Original educational activities for children and the entire family  

(Edipsos & Agia Anna, 20-24 Ιουνίου)

 

Featuring a rich program of activities destined to parents and children, Thessaloniki Film Festival returns to Northern Evia, hosting the 2nd Evia Film Project (20-24 June, 2023). Focusing on the relation between mankind and the environment, the Festival invites children aged from 5 to 12 years old to a series of original and innovative educational activities. Join us in crafting handmade, ecological toys and games, exploring the depths of cinema narrative, and directing our own photo-story, in the company of a panda!

Admission and participation to all activities is free, on a first-come-first-served basis.

Evia Film Project, Thessaloniki Film Festival’s green initiative, was launched last year aiming to offer support to Northern Evia following the devastating 2021 wildfires. Within the framework of its first edition, more than 350 film industry professionals, directors, producers, actors, technicians and journalists from around the globe attended the 5-day event, discovered Evia’s beauties and were given an awareness insight into the full spectrum of sustainability (environmental footprint, recycling etc) and were informed on the optimal practices gaining ground concerning green cinema.

 

Let’s take a glance at the educational activities of the 2nd Evia Film Project:

 

Their Life Comes in Full Circles: To Reuse – To Create – To Auction… All for a good reason!

Tuesday June 20th - 18.00 – Kyma (Edipsos)

An alternative auction will take place at Kyma: an eco-school, the 1st Kindergarten of Loutra. Edipsou, in collaboration with the parents, will create board games using nothing but waste materials, sharing their ideas in the framework of the 2nd Evia Film Project and promoting green practices in education. If you want to learn the hows and whats or you wish to acquire a unique handmade and ecological game, come and claim it in the most unique auction of toys!

 

3,2,1 and Cue… Nature, Please! (Part 1)

Wednesday June 21st - 17:00 – Kanatakia (Agia Anna beach)

Unique, innovative, and fun cinematic surprises await us at the educational workshop for children aged 7–12, to be held on 21 and 23 June 2023 at Agia Anna, as part of the 2nd Evia Film Project. Get ready to open the cine-suitcase of the Thessaloniki Film Festival and reveal the secrets hiding inside. What happens when pictures pass rapidly in front of our eyes? Who discovered the first cinematic inventions? And above all… How can we create moving pictures with simple and environmentally-friendly materials? How much natural beauty can fit into a film frame? We discover all this and much more with cinematic devices old and new! 

 

Α Panda in Edipsos

Thursday June 22nd- 18:30 - Youth Municipal Library of Istiaia-Edipsos 

Let’s walk around, solve puzzles, and play with a panda. We are discovering the secret thread that connects animals, forests, water, and climate. We are directing our own photo story! An activity for children aged 5-12, curated and organized by Eleni Svoronou, WWF Greece. Children should be accompanied by an adult. 

 

 

3,2,1 and Cue… Nature, please! (Part 2) 

Friday June 23rd - 17:00 – Kanatakia (Agia Anna beach)

Unique, innovative, and fun cinematic surprises await us at the educational workshop for children aged 7–12, to be held on 21 and 23 June 2023 at Agia Anna, as part of the 2nd Evia Film Project. After discovery comes production! Camera in hand, we’ll explore the natural beauties of our land, write our own script, experiment with the language of cinema, and create our own wonderful cinematic stories! Our source of inspiration? Nature, of course!