The 3rd Evia Film Project yet for another year brings along the most up-to-date VR technologies in Northern Evia. Focusing on mankind and its relation to the environment, three XR films and an original installation will be showcased within the framework of the Immersive: All Around Cinema section of the festival, offering the audience a breathtaking viewing experience. The films of the XR selection will be screened in a specially configured venue at KYMA (Edipsos), from Tuesday July 2nd to Saturday July 6th, with daily working hours from 12pm to 3pm and 5pm to 9pm.
The movies screened portray diverse aspects of an extended reality, transcending film genres and immersing the viewer to the environment of each creation.
21-22 CHINA
Thierry Loa, Canada, 2022, 24΄
We live in the Anthropocene epoch, marked by the human impact on the planet. Entirely filmed from the Earth to the sky in virtual reality, this work takes us on an immersive meditative journey for a rare and profound look inside China: a land where rapid urbanization, major industrial development, and massive changes are transforming its landscapes.
The Wild Immersion is the first virtual nature reserve of global biodiversity, supported by Jane Goodall Institute. Dive into the ocean and contemplate a colorful school of tropical fish, peaceful sea turtles, intimidating sharks and various whales. A sight to behold but also a habitat threatened with extinction.
MYRIAD. Where we connect
Christian Zipfel, Michael Grotenhoff, Germany, 2021, 12΄
Using an ultralight aircraft, humans guide the Bald Ibises over the Alps, encouraging them to readopt historical migration patterns. The viewer follows the birds on this gripping and emotional journey, learning about the special characteristics and migration routes of the animals, the factors impacting their flight, and the challenges they have to overcome on the way.
XR installation
Ed n’ Ocean
Thibault Joyeux & Julien Kadouri, France, 2022
A unique experience of augmented reality (AR) that studies the issue of sea pollution under the guidance of a group of weird robots. Posters will be placed in Edipsos, encouraging the audience to scan them through a smartphone or a tablet equipped with an AR app. The creations are brought into life, transferring the viewers into a world of animation and bringing them face to face with the problems triggered by sea pollution.
On Saturday 6th, July, filmmaker and animator Fokion Xenos offered a presentation on the mixed-media techniques and the combination of analog and digital registers in the world of animation in Agia Anna. Delving into his multi awarded graduation short, titled Heatwave, the creator talked about the...
Beloved musician and singer Kostis Maraveyas returned to Evia Film Project for a masterclass on music for the screen, explaining the terms in which cinema can give a helping hand to the narrative and visual world, while he also spoke about the musical score he wrote for the hit TV series Milky Way by...
Pantelis Panteloglou, the artistic director of Olympia International Film Festival for Children and Young People and president of the European Children's Film Association delivered a masterclass on Friday, July 5th in Agia Anna, attempting to set off on a journey through cinema from the early 20th...
On Saturday 6th, July the 3rd Evia Film Project called it a wrap, the green initiative of the Thessaloniki Film Festival. The five-day celebration of green cinema included, among other things, film screenings, open discussions, activities for film professionals from all over the world and guided...
Katerina Bei, beloved screenwriter of great cinematic hits such as The Murderess, Eftyhia, as well as TV hits such as Remember When, etc., delivered a masterclass in Agia Anna concerning the question of how easy it is to put your thoughts on paper and how realistic it is to believe that’s enough....
Emin Alper, one of the most significant Turkish filmmakers of our time, visited Northern Evia for the screening of his film Burning Days, which won the Fischer Audience Award for a film in the “Balkan Survey” section of the 63rd Thessaloniki International Film Festival.
Let’s get a taste of all the events and activities that took place on Friday 5th, July, the fourth day of the 3rd Evia Film Project, in Edipsos, Agia Anna and Limni.
On Thursday 4th, July, the films Underwonder, produced by Cosmote TV and directed by Kostas Karydas, the short film Nothing Holier than a Dolphin by Isabella Margara, were screened at Elimnion, in Limni, in the presence of the films’ directors, as well as The Weight of Water by Kathryn Bigelow.
On the occasion of the Μixed Ρeality (MR) project Paradise Lost, currently in the development stage, the interdisciplinary artist Yolanda Markopoulou delivered a masterclass, within the framework of a specialized workshop, specifically designed for the students of the Department of Digital Arts...
Let’s get a taste of all the events and activities that took place on Thursday 4th, July, the third day of the 3rd Evia Film Project, in Edipsos, Agia Anna and Limni.
Let’s get a taste of all the events and activities that took place on Wednesday 3rd, July, the second day of the 3rd Evia Film Project, featuring a masterclass, an awareness-raising action, film screenings, a Q&A, the kick-off of the XR screenings, and the Podcast Bench.
On Wednesday evening the screening of the Alexandros Voulgaris’ film, Winona, at Cine Apollon, in Edipsos, in the presence of the film’s director and lead actress, Sofia Kokkali. Just before, the screening of the short film Konstantinos Antonopoulos’ Postcard from the End of the World had taken...
At “Melina Mercouri” Cultural Hall, in Loutra Edipsou, the Greek Film Centre organized a raising awareness action for environmentally sustainable filming. The speakers of the event were Stavroula Geronimaki (GFC, Hellenic Film Commission), Linnea Merzagora (Green Film) and Dimitra Tenta...
The multi-awarded 17-year-old director, screenwriter, actor, musician, choreographer, while still a high-school student Pablo Soto González and Manolis Melissourgos, artistic director of Camera Zizanio of the Olympia International Film Festival for Children and Young People talked to students on...
With beloved actor Fanis Mouratidis as the host, the opening ceremony of the 3rd Evia Film Project, Thessaloniki International Film Festival’s green initiative, took place on Tuesday 2nd, July at "Apollon” open-air movie theater of Edipsos. The audience was welcomed by the Festival’s General...
The 4th Evia Film Project is hosting an exciting all-day discussion that explores the cinematic universe of Greek summer, along with a series of masterclasses delivered by renowned creators and film industry professionals.
The 4th Evia Film Project, the green initiative of the Thessaloniki Film Festival, is getting ready for its summer meetup with the audience. Dedicated to the notion of Greek summer, this year’s EFP invites the audience to a series of screenings, masterclasses, actions addressed to film industry...
A selection of Greek and international films, classics and latest releases, fiction films and documentaries, urge us to rediscover Greek summer in the screenings held in the open-air cinemas Apollon in Edipsos and Elymnion in Limni, as well as in the Fishing Shelter in Agia Anna. Moreover, the...
The Evia Film Project has scheduled a series of special music events in Edipsos and Limni on Saturday June 21st, whereas the festival will call it a wrap with the screening of the box-office smash hit Stelios by Yorgos Tsemberopoulos, which renders homage to the legendary Greek singer Stelios...
Through meetings with acclaimed industry professionals in the unique landscape of Northern Evia, an insightful excursion to nature, led by WWF Greece and a wellbeing workshop and activities, the Agora of the 4th Evia Film Project, the Thessaloniki Film Festival’s green initiative, adopts a...
Film director and animator Fokion Xenos, drawing inspiration from the 4th Evia Film Project’s thematic core, has created a series of summer images for the visual identity of this year’s edition, making a nod to the time-honored trademark old school tourist posters.
The 4th Evia Film Project, Thessaloniki Film Festival’s green initiative, is landing on Agia Anna, Edipsos and Limni, from June 17th to June 21st, 2025, with the notion of Greek summer at its thematic core. A selection of Greek and international films, classics and latest releases, fiction films...
