Efthymis Filippou

The Athens offices of the European Commission on Monday posted a message on Twitter congratulating Greek director Yorgos Lanthimos for securing seven BAFTAS for his film "The Favourite."

The film dominated the ceremony, picking up awards including best British film, best production design, best supporting actress, best original screenplay and best costume design.

The Greek master of the weird Yorgos Lanthimos picked up the best screenplay award at the Cannes film festival Sunday for his icy thriller The Killing of a Sacred Deer.
Despite dividing critics — and prompting its star Nicole Kidman to say she wouldn’t be taking her kids to watch it — the creepy tale inspired by Euripides’ Iphigenia impressed the Cannes jury.

Yorgos Lanthimos and Efthimis Filippou won their first distinction at the international film festival of Cannes, earning the Best Screenplay Award for the film "The Killing of a Sacred Deer" on Sunday.

They shared the prize at the 70th version of the festival in southern France with the writers of "You Were Never Really Here" by British director Lynne Ramsay.

Greek film director Yorgos Lanthimos (from left), actors Sunny Suljic, Colin Farrell, Nicole Kidman and producer Ed Guiney pose for photographers upon arrival at the screening of "The Killing of a Sacred Deer" at the 70th international Cannes film festival on Monday.

Critically acclaimed and award-winning Greek filmmaker Yorgos Lanthimos, of "Lobster" and "Dogtooth" fame, returns to one of the most prestigious film festivals in the world to launch his latest project.