Press Release
With a competitive section and a tribute to the tragedies and disasters, the third day of the 15thThe International Film Festival of Larissa
The 3 will begin with the International Competition segmentη On the occasion of the International Film Festival of Larissa, a selection of 10 short films from around the world will be screened. The tribute will take place on Wednesday, November 1st in Victoria Cinemas in 5:00 PM.
Then it will be followed by 7:30 p.m., the tribute to Climate change. The climate and environmental crisis and the Catastrophe, from which Thessaly was tested, will be the content of the third day of the Festival. The main theme will be the self-sacrifice of people to save their fellow human beings, their properties and, of course, the animals that risked drowning under the waters of the unprecedented flood in Thessaly.
In the tribute, the first-line personnel of the recent disaster in Thessaly will present their experiences and proposals for the best coordination and effective handling of crisis situations. Specifically, guests of the Festival will be Konstantinos Balandinas, Lieutenant Colonel, Commander of the 8th Infantry Battalion.thes EMAK, Elizabeth Karanika, president of the Regional Department of Larissa of the EES, Evi Thanou from the Cynological Club of Karditsa and the journalist Konstantina Theoharouli.
During the dedication ceremony, characteristic rescue scenes that were provided for the needs of the Festival by the fire department and the other volunteer organizations will be shown.
Finally, the excellent documentary by director Angelos Rallis will be screened, «Mighty Afrin: In the time of floods», In the framework of the Festival’s collaboration with the Peloponnese Documentary Festival.
The screenings and all the events are free for the public.
