Only a few days are left for the start of the first Epirus Film Festival which is very promising since the films that will be screened during its two days are a milestone in the world cinema history! The Festival is organized by the Region of Epirus on the occasion of the creation and operation of an Office for the Promotion, Reception and Service of Film Producers (FILM OFFICE), in the framework of the European project CIAK “Joint initiatives for the recognition and utilization of tourism potential – Common Initiatives to Acknowledge and valorize tourism potential of the program area through cinema », at the Museum of Silversmithing of the Piraeus Group Cultural Foundation – Acropolis Its Kale, in Ioannina on Friday 18, Saturday 19 and Sunday 20 September 2020. The Festival has the theme is the presentation of international co-producers who contributed to the international promotion of our country.
THE FESTIVAL SCHEDULE
FRIDAY 18 SEPTEMBER 2020
21:30 START OF THE FESTIVAL Presentation of the Festival by Mr. Antonis Kioukas, director, Artistic Director of the Ioannina Festival
Screening of The Trick of the Century El Robo del Siglo, 2020 | Col. | Duration: 114 ′, Argentine film, directed by Ariel Winograd with: Guillermo Frankela, Diego Peretti, Pablo Rago. Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7v6tbSKimo
SATURDAY 19 SEPTEMBER 2020
19:30 Presentation of the film by the protagonist Katia Goulioni
Movie screening
20:00 Screening of the film Happiness, Dramatic 2019 Col. | Duration: 123 ′, Greek film, directed by Angelos Frantzis with:
Katia Goulioni, Pygmaliona Dadakaridi, Karabeti Karyofyllia, Dina Michailidou Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=986_9-ki12w&t=1s
22: 00-22: 15 Q&A with the audience and the protagonist of the film
22:15 Screening of the film Travel to Greece, Presentation by Mrs. Venia Vergou (Director of FILM COMMISSION) of the story of the realization of this great international co-production
The Trip to Greece, 2020 | Col. | Duration: 103 ′, English film, directed by Michael Winterbottom with: Steve Coogan, Rob Brighton, Claire Keelan. Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8qdVQWH7r8
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 2020
11:00 Presentation of the Puglia Film Commission and the program for the production of short films
11: 30-13: 00 SHOWING SHORT FILMS OF THE FILM COMMISSION OF APOULIA
20:30 Presentation by Mr. Nikos Giannopoulos, executive producer of the film in Greece, of the history of this great international co-production
21:00 Screening of the film Le Grand Bleu – THE INFINITE BLUE, 1988 | Col. | Duration: 168 ′, French film, directed by Lic Besson with: Jean-Marc Barr, Jean Reno, Rosanna Arquette. Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=puM-blQLL44
23: 30-00: 00 Q&A with the public and Mr. Giannopoulos
The Festival is organized in the framework of the implementation of the European Cross-Border Cooperation Program INTERREG between Greece and Italy [Interreg V-A Greece – Italy] 2014-2020.
Publisher Information
A few words about the CIAK project
The European CIAK project will utilize the audiovisual creative sector to promote the respective cultural sector and utilize the natural resources of the participating Regions.
The general goal is to promote the utilization of the involved areas of Puglia and the Greek Regions by implementing initiatives related to the audiovisual sector such as the creation of Film Offices, the organization of film festivals and screenwriting workshops and the production of short films. This creates the opportunity for these areas to become more widely known and to highlight the attractiveness of the places, as well as their historical and natural beauty as catalysts for their tourist development.