Athens International Film Festival

About

The Festival was launched in September 1995 and continues successfully until now. The screenings take place in the four most central, established and well-equipped Athenian movie theaters: Attikon Cinemax Class, Apollon Cinemax Class, Danaos I & II. All theaters have a total capacity of 2,000 viewers. The Festival's orientation to modern and groundbreaking cinema has attracted a dynamic and versatile audience. 

Awards

• The Golden Athena Award,
• City of Athens Best Director Award,
• Best Screenplay Award,
• MUSIC & FILM. The Golden Athena Best Mus ic & Film Award,
• AUDIENCE AWARD,
• BEST SHORT FILM AWARD,
• BEST NEWCOMER AWARD - DIRECTOR,
• BEST NEWCOMER AWARD - ACTOR AND ACTRESS.

Rules

• The Festival will not consider films produced prior to 12 months of each coming festival edition;
• The Festival will only consider films that have not been previously screened in Greece and films that have not been available on the Internet. The Festival will not consider films submitted to previous editions of the Festival;
• MUSIC & FILMS: Documentaries associated with music of all sorts, The Documentary's running time should not be shorter than 45 minutes (including credits).

Documents and Other Requisite Items

• Fill out entry form,
• Send DVD with submitted film by mail or upload your film at festival.movibeta.com. 

Premiere Requirements

National premiere required.

Jury and Organizers

The Jury is constituted by Film School students.