Greek International Film Festival Tour of Canada Announces 2025 Film Award Winners

Panos Haralambidis, the Greek histrion and director, was honored with the GIFFT LEGACY AWARD. Photo provided

The Greek International Film Festival Tour of Canada (GIFFT) announced the winners of its 2025 Film Awards, celebrating excellence successful Greek and Canadian cinema. The awards admit filmmakers who proceed to stock almighty stories of culture, identity, and quality resilience.

This year’s selections, which people GIFFT’s 5th anniversary, showcased exceptional endowment and creativity, reflecting the diverseness of the Hellenic tone and its planetary influence. From emotionally charged dramas to inspiring documentaries, the winning films captivated audiences with their artistry, storytelling, and vision.

Winners of the Greek International Film Tour

BEST SHORT CANADIAN FILM: ROTTEN
Directed by Telly Bitsakakis, this is simply a chaotic and thought-provoking play exploring the fragile dynamics wrong a set and the timeless conflict betwixt creation and success. Rotten evokes themes of aging, originative compromise, and the relentless transition of time.

BEST SHORT INTERNATIONAL FILM: GOLDEN FINGERS
Directed by Fivos Kontogiannis. Set successful 1960s agrarian Greece, this moving communicative follows a young gypsy boy’s combat against prejudice and hardship arsenic helium chases his imagination of becoming 1 of the world’s finest clarinet soloists — a almighty testament to perseverance and hope.

BEST SHORT DOCUMENTARY: WRESTLING WITH LIFE
Directed by Alexa Bogdanis. An inspiring representation of Olympian and motivational talker Shayne Smith, whose lifelong transportation to wrestling helped him flooded idiosyncratic adversity and find intent some successful and retired of the ring.

BEST FEATURE DOCUMENTARY: TACK
Directed by Vania Turner. This almighty documentary chronicles Greece’s #MeToo movement, pursuing Olympian Sofia and subsister Amalia arsenic they prosecute justness and healing successful a groundbreaking lawsuit that challenged a civilization of silence.

BEST FEATURE FILM: MEAT
Directed by Dimitris Nakos. A gripping and modern tragedy, Meat confronts themes of loyalty, legacy, and revenge arsenic a patriarch faces a devastating motivation prime aft a long-standing feud erupts successful violence.

SPECIAL HONOURS

GIFFT LEGACY AWARD: Panos Haralambidis (Actor, Director, Producer) For his important and enduring publication to cinema, and for his enactment successful reflecting and preserving the taste practice of Greece done film.

FESTIVAL PINNACLE AWARD: Marianna Michalitsianou, Panagiotis Kantzios, and Dimitri Tsouchlakis. Presented to 3 singular individuals whose tireless dedication, creativity, and household tone person elevated the festival acquisition for all. Their unwavering enactment down the scenes has enabled GIFFT to proceed thriving and shining.

As GIFFT celebrates its 5th anniversary, the festival continues to grant its ngo — promoting Hellenic culture done film, fostering creator exchange, and inspiring aboriginal collaborations betwixt Greek and Canadian filmmakers.

For much accusation astir the Greek International Film Festival Tour of Canada and upcoming screenings, sojourn www.gifft.ca oregon travel @gifftcanada connected societal media.

Related: Catch the Best of Greek Cinema astatine the New York Film Expo