Patty Is Such a Girly Name
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| Greek | Πολύ κοριτσίστικο όνομα το Πάττυ |
| Directed by | Giorgos Georgopoulos |
| Written by | Giorgos Georgopoulos |
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| Music by | Marilena Orfanou; Stavros Mitropoulos |
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| Country | Greece |
| Language | Greek |
Patty Is Such a Girly Name (Greek: Πολύ κοριτσίστικο όνομα το Πάττυ, Poly koritsistiko onoma to Patty) is a 2025 Greek coming-of-age drama written and directed by Giorgos Georgopoulos. It is his third narrative feature. The film stars Mort Klonaraki as Daphne "Patty" Patiri, a young judo athlete from a remote Greek island who moves to Athens to train for the Olympic Games, alongside Vangelis Mourikis as her coach Yuri.[1][2] Patty Is Such a Girly Name premiered at the 65th Thessaloniki International Film Festival in November 2025, where it won five awards, and swept the 2026 Iris Awards of the Hellenic Film Academy with seven wins, including Best Feature Film, Best Director and Best Screenplay.[3][4][5]
Plot
Daphne Patiri, an eighteen-year-old judo athlete from a remote Greek island, follows her sensei Yuri to Athens to pursue her Olympic dream. The film traces her transition from the freedom of adolescence into the harder realities of adult life, exploring her relationships with Yuri, her family, and the women she meets in the city, against a backdrop of an Athens rarely shown onscreen — industrial docks, gyms, and working-class neighbourhoods.[1][2]
Cast
- Mort Klonaraki as Daphne "Patty" Patiri
- Vangelis Mourikis as Yuri
- Filippa Kaye as Zoe
- Youla Boudali as Ioulia
- Melina Kotselou as Stella
- Tasos Nousias as Dmitri
- Antonis Kotzias as the Ikaria Sensei
- Maria Kallimani as Daphne's mother
- Frosini Koutsouti as Daphne's grandmother
Production
The film is the third narrative feature by Greek writer-director Giorgos Georgopoulos. It was produced by Stefanos Koutsardakis, Christos V. Konstantakopoulos and Fenia Kosovitsa, with Faliro House Productions and Bad Crowd as production companies.[6][7] The score was composed by Marilena Orfanou and Stavros Mitropoulos.[4]
Release and reception
Patty Is Such a Girly Name had its world premiere at the 65th Thessaloniki International Film Festival in November 2025, where it won five awards.[3] It received a theatrical release in Greece on 26 February 2026.[2][3]
In a review for Eye for Film, Edin Custo described the film as a coming-of-age drama that draws its title from the Icarus myth. Custo praised its "naturalistic palette and unfussy camerawork," which he wrote "reveal an Athens rarely shown onscreen: industrial docks, damp gyms, apartments shaded by cranes rather than olive trees. A city that refuses mythic postcard romance." Custo characterised the film as sincere in its attempt to be several kinds of film at once, and identified Georgopoulos's handling of the Athens setting as its strongest element.[1] Athinorama promoted the film as "perhaps the best Greek film of 2026" ahead of its theatrical release.[2]
Awards
Thessaloniki International Film Festival (2025)
The film received five awards at the 65th Thessaloniki International Film Festival.[3]
Iris Awards (2026)
At the 17th Iris Awards of the Hellenic Film Academy, Patty Is Such a Girly Name was the most decorated film of the ceremony, winning seven awards:[4][6][5]
- Best Feature Film — Stefanos Koutsardakis, Christos V. Konstantakopoulos, Fenia Kosovitsa
- Best Director — Giorgos Georgopoulos
- Best Screenplay — Giorgos Georgopoulos
- Best Supporting Actress — Youla Boudali (shared with Betty Arvaniti for Broken Vein)
- Best Editing
- Best Original Score — Marilena Orfanou, Stavros Mitropoulos
- Best Sound — Nikos Exarchos, Aris Louziotis, Kostas Varybopiotis
References
- 1 2 3 Custo, Edin (November 7, 2025). "Patty Is Such A Girly Name (2025) Movie Review". Eye for Film. Retrieved July 21, 2026.
- 1 2 3 4 "Η (μάλλον) καλύτερη ελληνική ταινία του 2026 και όσα πρέπει να γνωρίζεις γι' αυτήν" [Perhaps the best Greek film of 2026 and everything you need to know about it]. Athinorama (in Greek). February 24, 2026. Retrieved July 21, 2026.
- 1 2 3 4 "Πολύ Κοριτσίστικο Όνομα το Πάττυ — Μια ιστορία ενηλικίωσης στο τατάμι του τζούντο" [Patty Is Such a Girly Name — A coming-of-age story on the judo tatami]. Athens24 (in Greek). February 25, 2026. Retrieved July 21, 2026.
- 1 2 3 "Βραβεία Ίρις 2026: Η «Πάττυ» έκανε την έκπληξη" [Iris Awards 2026: 'Patty' was the surprise]. Documento (in Greek). June 18, 2026. Retrieved July 21, 2026.
- 1 2 Kouluvaris, Giorgos S. (June 19, 2026). "Βραβεία Ίρις 2026: Η «Πάττυ» πρώτευσε στα «ελληνικά Όσκαρ»" [Iris Awards 2026: 'Patty' takes top honours at the 'Greek Oscars']. Naftemporiki (in Greek). Retrieved July 21, 2026.
- 1 2 "Η ταινία του Γ. Γεωργόπουλου «Πολύ Κοριτσίστικο Όνομα το Πάττυ» μεγάλη νικήτρια των βραβείων Ίρις 2026" [Georgopoulos's 'Patty Is Such a Girly Name' the big winner of the Iris Awards 2026]. Times News (in Greek). June 19, 2026. Retrieved July 21, 2026.
- ↑ "Patty Is Such A Girly Name". Crew United. Retrieved July 21, 2026.