Lee Thomas-MasonBabis Makridis film Pity has been crowned Best Film at the tenth annual Greek Iris Film Awards.
The film, Makridis’ sophomore effort, was originally screened in the World Cinema Dramatic Competition section at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival and offers a bleak, deadpan comedy.
Produced by Amanda Livanou and Christos Konstantakopoulos, with Klaudia Śmieja and Beata Rzeźniczek, Pity also won two technical prizes, for Best Sound and Best Make-up.
Elsehwere Still River, Her Job and The Waiter emerged as other successful feature films from the awards.
The full list of winners from the 2019 Greek Iris Awards:
Best Film
Pity – Babis Makridis (Greece/Poland)
Best Documentary Film
Obscuro Barroco – Evangelia Kranioti (France/Greece)
Best Short Film
Hector Malot: The Last Day of the Year – Jacqueline Lentzou
Best Short Documentary Film
Fourth Wall – Dimitris Gkotsis
Best Director
Angelos Frantzis – Still River (Greece/France/Latvia)
Best First-time Director
Nikos Labôt – Her Job (Greece/France/Serbia)
Best Screenplay
Marios Piperides – Smuggling Hendrix (Cyprus/Greece/Germany)
Best Actor in a Leading Role
Aris Servetalis – The Waiter
Best Actress in a Leading Role
Marisha Triantafyllidou – Her Job
Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Yannis Stankoglou – The Waiter
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Maria Filini – Her Job
Best Cinematography
Simon Beaufils – Still River
Best Editing
Yorgos Lamprinos – Obscuro Barroco
Best Original Score
Coti K – The Waiter
Best Production Design
Kostas Pappas – The Waiter
Best Costumes
Katia Goulioni, Ieva Kupcane, Ilze Kasa, Ilze Negribe – Still River
Best Sound (ex aequo)
Dimitris Athanasopoulos, Christos Gousios, Kostas Varibobiotis – 1968
Stefanos Efthymiou, Leandros Ntounis – Pity
Best Make-up
Evi Zafiropoulou – Pity
Best Special Effects
George Alahouzos, Roulis Alahouzos, Antonis Kotzias, Anthi Tsirouki,
YAFKA – Chinatown: The Three Shelters (Cyprus/Greece)