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Before reaching the Oscars, "Dogtooth" took part in, and received awards from, many international festivals. It took the first prize in the selection Un Certain Regard at Cannes Film Festival in 2009, it participated at festivals in Toronto, Berlin, Los Angeles. "Dogtooth" is the fourth Greek film nominated for the prestigious award of the American Film Academy after "Elektra" (1963), "Ifigeniya" (1977) by Michalis Kakoyiannis, "Red Lanterns" (1964) and "Dust Turns Red" (1966) by Vassilis Georgiadis. Jill Dasen's "Never on Sunday" with the participation of the legendary star of the Greek cinema, Melina Mercouri, was an Oscar nomination in five categories, but not in the best film category.

If we continue to track the Greek presence in Hollywood we will see that five Greeks have won the coveted prize so far: Katina Paksinou received Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in the film "For Whom the Bell Tolls" in 1943, Vassilis Fotopoulos took the statuette for Art Ddirector and Scenography for the film "Zorba" in 1965, Manos Hadzidakis was awarded for his music to the film "Never on Sunday" in 1961 and Kostas Gavras was awarded for the screenplay of the film "The Missing" in 1982.