The Iris Awards of the Hellenic Film Academy are 14 years old this year and continue to consistently highlight contemporary Greek cinema and its creators.

In this year’s race of nominations, which were announced today, the film by Asimina Proedros “Behind the Curtains” is leading, which is nominated in 16 categories, followed by “Dodo” by Panos Koutras and “Broadway” by Christos Massalas with 15 nominations.

The members of the Academy selected the nominees from among the 92 long, medium and short films that were submitted and represent the Greek film production of the past year.

The second phase of the voting that will highlight the winners will be held from June 22 to 25.

This year’s award ceremony will take place on Tuesday, June 27 at the Onassis Foundation Building, with actresses Natasha Exintaveloni and Lila Baklesis as presenters.

The nominations in detail:

Directing Award

1. From the movie Behind the Curtains: President’s Silverware

2. From the film Ghosts of the Revolution: Thanos Anastopoulos

3. From the movie Black Stone: Spyros Iakovides

4. From the movie Broadway: Christos Massalas

5. From the movie Dodo: Panos X. Koutras

Best Actor Award

1. From the film Where We Live: Prometheus Aliferopoulos

2. From the film Behind the Curtains: Stathis Stamoulakatos

3. From the movie Black Stone: Giorgos Katsis

4. From the movie Broadway: Phoebus Papadopoulos

5. From the movie Dodo: Akis Sakellariou

First Female Role Award

1. From the film Behind the Curtains: Lena Ouzounidou

2. From the film Behind the Curtains: Eugenia Lavda

3. From the movie Black Stone: Eleni Kokkidou

4. From the Broadway movie: Elsa Lekakou

5. From the movie Dodo: Emerald Coconut

Second Actor Award

1. From the movie Listen to me: Giorgos Pyrpasopoulos

2. From the film Where We Live: Stelios Mainas

3. From the film Behind the Curtains: Christos Kontogeorgis

4. From the Broadway movie: Christos Politis

5. From the movie Dodo: Angelos Papadimitriou

Second Female Role Award

six (6) nominations due to a tie

1. From the film With Dignity: Vagelio Andreadakis

2. From the film Where We Live: Maria Kallimani

3. From the movie Silence 6-9: Marissa Triantafyllidou

4. From the film Behind the Shades: Dina Michailidou

5. From the film Ghosts of the Revolution: Theodora Tzimou

6. From the movie Dodo: Marissa Triantafyllidou

Fiction Feature Film Award (Best Film)

1. From the film Behind the Curtains: Ioanna Bolomytis, Markus Halberschmidt, Vladimir Anastasov, Angela Nestorovska

2. From the movie Ghosts of the Revolution: Stella Theodoraki, Nicoletta Romeo, Thanos Anastopoulos, Roberto Romeo

3. From the movie Black Stone: Maria Kontogianni

4. From the Broadway movie: Amanda Livanou, Bertrand Gore, Cristian Nicolescu, Christos Massalas

5. From the movie Dodo: Eleni Kossyfidou, Panos X. Koutras

Special and Visual Effects Award

1. From the film Behind the Curtains: Antonis Kotzias

2. From the Broadway movie: Solon Giannoutsos, Antonis Kotzias, Vaso Ladia, Aspa Papageorgiou, Grigoris Kanellopoulos, Iasonas Meidanis, Kostis Ktistakis, Angeliki Galeridis, Eva Hadzi

3. From the movie Dodo: Thomas Duval, Fabien Guiliani, Antonis Kotzias

Makeup, Hair and Special Effects Design Award

1. From the movie Silence 6-9: Sissy Petropoulou

2. From the film Behind the Curtains: Gifts of Nazoo

3. From the film Ghosts of the Revolution: Evi Zafiropoulou, Giulio Zecchini

4. From the Broadway movie: Ioanna Lygizou, Chronis Tzimos, Chara Vasiliadis

5. From the movie Dodo: Ioanna Lygizou, Chronis Tzimos

Audio Award

1. From the movie Silence 6-9: Kostas Varybopiotis, Nikos Exarchos, Persephone Miliou

2. From the movie Behind the Curtains: Nikos Papadimitriou, Elektra Venaki, Persephone Miliou, Costas Varybopiotis

3. From the film Ghosts of the Revolution: Francesco Morosini, Panagiotis Papagiannopoulos, Stefanos Efthymiou, Christos Giannakopoulos, Costas Varybopiotis

4. From the movie Broadway: Dimitris Kanellopoulos, Valia Tserou, Vincent Verdoux

5. From the movie Dodo: Fabrice Osinski, Stefanos Efthymiou, Quentin Collette, Philippe Charbonnel

Costume Design Award

1. From the film Behind the Curtains: Kiki Miliou

2. From the movie The City and the City: Marli Aliferi, Vasilia Rozana

3. From the film Ghosts of the Revolution: Mayou Trikeriotis

4. From the Broadway movie: Marli Aliferi

5. From the movie Dodo: Eva Goulakou

Scenography Award

1. From the movie Silence 6-9: Marton Agh, Maria Eva Mavridou

2. From the film Behind the Curtains: Edouardos Georgiou

3. From the movie Ghosts of the Revolution: Dimitris Vergos

4. From the movie Broadway: Anna Georgiadou

5. From the movie Dodo: Eleni Vardava

Original Music Award

1. From the movie Bastarda: Mikes Bilis, Mazoha (Tzimis Polioudis)

2. From the movie Behind the Curtains: Marios Strofalis

3. From the film Ghosts of the Revolution: Grigoris Eleftheriou

4. From the movie Broadway: Gabriel Yared

5. From the movie Dodo: Delaney Blue aka George Betzounis

Editing Award

1. From the film Behind the Curtains: Electra Venaki

2. From the film Ghosts of the Revolution: Christos Giannakopoulos

3. From the movie Black Stone: Ioanna Pogiantzi

4. From the movie Broadway: Giorgos Lambrinos

5. From the movie Dodo: VincentTricon, Yiannis Chalkiadakis

Photography Award

1. From the movie Silence 6-9: Giorgos Karvelas

2. From the film Behind the Curtains: Simos Sarketzis

3. From the Broadway movie: Konstantinos Koukoulios

4. From the movie Burning Days: Christos Karamanis

5. From the movie Dodo: Olympia Mytileneou

Screenplay Award

1. From the movie Behind the Curtains: President’s Silverware

2. From the film Ghosts of the Revolution: Thanos Anastopoulos, Stefano Dongetti

3. From the movie Black Stone: Spyros Iakovides, Ziad Semaan

4. From the movie Broadway: Christos Massalas

5. From the movie Dodo: Panos X. Koutras

Debut Director Award

1. From the movie Silence 6-9: Christos Passalis

2. From the movie Bastard: Nikos Pastras

3. From the movie Behind the Curtains: President’s Silverware

4. From the movie Black Stone: Spyros Iakovides

5. From the movie Broadway: Christos Massalas

Short Academic Film Award

1. From the film August Nights: Alkisti Michalopoulou

2. From the movie Tsoulakia: Despina Mavridou

3. From the film Photosensitivity: Melina Loukanidou

4. From the movie Love you more than peanut butter: Ariadni Littou

5. From the movie Salted Lake: Alexander Soltz

Animation Short Award

1. From the movie A Night in the Cemetery: Stelios Polychronakis, Konstantinos Vassilaros

2. From the movie Pink Mountain: Thomas Künstler, Konstantinos Vasilaros

3. From the movie Cat Postale: Zacharias Mavroidis, Maria Kontogianni

Short Documentary Award

1. From the movie Rooms with a View: Nikolas Papadimitriou, Nicoleta Parashi

2. From the film Memory with a Tail: Dimitris Indares

3. From the film IODINE, Greece in the ruins of Messolongion: Orfeas Peretzis, Konstantinos Vassilaros, Niki Theodoridis

Short Fiction Film Award

1. From the movie 11:20: Dimitris Nakos, Thanos Anastopoulos

2. From the movie No Tomorrow: Amerissa Basta, Ioanna Sultani

3. From the movie Last Breath: Haris Raftogiannis

4. From the movie Airhostess-737: Thanasis Neofotistos, Dimitris Tsakaleas, Ioanna Bolomytis

5. From the movie Tokakis or What’s my Name: Thanos Tokakis, Marina Danezi, Tasos Koronakis

Greek Minority Co-Production Award

1. From the film Towards the North: Konstantinos Vasilaros

2. From the movie Burning Days: Giorgos Tsourgiannis

3. From the movie Kerr: Nikos Moustakas, Nancy Kokolaki

Documentary Award

1. From the film Farewell, Memory of the Place: Vangelis Fabas, Stavros Psyllakis

2. From the movie The Weddings of Tilos: Romanna Lobach, Panagiotis Evaggelidis

3. From the movie The City and the City: Maria Drandaki, Christos Passalis, Syllas Tzoumerkas

4. From the movie Armwrestler: Fotini Oikonomopoulou, Vasiliki Patroupa, Sofia Dimopoulou, Giorgos Goussis

5. From the movie The Other Half: Giorgos Moutafis