These are the Iris Awards 2024 on the Onassis Stegi Main Stage

Taking home seven awards, including Best Feature Film, Best Film Director, and Best Screenplay, as well as Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress for Dimitra Vlagopoulou and Flomaria Papadakis, Sophia Exarchou's "Animal" was the evening's big winner.

Next came Eva Nathena's "Murderess," which received five awards (Best Costume and Best Production Design, Eva Nathena; Best Cinematography, Panagiotis Vasilakis; Best Original Music Score, Dimitris Papadimitriou; and Best Make-up and Hair, Evi Zafiropoulou and Chronis Tzimos); and Vasilis Katsoupis' "Inside," which won three awards, including Best Actor for Willem Dafoe. Both Dafoe and renowned film producer and former president of the Hellenic Film Centre Giorgos Papalios, who received the honorary award for his contributions to Greek cinema, were warmly applauded.

Onassis AiR fellow Aristotelis Maragkos, who had previously received the Onassis Film Award 2023 (AIFF), won the Best Short Animation award for his film "Kafka's Collection of Porn," demonstrating Onassis Culture's willingness to invest in new talent that contributes to the growth and appeal of Greek cinema.

After the success of his hit musical "Matchbox" on the Onassis Stegi Main Stage, Yannis Narros returned to host the glamorous 2024 Iris Awards ceremony, which was directed by Asimina Proedrou.

The 2024 Iris Awards are:

Best Special Effects
Antonis Kotzias and Martin Jurado for “Inside”

Best Makeup and Hair
Evi Zafiropoulou and Chronis Tzimos for “Murderess”

Best Sound
Odo Grötschnig, Sebastian Watzinger, Thomas Pötz Kava, Rudolf Gottsberger, Christos Gousios, Valia Tserou, and Kostas Varimpopiotis for “Animal”

Best Costume Design
Eva Nathena

Best Production Design
Eva Nathena

Best Film Editing
Nikos Vavouris and Dragos Apetri for “Animal”

Best Original Music Score
Dimitris Papadimitriou for “Murderess”

Best Cinematography
Panagiotis Vasilakis or “Murderess”

Best Supporting Actress
Flomaria Papadaki for “Animal”

Best Supporting Actor
Vasilis Kolovos for “Promotion”

Best Actor
Willem Dafoe for “Inside”

Best Actress
Dimitra Vlagopoulou for “Animal”

Best Screenplay
Sofia Exarchou for “Animal”

Best Newcomer
Vasilis Katsoupis for “Inside”

Best Film Director
Sofia Exarchou for “Animal”

Best Short Student Film
Nikos Kolioukos for “The Chaos She Left Behind”

Best Short Animation
Aristotelis Maragkos for “Kafka's Collection of Porn”

Best Short Documentary
Neritan Zinxhiria and Efijeni Kokedhima for “Light of Light”

Best Greek Minority Co-Production
Konstantinos Kontovrakis for “How to Have Sex”

Best Documentary
Valerie Kontakos, Despina Pavlaki and Ed Barreveld for “Queen of the Deuce”

Best Feature Film
Maria Drandaki, Maria Kontogianni, Lukas Rinner, Laura Sterian, Stelios Kammitsis, Vicky Miha and Ivan Tonev for “Animal”