The Greek State Film Awards () was a part of Thessaloniki International Film Festival concerning exclusively Greek movies. It was one of the most important events in Greek cinema, from its institution in 1992 until 2008.
Until 1991, only Greek movies participated in the Thessaloniki Film Festival. Since 1992 the festival became international and a separate award was instituted for Greek movies. At first the new award was named State Film Awards and later State Film Quality Awards (Κρατικά Κινηματογραφικά Βραβεία Ποιότητας). It was given out by the Greek Ministry of Culture. Apart from the best film award there were awards in other categories such as the best actor, actress, best director etc.
In 2009, during the 50th Thessaloniki Festival, the Greek filmmakers decided to boycott the awards. The awards were subsequently abolished by a bill of the Ministry of Culture. It has since been replaced by the Hellenic Film Academy Awards.
Best film award
Greek state quality film awards (1998-2008) Season Best Movie Second Best Movie Third Best Movie Sources2008Without Slaves in Their Bonds Well Kept Secrets: Athanasia 2007El GrecoUranyaDiorthosi 2006EduartThe Guardian's SonPandora 2005Chariton's ChoirThe WakeOmiros 2004BridesRakushka Testosterone 2003A Touch of SpiceSto HaniMatia Apo Nyhta 2002Think It OverHard Goodbyes: My Father The King 2001The Only Journey of His Life The Seventh Sun of LoveTo Tama 2000In Good CompanyEdge of NightEfimeri Poli 1999Peppermint The Canary Yellow BicycleThe Four Seasons of The Law 1998Eternity and a DayFrom the Edge of the CityBlack Out
Greek state film awards (1992-1997) Season Best Movie Sources1997Hamenes Nyhtes, Mirupafshim 1996I Sfagi tou Kokkora, Apontes 1995O Tsalapetinos Tou Wyoming1994End of an Era1993Lefteris Dimakopoulos, From the Snow1992Byron, balanta gia enan daimonismeno
Best director Season Best Director Sources2008Adonis Lykouresis for Slaves in Their Bonds 2007 Giannis Smaragdis for El Greco2006Angeliki Antoniou for Eduart 2005 Constantine Giannaris for Omiros2004 Foteini Siskopoulou for Rakushka2003Tasos Boulmetis for A Touch of Spice 2002Katerina Evaggelakou for Think It OverNikos Nikolaidis for The Loser Takes It All 2001Vangelis Serntaris for The Seventh Sun of Love 2000Nikos Zappatinas for In Good Company 1999 Dimos Avdeliodis for The Four Seasons of The Law1998 Theodoros Angelopoulos for Eternity and a Day1997 Angeliki Antoniou for Hamenes Nyhtes1996Andreas Pantzis for I Sfagi tou KokkoraNikos Grammatikos for Apontes 1995Christos Siopahas for To ftero tis mygas 1994Panagiotis Karkanevatos for Metaichmio 1993Kostas Aristopoulos for Enastros Tholos 1992Stavros Tsiolis and Christos Vakalopoulos for Please Women Don`t Cry
Best screenplay Season Best Screenplay Sources2008Ioannis Maroudas, Adonis Lykouresis and Maria Vardaka for Slaves in Their Bonds 2007Thanos Anastopoulos and Vasilis Raisis for DiorthosiKostas Kappakas for Uranya 2006Angeliki Antoniou for Eduart 2005 Makis Papadimitratos for Tsiou2004 Foteini Siskopoulou for Rakushka2003Tasos Boulmetis for A Touch of Spice 2002 Katerina Evaggelakou for Think It Over2001 Vangelis Serntaris for The Seventh Sun of Love 2000 Nikos Zappatinas for In Good Company 1999 Kostas Kappakas for Peppermint1998Theodoros Angelopoulos for Eternity and a Day 1997Angeliki Antoniou and Kritona Kalaintzidi for Hamenes Nyhtes 1996Nikos Grammatikos and Nikos Panagiotopoulos for Apontes 1995Foteini Siskopoulou and Prodromos Savvidis for I zoi enamisi hiliarikoVasiliki Iliopoulou for Me mia kravgi 1994 Antonis Kokkinos and Alexandros Kakkavas for End of an Era Roula Georgakopoulou and Katerina Evaggelakou for Iagouaros 1993 Sotiris Goritsas for From the Snow1992Stavros Tsiolis and Christos Vakalopoulos for Please Women Don`t Cry
Best actor Season Best Actor Sources2008 Giannis Fertis for Slaves in Their Bonds 2007 Giorgos Symeonidis for Diorthosi2006 Vasilis Charalampopoulos for Pente lepta akoma 2005 Vangelis Mourikis for The Wake2004Dimitris Liakopoulos for Testosterone 2003Marios Ioannou for Kalabush 2002Vangelis Mourikis for The King 2001George Corraface for To Tama 2000Nikos Kalogeropoulos for In Good Company 1999 Dimitris Alexandris for The Canary Yellow Bicycle1998Giorgos Armenis for It's a Long Road 1997Lazaros Andreou for Ta hrysa mila ton esperidon 1996George Corraface for I sfagi tou kokkora 1995 Dimitris Alexandris for Me mia kravgi 1994 Stavros Zalmas for To Harama1993 Akis Sakellariou for I epohi ton dolofonon1992 Manos Vakousis for Byron, balanta gia enan daimonismeno
Best actress Season Best Actress Sources2008 Evi Saoulidou for Without 2007 Loukia Michalopoulou for Walsh Sentimentale2006 Theodora Tzimou for Pandora 2005 Rania Oikonomidou for Galazio Forema2004Victoria Haralampidou for Brides2003 Vangelio Andreadaki for Matia apo nyhta2002Mania Papadimitriou for Think It Over 2001 Maria Zormpa for Sose me2000Athena Maximou for Edge of Night 1999Any Loulou for Peppermint 1998Myrto Alikaki for Black Out 1997Eirini Inglesi for O kyrios me ta gkriJasmin Tabatabai for Hamenes Nyhtes 1996 Valeria Golino for I sfagi tou kokkora1995Dimitra Hatoupi for I zoi enamisi hiliariko1994Niki Vosniakou and Ivoni Maltezou for Iagouaros 1993Eva Kotamanidou for Zoi Harisameni 1992Tania Trypi for Kristallines Nyhtes
Best supporting actor Season Best Supporting Actor Sources2008 Christos Loulis for Slaves in Their Bonds 2007 Manolis Mavromatakis for Uranya2006 Christos Stergioglou for Ores koinis isihias 2005 Nikos Georgakis for Lioumpi2004 Vangelis Mourikis for Rakushka2003Alexandros Logothetis for Gamilia NarkiGiorgos Morogiannis for Sto Hani 2002 Minas Hatzisavvas for Lilly's Story2001 Spyros Stavrinidis for Aionios Foititis2000Ieroklis Michailidis for Backdoor 1999Tasos Palantzidis for Peppermint 1998Lazaros Georgakopoulos for Oi arithmimenoiDimitris Thermos for Ta kokkina akrogialia 1997 Giorgos Voltatzis for No Budget Story1996Nikos Georgakis, Vangelis Mourikis, Kostas Staridas, Aimilios Heilakis, Giorgos Evgenikos and Tasos Nousias for Apontes 1995Akis Sakellariou for I zoi enamisi hiliariko 1994 Christos Kalavrouzos for Metaichmio1993 Giorgos Velentzas for Zoi Harisameni1992Dimitris Poulikakos for Donousa
Best supporting actress Season Best Supporting Actress Sources2008 Dimitra Matsouka for Slaves in Their Bonds 2007 Meni Konstantinidou for Straight Story2006 Maria Nafpliotou for Psychi sto stoma 2005 Maria Zormpa for Glykia Mnimi2004Evi Saoulidou for Brides 2003Ekavi Ntouma for Matia Apo Nyhta 2002Ivoni Maltezou for Think It Over 2001 Themis Bazaka for Oi akrovates tou kipou2000 Zoi Nalmpanti for Edge of Night 1999Dimitra Hatoupi for Homa kai Nero 1998Eleni Gerasimidou for Eternity and a Day1997Rania Oikonomidou for O kyrios me ta gkri 1996Liona Kourtaki for Treis epohes 1995 Eva Karampatsou for Magemenoi1994Pengy Trikalioti for End of an Era 1993Betty Livanou for I epohi ton dolofonon 1992Vera Sotnikova for Byron, balanta gia enan daimonismeno
Best music Season Best Music Sources2008 Minos Matsas for Slaves in Their Bonds 2007 Panagiotis Kalantzopoulos for UranyaVangelis Papathanassiou for El Greco2006 Minos Matsas and Konstantinos Christidis for Eduart 2005 Nikos Papazoglou for I Nostalgos2004Stamatis Spanoudakis for Brides 2003Evanthia Remboutsika for A Touch of Spice 2002Nikos Mamangakis for Lilly's Story 2001 Giorgos Papadakis for The Only Journey of His Life2000 Stamatis Kraounakis for Edge of Night1999Panagiotis Kalantzopoulos for Peppermint 1998Eleni Karaindrou for Eternity and a Day 1997Giorgos Tsagkaris for Vasiliki 1996Kostas Zevgadelis for Prin to telos tou kosmou 1995Dimitris Papadimitriou for I zoi enamisi hiliariko 1994Vangelis Katsoulis for Esti oun Tragodia and Nikos Kypourgos for Metaichmio 1993Dimitris Papadimitriou for Zoi Harisameni 1992Nikos Kypourgos for Pethameno Liker
Best cinematography Season Best cinematography Sources2008 Ilias Konstantakopoulos for Without 2007 Aris Stavrou and Nikos Smaragdis for El Greco 2006 Aris Stavrou for Dying in Athens2005 Andreas Siganos for Galazio Forema 2004 Giorgos Arvanitis for Brides2003Takis Zervoulkis for A Touch of Spice 2002 Kostas Gkikas for The Loser Takes It All2001Giannis Daskalothanasis for The Only Journey of His Life 2000 Stamatis Giannoulis for Efimeri Poli1999 Aris Stavrou for O Vissinokipos1998Nikos Kavoukidis for Oi Fotografoi 1997Aris Stavrou for Avrio tha Xeroume 1996 Katerina Maragkoudaki for Prin to Telos tou Kosmou1995 Lefteris Pavlopoulos for oi Magemenoi1994Giorgos Argyroiliopoulos for O Kipos tou Theou 1993Stamatis Giannoulis for Lefteris Dimakopoulos 1992 Nikos Kavoukidis for Bayron
Best editing Season Best editing Sources2008 Giorgos Triantafyllou for Without 2007 Giannis Tsitsopoulos for El Greco 2006 Takis Giannelos for Eduart 2005Giannis Tsitsopoulos for Galazio Forema 2004Takis Giannopoulos for the Brides2003Giorgos Mavropsalidis for A Touch of Spice 2002 Alexis Pezas for Para Triha Para Ligo Para Ponto 2001Takis Koumoundouros for The Seventh Sun of Love 2000 Giorgos Triantafyllou for Efimeri Poli 1999 Takis Giannopoulos for Peppermint 1998 Takis Giannopoulos for Black Out 1997 Giorgos Triantafyllou for Ta Hrysa Mila ton Esperidon1996 Ioanna Spiliopoulou for Mi Mou Aptou 1995Panos Papakyriakopoulos for To Ftero Tis Mygas 1994 Ioanna Spiliopoulou for End of an Era 1993 Despoina Maroulakou for Enastros Tholos 1992 Takis Giannopoulos for Bayron
Best production design Season Best production design Sources2008Konstantinos Zamanis for Slaves in Their Bonds 2007 Damianos Zafeiris for El Greco 2006Ioulia Stavridou for Eduart 2005 Marie-Louise Bartholomew and Nikos Politis for The Zero Years and Sweet Memory 2004Dimitris Katsikis for Brides2003 Olga Leontiadou for A Touch of Spice 2002Aglaia Zoiopoulou for The King 2001 Giorgos Georgiou for The Only Journey of His Life 2000 Georgios Andritsogiannos for The Edge of Night 1999 Dionysis Fotopoulos for Vissinokipos 1998 Giorgos Ziakas and Kostas Dimitriadis for Eternity and a Day 1997 Flora Koutsoumani and Sofia Papahrystou for Ta Hrysa Mila ton Esperidon 1996 Agni Doutsi for Prin to Telos tou Kosmou 1995 Anastasia Arseni for Oi Ores 1994 Sofia Zoumperi for O Kipos tou theou 1993 Anastasia Arseni for Lefteris Dimakopoulos 1992 Constantine Forentensko for Bayron
Best costumes design Season Best costumes design Sources2008 Bianka Nikolareizi for Slaves in Their Bonds 2007 Eva Nathena for Uranya 2006 Ioulia Stavridou for Eduart 2005 Erika Evaggelidou for Galazio Forema2004Damianos Zareifis and Eva Nathena for Brides2003 Eva Nathena for Oi Theatrines 2002Miranta Theodoridou and Agni Doutsi for Alexandria 2001 Giorgos Georgiou for The Only Journey of His Life 2000Damianos Zareifis for In Good Company 1999 Dionysis Fotopoulos for O Vissinokipos 1998 Giorgos Patsas for Eternity and a Day 1997 Flora Koutsoumani and Sofia Papahrystou for Ta Hrysa Mila ton Esperidon 1996 Maro Seirli for Treis Epohes 1995 Anastasia Arseni for oi Ores 1994 Sofia Zoumperi for O Kipos tou Theou 1993 not given 1992 Giorgos Patsas for Krystalines Nyhtes
Best sound Season Best sound Sources2008 Ilias Bougioukos for Slaves in Their Bonds 2007 Marinos Athanasopoulos for El Greco 2006Nikos Papadimitriou for Eduart 2005 Marinos Athanasopoulos for Chariton's Choir 2004 Nikos Papadimitriou and Thymios Koliokousis for Brides2003 Dimitris Athanasopoulos for A Touch of Spice 2002 Antonis Samaras for The King 2001Nikos Papadimitriou for The Only Journey of His Life 2000 Marinos Athanasopoulos for Edge of Night 1999Marinos Athanasopoulos for Peppermint 1998 Marinos Athanasopoulos for Black Out 1997Dimitris Athanasopoulos for Avrio Tha Xeroume 1996 Nikos Papadimitriou for Pros tin Eleftheria 1995Marinos Athanasopoulos for O Tsalapetinos tou Wyomine 1994 Nikos Papadimitriou for End of an Era 1993 Dimitris Galanopoulos for Aspro kokkino 1992 Thanasis Arvanitis for Bayron
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