LAGFF, Los Angeles Greek Film Festival (USA, 3-7 June 2015). Best Documentary Film Orpheus Award.

AGORΑ by Yorgos Avgeropoulos received the Best Documentary award at the 9th Los Angeles Greek Film Festival! The Orpheus Awards Ceremony took place on Sunday night June 7th at the fully packed Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood.

At the ceremony, director Yorgos Avgeropoulos sent his warmest greetings from Athens with a brief but significant speech: “I would like to thank you and the organizers of Los Angeles Greek Film Festival for the hospitality of the film and their warm hearts. I hope AGORA contributes in a deeper understanding of Greece and Europe’s financial and social crisis. I think time has come to ask ourselves: What is the biggest achievement of Europe? Is it Market’s Economy? Or Democracy? I believe the biggest achievement of Europe is Democracy and we now have to defend it, day by day.”

This year’s festival Jury were Gary Mairs, Associate Dean of the School of Film/Video at CalArts, Anastas Michos, ASC, Director of Photography, John Sideropoulos, Founder of 3 Ring Circus and Mark Roybal, Executive Vice President of Production at 20th Century Fox.