Evia Film Project brings green cinema to an area formerly devastated by fires
This choice of this watery theme is far from random: Evia, Greece's second-largest island, hit the headlines in 2021 when wildfires tore through 46,000 hectares of forest and farmland in the island’s north following a lengthy heatwave. The destruction laid bare the stark reality of climate change-induced extreme weather – and the catastrophic consequences of an absence of water. Running across three locations in northern Evia, the festival-come-ecological initiative is an offshoot of the Thessaloniki International Film Festival, Greece’s most prominent film festival. What started out as “offer...