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Angelopoulos has continued the tradition of important directors of the recent past: Michael Kakoyannis (two Oscars for Zorba the Greek in 1964), Alexis Damianos (Best Direction Award for To the ship in 1967). Some of the directors who belong to the New Greek Cinema, which emerged during the military dictatorship (1967-1974), are: Kostas Ferris (Silver Bear Award at the Berlin Festival for Rembetiko in 1984), Tonia Marketaki (First Award at the Festival in Bastia, Corsica for The Price of Love 1984) and Nikos Panayotopoulos (awards for The Idlers of the Fertile Valley, in 1978). In recent years a new cinematic style of fast-paced, wittily scripted films that address contemporary issues has emerged. Among the directors of this kind to be mentioned are N. Perakis, P. Hoursoglou, S. Goritsas, A. Kokkinos, O. Malea,
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