Hellenic Film Academy
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The Hellenic Film Academy (HFA) is an initiative of a group of Greek
filmmakers. HFA presents the annual Hellenic Film Academy Awards ceremony.
The Hellenic Film Academy was founded on November 2009 by a group of active film professionals of Greek cinema, involved in the Filmmakers Of Greece movement demanding a new Greek film law.
The founding members were 108 Greek filmmakers, producers, film critics and technicians, screenwriters and actors. Greek filmmaker Tassos Boulmetis was elected the first president of the Hellenic Film Academy. Honorary members of the Academy are the filmmakers Costa Gavras, Nikos Koundouros
, Mihalis Kakogiannis, Dinos Katsouridis and the actress Olympia Dukakis
.
On May 3, 2010 the first Hellenic Film Academy Awards ceremony was presented at the Athens Concert Hall
.
Greece
Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....
filmmakers. HFA presents the annual Hellenic Film Academy Awards ceremony.
The Hellenic Film Academy was founded on November 2009 by a group of active film professionals of Greek cinema, involved in the Filmmakers Of Greece movement demanding a new Greek film law.
The founding members were 108 Greek filmmakers, producers, film critics and technicians, screenwriters and actors. Greek filmmaker Tassos Boulmetis was elected the first president of the Hellenic Film Academy. Honorary members of the Academy are the filmmakers Costa Gavras, Nikos Koundouros
Nikos Koundouros
Nikos Koundouros , is a Greek film director, born in Agios Nikolaos, Crete in 1926.He studied painting and sculpture at the Athens School of Fine Arts, and was later exiled because of his political beliefs to the Makronissos island. At the age of 28 he decided to follow a career in cinematography...
, Mihalis Kakogiannis, Dinos Katsouridis and the actress Olympia Dukakis
Olympia Dukakis
Olympia Dukakis is an American actress. In 1987, she won an Academy Award, BAFTA, and a Golden Globe for her performance in Moonstruck...
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On May 3, 2010 the first Hellenic Film Academy Awards ceremony was presented at the Athens Concert Hall
Athens Concert Hall
The Athens Concert Hall is a concert hall located in Athens, on Vassilissis Sofias Avenue....
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External links
- Hellenic Film Academy Official website
- And the Greek Oscar goes to... Article about the Academy