REGION OF WESTERN GREECE

The opportunity to enjoy the produced film material of the cross-border cooperation program Interreg VA Greece-Italy 2014 ⁄ 2020 CIAK "Joint initiatives for the recognition and exploitation of the potential of tourism through cinema" have the first viewers of the Olympia Festival, which this year is organized digitally, as harmonized with the framework of measures to limit the spread of COVID-19. The screenings, which started on November 28, will last until December 5.

As part of the project, the Puglia Film Commission produced 10 short films. The action involved young directors from Puglia and Greece, who were invited to create short fiction films, based on the common life of Greece and Italy. The end result emerged on the basis of great teamwork, inspired by passion and dedication, within the broader context of cross-border and intercultural cooperation.

The films that will be screened on the website of this year's festival online.olympiafestival.gr/, are the following:

TITLE                                      DIRECTOR (REGION)

COME A MICONO            ALESSANDRO PORZIO(PUGLIA)

WAVESLAND                   FRANSCESCO LORUSSO(PUGLIA)

THE PERFORMANCE      ANTONIS KITSIKIS (IONIAN ISLANDS)

LOTUS                              MARIA PAPPA (IONIAN ISLANDS)

ALLIMONO                       IAKOVOS PANAGOPOULOS (IONIAN ISLANDS)

LI PARADISI                     MANUEL MARINI(PUGLIA)

LINGUA MADRE              GIUSEPPE OMARA SCHIMERA(PUGLIA)

ANGELO                          ANDREAS ANNINOS (SOUTH GREECE)

THE RETURN                   NEFELI RAPTI (EPIRUS)

It is noted that in the Region of Western Greece, a total of three local festivals will be held, through an online platform, one in each of the three regional units (Achaia, Ilia, Etoloakarnania).

Project Partners:

The main partner of the CIAK Project is the Foundation Apulia Film Commission, and the partners are the Region of Epirus, the Region of the Ionian Islands, the Region of Western Greece, the Department of Sound and Visual Arts and the Research Committee of the Ionian University.