The prize will be awarded to a film from the Greek program selection, holding its premiere at the Festival. Costopoulos Foundation Award in the context of the Thessaloniki Film Festival.

Costopoulos Foundation, on the occasion of its 40th anniversary, instituted in 2019 The J.F. Costopoulos Foundation to support the Society already in our second year of operation, constituting this grant our first social contribution”. Mantzounis mentioned in his short greeting “the serious and scientific work that is being done here led the J. Mantzounis, who received the honorary distinction awarded by the organisation in recognition of the Foundation’s long-standing contribution. Costopoulos Foundation was represented by the President of the Board of Trustees, Mr. the President of the Greek Republic, the Archbishop of Athens and All Greece, representatives of the State, charitable institutions and related organisations, and many distinguished friends who have recognised and supported its work over the years. The ceremony was honored by their presence H.E. On Wednesday, November 23, 2022, the Cerebral Palsy Greece/Open Door held an event on the occasion of the 50 th anniversary of its establishment. 29 November 2022 / Cerebral Palsy Greece/Open Door’s 50th anniversary celebration The Red Man’s face carries the features of the artist himself, as with all works from this series. The figure in the water on the right, known as Echo, was one of those that impressed Lappas, were isolated and remade as elements of the original installation but also as self-standing figures with several changes and additions. It forms part of a series of works derived from the large installation In Seurat’s Asnières of 1991, with direct influences from the 1884 painting Une baignade à Asnières by Georges Seurat. Costopoulos Foundation in 2002 as a counter-offering to the Foundation’s support. Red Man was donated by George Lappas to the J. Costopoulos Foundation embarked on a programme of providing works from its collection to museums and cultural institutions in the form of long-term loaning. The sculpture Red Man produced by Giorgos Lappas in 1988, placed to the left of the main entrance of the Conservatoire is on a permanent loan from the J. On Monday, December 12, the inauguration of the new premises of the Athens Conservatoire took place in the presence of the President of the Hellenic Republic.

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