The 4th Hellenic Film Academy award ceremony took place at the Onassis Cultural Centre, on April 2, with Ektoras Lygizos and Menelaos Karamagiolis for Boy Eating the Bird's Food [VIDEO] and J.A.C.E. [VIDEO], respectively as this year’s big winners.

Lygizos’ Boy Eating the Bird's Food bagged the awards for best film, best newcomer director and best actor.

Karamagiolis’ J.A.C.E. won the awards for best supporting actor and actress, costumes design, make-up, stage design and best editing jointly with What If [VIDEO]. Thanos Anastopoulos’ The Daughter also won three awards, for best director, script and photography.

Veteran actress Zoe Laskari was presented with the Academy’s honorary life-achievements award, while Georges Corraface was given the Nova Award in honour of members of the Greek Diaspora excelling in the cinema industry. Meanwhile, the HFA decided to recommend the film Boy Eating the Bird's Food as the official Greek entry in the Foreign Language Film category for the Oscar Awards next year.