Santorini Film Festival is an annual film festival organized by HF Productions, held in July in Santorini, an island in the southern Aegean Sea. The festival was first held in June 2018 and takes place annually to promote independent cinema in the area and globally.[1]
The festival
Santorini Film Festival was first started in June 2018 by HF Productions, and is held annually at the open air screening venue, Cinema Kamari in Santorini.[2][3]
Santorini Film Festival awards winners
2018
The following are the event winners of the 2018 Santorini Film Festival:[4]
Best Feature Film:Funny Story (2018), director Michael J. Gallagher
Best Drama Feature:Nour (2017), director Khalil Dreyfus Zaarour
Best Director:Gaslighting (2018), director Tina Matzat
Best Feature Documentary:Calm In Chaos (2017), director Tracey Cochrane
Best Greek Film:Heimlich (2017), director Kostas Bakouris
Best Writer:Blind Sighted
Best Screenplay:Reflections
Best Short Film:Alone
Best Short Documentary:Little Fiel (2017), director Irina Patkanian
Best Music Video:KCPK: The End (2017), director Loïc Andrieu
Best Music (In a Film):The Astronot (2018), director Tim Cash, composer Pennan Brae
Best Experimental:Maria's Silence (2017), director Cesare Bedogne
Best Comedy Short:Fisolofia
Best Drama Short:De Vlakte (Clearing) (2016), director Margo Mot
2019
The following are the event winners of the 2019 Santorini Film Festival:[5]
Best Feature Film:Buck Run (2019), director Nick Frangione
Best Comedy Feature:Love Possibly (2018), directors Che Grant and Michael Boccalini
Best Director:安 (Lullaby) (2019), director Ray Du
Best Feature Documentary:Trace (2019), directors Raluca Bejan and Ioan Cocan
Best Greek Film:The Surface of Things (2017), director Nancy Biniadaki
Best Writer:The Greek Passage (2019), writer Lorenzo Guarnieri
Best Screenplay:Time Police: the Curious Case of the Devil Dogs, writer Scott Simpson
Best Short Film:Emma (2019), director Abin Abraham
Best Short Documentary:Neither Roses, Nor Daisies (2019), director Jeunghae Yim
Best Music Video:Rooftops
Best Music (In a Film):Petit Four (2019), director Kalainithan Kalaichelvan, composer Kalaisan Kalaichelvan
Best Experimental:Transient Passengers (2018), director Natalia Hermida