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Kokkinos Receives Best Screenplay Award

A Greek Australian director, Anna Konkkinos, has just returned from Spain’s San Sebastian Film Festival, where her new film, “Blessed”, won  the prize for best screenplay. At the end of the screening, the audience emerged from the auditorium and formed a ”guard of honour” for her, actress Miranda Otto and producer Al Clark.

The Melbourne filmmaker describes it as one of the most moving moments of her life.

Her emotional film about the universal and primal relationship between mothers and children is also striking a deeply resonant chord with audiences. It is not uncommon to see viewers sobbing when the film ends, audiences staying until the end credits have unreeled.

Kokkinos was born in Melbourne, the daughter of Greek migrants who arrived in Australia four years earlier. Prior to her career in film, she worked as an industrial lawyer. In 1991 she was accepted into the Victorian College of the Arts’ graduate film and television programme.

The Greek-American came to filmmaking relatively late. Now 51, her impressive body of work includes the 50-minute drama Only The Brave and the features Head On and The Book of Revelation.

(With information from The Age & Wikipedia)

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