The 12th Film Olympiad Grand Prix is officially over!

We proudly present our medalists – in an extremely qualitative competition – that included two Oscar nominees (of this year!), a legendary Hollywood icon, actors, dancers, musicians, technical & artistic crew, writers and of course directors from dozens of countries.

📽️ In the packed with excited audience Elize Cinema, the Live Screening took place with the audience applauding the films.

The People’s Choice vote was almost identical to the Jury’s decision.

🥇🥇🇵🇸 Both the Best Film & People’s Choice Gold medals went to “The Present” by Farah Nabulsi (Palestine) – who will also receive the money prize of the 12th Film Olympiad Grand Prix. “The Present”, ended up receiving 4 Gold, 4 Silver & 2 Bronze medals, in a total of 12 nominations.

🥈🥉🇬🇷The Best Film Silver & People’s Choice Bronze medals went to “White Christmas 1948” by Antonios Vallindras (Greece). This is the first time a Greek film reaches the final, in a Film Olympiad Grand Prix. “White Christmas 1948”, ended up receiving 3 Gold, 2 Silver & 2 Bronze medals, in a total 10 nominations.

🥉🥈🇺🇲 Almost as close as it could get, the Best Film Bronze & People’s Choice Silver medals went to “North Star” by PJ Palmer (USA) – who also received the Best Director Gold medal 🥇. “North Star”, ended up receiving 5 Gold, 3 Silver & 2 Bronze medals in a record 15 nominations.

📽️Although not everyone can be mentioned in a post, we must definitely mention:

🇨🇭”Terra Matter” by Kantarama Gahigiri, receiving 3 Gold, 3 Silver and 2 medals.

🇭🇰”Every Step Counts” by Andreas Guzman, receiving 5 Gold medals.

🇬🇷”AirHostess-737″ by Thanasis Neofotistos, receiving 2 Gold, 3 Silver and 1 Bronze medal.

👏🌹🎉We congratulate all the films & filmmakers from their amazing creative results and hope to see more of their work, really soon.