An international award has been established to honor filmmaker Theodoros Angelopoulos who recently died in tragic circumstances in Greece.

The award was established by Ministry of Culture of the country in cooperation with the Thessaloniki International Film Festival where it will be given handed over annually in November.

Angelopoulos died late on Tuesday in a car accident while shooting his latest “The Other Sea” film in Athens.

The funeral of Angelopoulos will be held in the main graveyard of Athens on January 27, gazeta.ru reports.