# Hellenic Film Academy Awards

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 |
| 2010 | Dogtooth |
| 2011 | Knifer |
| 2012 | Unfair World |
| 2013 | Boy Eating the Bird's Food |
| 2014 | Little England |
| 2015 | Xenia |
| 2016 | Tetarti 04:45 |
| 2017 | Suntan |
| 2018 | Son of Sofia |
| 2019 | Pity |
| 2020 | Eftychia |
| 2021 | Digger |
| 2022 | Magnetic Fields |
| 2023 | Behind the Haystacks |
| 2024 | Animal |

### Best Director

| Season | Best Director |
| 2010 | Yorgos Lanthimos for Dogtooth |
| 2011 | Yannis Economides for Knifer |
| 2012 | Filippos Tsitos for Unfair World |
| 2013 | Thanos Anastopoulos for The Daughter |
| 2014 | Yorgos Tsemberopoulos for The Enemy Within |
| 2015 | Panos H. Koutras for Xenia |
| 2016 | Alexis Alexiou for Tetarti 04:45 |
| 2017 | Argyris Papadimitropoulos for Suntan |
| 2018 | Elina Psykou for Son of Sofia |
| 2019 | Angelos Frantzis for Still River |
| 2020 | Syllas Tzoumerkas for The Miracle of the Sargasso Sea |
| 2021 | Georgis Grigorgakis for Digger |

### Best First Film Director

| Season | Best First Film Director |
| 2010 | Argyris Papadimitropoulos for Bank Bang |
| 2011 | Syllas Tzoumerkas for Homeland |
| 2012 | Elias Demetriou for Fish n' Chips |
| 2013 | Ektoras Lygizos for Boy Eating the Bird's Food |
| 2014 | Elina Psykou for The Eternal Return of Antonis Paraskevas |
| 2015 | Yannis Veslemes for Norway |
| 2016 | Evangelia Kranioti for Exotica, Erotica etc and Yorgos Zois for Interruption |
| 2017 | Sofia Exarchou for Park |
| 2018 | Lefteris Charitos for Dolphin Man |
| 2019 | Nikos Labôt for Her Job |
| 2020 | Rinio Dragasaki for Cosmic Candy |
| 2021 | Georgis Grigorakis for Digger |

### Best Screenwriter

| Season | Best Screenwriter |
| 2010 | Efthymis Filippou and Yorgos Lanthimos for Dogtooth |
| 2011 | Yannis Economides for Knifer |
| 2012 | Yorgos Gikapeppas for The City of Children |
| 2013 | Thanos Anastopoulos for The Daughter |
| 2014 | Giannis Tsiros for The Enemy Within |
| 2015 | Panagiotis Evangelidis and Panos H. Koutras for Xenia |
| 2016 | Athina Rachel Tsangari for Chevalier |
| 2017 | Argyris Papadimitropoulos and Syllas Tzoumerkas for Suntan |
| 2018 | Elina Psykou for Son of Sofia |
| 2019 | Marios Piperides for Smuggling Hendrix |
| 2020 | Zacharias Mavroidis for Defunct |
| 2021 | Georgis Grigorakis for Digger |

### Best Actor

| Season | Best Actor |
| 2010 | Antonis Kafetzopoulos for Plato's Academy [fr] |
| 2011 | Argyris Xafis for Ap' ta kokala vgalmena |
| 2012 | Antonis Kafetzopoulos for Unfair World |
| 2013 | Yannis Papadopoulos for Boy Eating the Bird's Food |
| 2014 | Themis Panou for Miss Violence |
| 2015 | Vangelis Mourikis for Stratos |
| 2016 | Stelios Mainas for Tetarti 04:45 |
| 2017 | Makis Papadimitriou for Suntan |
| 2018 | Andreas Konstantinou for The Last Note |
| 2019 | Aris Servetalis for The Waiter |
| 2020 | Pygmalion Dadakaridis for Eftychia |
| 2021 | Vangelis Mourikis for Digger |

### Best Actress

| Season | Best Actress |
| 2010 | Mina Orfanou for Strella |
| 2011 | Ariane Labed for Attenberg |
| 2012 | Kika Georgiou for The City of Children |
| 2013 | Amalia Moutoussi for Hara |
| 2014 | Kora Karvouni for September |
| 2015 | Maria Kallimani for Sto Spiti |
| 2016 | Evangelia Andreadaki for Smac |
| 2017 | Sofia Kokkali for Nima |
| 2018 | Katia Goulioni for Polyxeni |
| 2019 | Marisha Triantafyllidou for Her Job |
| 2020 | Angeliki Papoulia for The Miracle of the Sargasso Sea |
| 2021 | Malika Foroutan for Pari |

### Best Supporting Actor

| Season | Best Supporting Actor |
| 2010 | Christos Passalis for Dogtooth |
| 2011 | Dimitris Imellos for Ap' ta kokkala vgalmena |
| 2012 | Christos Stergioglou for Unfair World |
| 2013 | Ieronimos Kaletsanos for J.A.C.E |
| 2014 | Nikos Georgakis for Standing Aside Watching |
| 2015 | Angelos Papadimitriou for Xenia |
| 2016 | Minas Hatzisavvas for Worlds Apart |
| 2017 | Themis Panou for Notias |
| 2018 | Thanasis Papageorgiou for Son of Sofia |
| 2019 | Yannis Stankoglou for The Waiter |
| 2020 | Thanos Tokakis for Eftychia |
| 2021 | Stathis Stamoulakatos for Prostimo |

### Best Supporting Actress

| Season | Best Supporting Actress |
| 2010 | Anna Mascha for Chrisoskoni |
| 2011 | Ioanna Tsirigouli for Homeland |
| 2012 | Olia Lazaridou for Paradise |
| 2013 | Kora Karvouni for J.A.C.E |
| 2014 | Reni Pittaki for Miss Violence |
| 2015 | Vicky Papadopoulou for Stratos |
| 2016 | Vassiliki Troufakou for Cloudy Sunday |
| 2017 | Elli Tringou for Suntan |
| 2018 | Lydia Fotopoulou for Polyxeni |
| 2019 | Maria Filini for Her Job |
| 2020 | Katia Goulioni for Eftychia |
| 2021 | Vasiliki Kallimani for I Balada tis Trypias Kardias |

### Best Cinematography

| Season | Best Cinematography |
| 2010 | Marcus Waterloo for Black Field |
| 2011 | Dimitris Katsaitis for Knifer |
| 2012 | Angelos Viskadourakis and Yorgos Argyroiliopoulos for Man at Sea |
| 2013 | Ilias Adamis for The Daughter |
| 2014 | Simos Sakertzis for Little England |
| 2015 | Kostas Gikas for Forever |
| 2016 | Christos Karamanis for Tetarti 04:45 |
| 2017 | Christos Karamanis for Suntan |
| 2018 | Claudio Bolivar for Polyxeni |
| 2019 | Simon Beaufils for Still River |
| 2020 | Christina Moumouri for Zizotek |
| 2021 | Yorgos Karvelas for Digger |

### Best Music

| Season | Best Music |
| 2010 | Giannis Aggelakas for Psyhi Vathia |
| 2011 | drog_A_tek for Homeland |
| 2012 | Yannis Aiolou for Christmas Tango |
| 2013 | Stavros Gasparatos for Aima |
| 2014 | Alexander Voulgaris (The Boy) for The Sentimentalists |
| 2015 | Babis Papadopoulos for Stratos and Yannis Veslemes for Norvigia |
| 2016 | Yannis Veslemes for Tetarti 04:45 |
| 2017 | drog_A_Tek for Spring Awakening |
| 2018 | Nikos Kypourgos for Polyxeni |
| 2019 | Coti K. for The Waiter |
| 2020 | Alexander Voulgaris (The Boy) and Despinis Trichromi for Winona |
| 2021 | Nikos Kypourgos for O Raftis |

### Best Editing

| Season | Best Editing |
| 2010 | Yorgos Mavropsaridis for Dogtooth |
| 2011 | Yannis Chalkiadakis for Knifer, Ioanna Spiliopoulou for Ap' ta kokkala vgalmena, Panos Voutsaras for Homeland |
| 2012 | Yannis Chalkiadakis for Wasted Youth |
| 2013 | Stella Fillipopoulou for An... and Takis Yannopoulos, Panos Daoultzis & Lambis Haralambidis for J.A.C.E |
| 2014 | Yorgos Mavropsaridis for The Enemy Within |
| 2015 | Yorgos Lambrinos for Xenia |
| 2016 | Lambis Charalambidis for Tetarti 04:45 |
| 2017 | Yannis Sakaridis for Amerika Square |
| 2018 | Lambis Charalambidis for Do It Yourself |
| 2019 | Yorgos Lambrinos for Obscuro Barroco |
| 2020 | Nikos Pastras for Winona |
| 2021 | Panos Voutsaras for Pari |

### Best Production Design / Art Direction

| Season | Best Production Design |
| 2010 | Pinelopi Valti for Strella |
| 2011 | Ioulia Stavridou for Knifer |
| 2012 | Giorgos Georgiou for Christmas Tango |
| 2013 | Ilias Ledakis for J.A.C.E |
| 2014 | Adonis Dagklidis for Little England |
| 2015 | Yannis Veslemes for Norway |
| 2016 | Spyros Laskaris for Tetarti 04:45 |
| 2017 | Spyros Laskaris for Notias |

### Best Costume Design

| Season | Best Costumes Design |
| 2010 | Vassilis Barbarigos for Strella |
| 2011 | Giorgos Georgiou for Taxidi sti Mytilini |
| 2012 | Giorgos Georgiou for Christmas Tango |
| 2013 | Despina Himona for J.A.C.E |
| 2014 | Gioula Zoiopoulou for Little England |
| 2015 | Vassilis Barbarigos for Xenia |
| 2016 | Anna Mahairianaki for Cloudy Sunday |
| 2017 | Gioula Zoiopoulou for I Roza tis Smyrnis |

### Best Sound

| Season | Best Sound |
| 2010 | Stefanos Efthymiou, Dimitris Voutsas, Panos Voutsaras, Costas Varybopiotis for Psyhi Vathia |
| 2011 | Dinos Kittou, Costas Fylaktidis for Knifer |
| 2012 | Aris Louziotis, Alexandros Sidiropoulos, Panos Voutsaras, Costas Varybopiotis for Paradise |
| 2013 | Marinos Athanassopoulos, Aris Louziotis, Alexandros Sidiropoulos, Costas Varybopiotis for An... |
| 2014 | Stefanos Efthimiou, Kostas Varimpopiotis, Takis Giannopoulos for Little England |
| 2015 | Ntinos Kittou, William Frank, Kostas Fylaktisid for Stratos |
| 2016 | Aris Athanasopoulos, Gil Toren, Avi Mizrahie for Tetarti 04:45 |
| 2017 | Stefanos Efthimiou, Kostas Varimpopiotis, Persefoni Miliou, Valia Tserou for Park |

### Best Make-up

| Season | Best Make-up |
| 2010 | Apollonia B., Mary Stavrakaki Strella |
| 2011 | Evi Zafiropoulou for Homeland |
| 2012 | Katerina Varthalitou for To Gala |
| 2013 | Yannis Pamoukis for J.A.C.E |
| 2014 | Efi Zafiropoulou for Little England |
| 2015 | Dora Nazou for Norvigia |
| 2016 | Nabil Salame for Cloudy Sunday |
| 2017 | Katerina Varthalitou for Notias |

### Best Special & Visual Effects

| Season | Best Special & Visual Effects |
| 2010 | Petros Nousias for To Kako stin Epohi ton Iroon |
| 2011 | Nikos Moutselos for I Ypografi |
| 2012 | Yorgos Alahouzos, Argyris Alahouzos for The City of Children |
| 2013 | Vassilis Andriopoulos, Yorgos Alahouzos, Argyris Alahouzos, Yannis Vamvakas, Dimitris Gerpinis for Demeni, Kokkini Klosti |
| 2014 | Aggelos Spartalis for From the Earth to the Moon |
| 2015 | Roulis Alahouzos, Ionas Katrazanos, Phokion Xenos for Norvigia |
| 2016 | Roulis Alahouzos, Ippokratis Halas for Tetarti 04:45 |
| 2017 | Yorgos Alahouzos, Argyris Alahouzos for The Other Me |

### Best Documentary Film

| Season | Best Documentary Film |
| 2010 | Allos Dromos Den Ypirhe by Stavros Psyllakis |
| 2011 | Ta Paidia Paizei by Rea Apostolidou, Yuri Averov |
| 2012 | Raw Material by Christos Karakepelis |
| 2013 | Imerologia Amnisias by Stella Theodoraki |
| 2014 | Glow in the Dark by Panagiotis Evaggelidis |
| 2015 | Mia Oikogeneiaki Ypothesi by Angeliki Aristomenopoulou |
| 2016 | Exotica, Erotica etc. by Evangelia Kranioti |
| 2017 | The Last Beach by Thanos Anastopoulos |
| 2018 | Dolphin Man by Lefteris Charitos |
| 2019 | Obscuro Barocco by Evangelia Kranioti |
| 2020 | When Wagner Met Tomatoes by Marianna Ikonomou |
| 2021 | Unknown Athenians by Angeliki Antoniou |

### Best Short Documentary

| Season | Best Short Documentary |
| 2019 | Tetartos toixos by Dimitris Gkotsis |
| 2020 | The Arm Wrestler by Giorgos Goussis |
| 2021 | Teo, My Neighbor by Christos Karteris |
| 2022 | Latin Noir by Andreas Apostolidis, Rea Apostolidis, Yuri Averof |
| 2023 | Mnimi me oura by Dimitris Indares |
| 2024 | Light of Light by Neritan Zinxhiria |

### Best Short Film

| Season | Best Short Film |
| 2010 | And Me for Myself by Georgis Grigorakis |
| 2011 | Casus Belli by Yorgos Zois |
| 2012 | My Dad, Lenin and Freddy by Rinio Dragassaki |
| 2013 | Chamomile by Neritan Zinxhiria |
| 2014 | Washingtonia by Konstantina Kotzamani |
| 2015 | Volta by Stella Kyriakopoulou |
| 2016 | Fig by Nicolas Kolovos |
| 2017 | Limbo by Konstantina Kotzamani |
| 2018 | Copa Loca by Christos Massalas |
| 2019 | Hector Malo - The Last Day of the Year by Jacqueline Lentzou |
| 2020 | Electric Swan by Konstantina Kotzamani |
| 2021 | Bella by Thelyia Petraki |

### Honorary Award

| Season | Honorary Award |
| 2010 | Thanasis Veggos, actor and director |
| 2011 | Michalis Cacoyannis, director |
| 2012 | Attikon, cinema in Athens |
| 2013 | Zoi Laskari, actress |
| 2014 | Yorgos Stamou, post-production laboratory manager |
| 2015 | Fanny Ardant, actress |
| 2016 | Vanessa Redgrave, actress |
| 2017 | Kostas Voutsas, actor |
| 2018 | Alexandre Desplat, composer |
| 2019 | not given |
| 2020 | not given |
| 2021 | Mary Chronopoulou, actress, and Yannis Papadakis, grip |