεωργίου, Ευδοξία Χασάπη
• Μία – Ζίνα Παπαδοπούλου, Γρηγόρης Γρηγορόπουλος
• Μικρές Ζωές – Δημήτρης Τσαλαπάτης
• Μικρό Σώμα – Γιάννης Συμβώνης
• Μίτση – Γεύη Δημητρακοπούλου
• Το νησί της Αφροδίτης – Θάνος Λυμπερόπουλος
• Πλανήτες – Φίλη Ολσέφσκι
• Πρελούδιο για μία Σουπερνόβα – Χρήστος Αρτεμίου
• Η πρώτη εικόνα – Όλια Βερροιοπούλου
• Το τελευταίο κουκλόσπιτο – Άλεστερ Ρομάνο
• Το Τ3ΣΤ – Αλέξανδρος Τσιλιφώνης
• Το τίποτα και τα πάντα – Λία Τσάλτα
• Φθινοπωρινά Χριστούγεννα – Κώστας Μπακούρης
• Φούιτ – Αλέξανδρος Χαντζής
• Χοῦς εἶ καὶ εἰς χοῦν ἀπελεύσει – Δημήτρης Παπαθανάσης
• 400 cassettes – Θέλγια Πετράκη
• Carcass – Μάκης Σέμπος
• Fouette’ – Δημήτρης Ζούρας
• Heat me – Κέλλυ Σαρρή
• Home, as space between us – Εffi Rabsilber
• Hopepunk – Βασιλική Λαζαρίδου
• Last Tropics – Θανάσης Τρουμπούκης
• Noi – Νεριτάν Ζιντζιρία
• Pirateland – Σταύρος Πετρόπουλος

Short documentaries

• Επιστροφή στο Ντεπώ – Δημήτρης Ζάχος
• Και Ελ και Αλ – Ιλίρ Τσούκο
• Μνήμες Κατοχής: Πύργοι – Δημήτρης Αργυρίου
• Να φοβάσαι τ’άστρα του νοτιά – Χρήστος Καρτέρης
• Between a rock and a hard place – Θάνος Λυμπερόπουλος
• Anaklisis – Γιάννης Πόθος
• Green – Δημήτρης Ιωσηφίδης Χοκμετίδης
• Tonnage – Γιώργος Κυβερνήτης
• Who was here? – Εύη Στάμου

Short animation

• 13μ2 – Αντώνης Δημητρόπουλος
• Κέρκυρα, το νησί του Ποσειδώνα – Δημήτρης Αργυρίου
• Μαύρες Πολιτείες – Χρήστος Μαγγανάς
• Poplars – Αλέξανδρος Βουνάτσος
• The Synthetic Age – Δημήτρης Αρμενάκης

Film Factory 2025

19, 20 & 21 December | Greek Film Archive

The Film Factory of the Hellenic Film Academy returns for its 14th edition and includes a series of cinema-focused masterclasses, which will take place over three days—Friday 19, Saturday 20, and Sunday 21 December—at the Greek Film Archive, with free admission for the public.

The Film Factory is the Academy’s most creative and successful educational initiative and has been warmly embraced by film and art students, emerging filmmakers, and cinephiles. The protagonists of the programme and speakers of the masterclasses are film professionals who were awarded at the 2025 Iris Awards of the Hellenic Film Academy. They represent the full spectrum of cinematic creation: Screenwriting, Directing, Production and International Co-production, Cinematography, Acting, Music, Production Design, Costume Design, Sound, Special and Visual Effects, across fiction, documentary, and animation films.

Among the parallel activities of the 14th Film Factory is a special masterclass, organised in collaboration with Blink GFE, focusing on the editing of the film Electra7. The film is a production of the Athens Epidaurus Festival and the Hellenic Film Academy, with the kind sponsorship of PPC (Public Power Corporation). Alexandros Voulgaris, Sofia Exarchou, Neritan Zintziria, Christina Ioakeimidou, Babis Makridis, Argyris Papadimitropoulos, and Elina Psykou each directed one of the seven chapters of the script written by Panagiotis Christopoulos, drawing inspiration from Sophocles’ Electra.

Screenwriter Panagiotis Christopoulos, editors Giorgos Mavropsaridis and Stamos Dimitropoulos, and director Neritan Zintziria reveal the creative process behind Electra7 and discuss cinema as an act of writing. During the discussion, different versions of the film’s edit will be screened.

The day will conclude with a masterclass on “The Language of Spaces” by Giota Skouvara, location manager of Electra7 and numerous other films.

Alongside its educational role, the Film Factory serves as a vital space for the exchange of knowledge and ideas among film creators, with the overarching goal of fostering encounters and connections between established professionals of Greek cinema and the younger generation of their peers, thereby contributing to the strengthening of the country’s film community.

READ THE FULL PROGRAMME (GREEK)

On Wednesday, November 7 2025, a special screening of the film Electra7 was hosted at the Thessaloniki Film Festival. The film is a collaboration between the Athens Epidaurus Festival and the Hellenic Film Academy, realised with the kind sponsorship of DEI / PPC (Public Power Corporation).

The event opened with a brief presentation of the project, followed by a Q&A session after the screening with the seven distinguished filmmakers who directed the film—Alexandros Voulgaris, Sofia Exarchou, Neritan Zintziria, Christina Ioakeimidou, Babis Makridis, Argyris Papadimitropoulos, and Elina Psykou. The filmmakers shared with the audience their experiences of this original collaboration, as well as their individual approaches to the film.

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Arcadia, directed by Giorgos Zois, is Greece’s official submission for the Academy Award® for Best International Feature Film at the 98th Academy Awards of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

The film, which IN 2025 received the Iris Awards for Best Feature Fiction Film, Best Director, and Best Screenplay, continues its journey by representing Greece at one of the most prestigious institutions of world cinema.

According to the Ministry of Culture, the film is a fully accomplished work with a distinct artistic identity, representing contemporary Greek cinema, and has already gained international visibility through its participation in major international film festivals.

VARIETY: ‘Arcadia’ Review