We are pleased to announce that the countdown for the event has begun. International Film Festival of Larissa, which this year celebrates its 13th anniversary, has begun.
The preliminary committee of this year’s event, composed of Robby Exiel, film critic, Apostolos Karampasis, music composer, and Aky Mitsoulis, director, selected, from a total of 308 entries from around the world, 34 Greek and 42 international short films, as well as 25 short animation films, to compete in the official program of the 13th edition.ου DFKL, which is scheduled for the period from March 27 to April 7, 2021.
Given the special circumstances imposed by the pandemic, all screenings will be held online through the festival's website. staging.iffl.gr/, With which the cinemagoers have already become familiar since last year’s event. However, the great film festival of Thessaly has planned a live presentation of the awarded films, in a special screening scheduled for October 2021, dates to be announced. The official competition program’s jury will also be announced soon.
Also, the central tribute of the 13th will be presented online in March.thes the publication titled «The Greek Revolution in Thessaly», while a related thematic seminar is scheduled to take place in a physical format as part of the live events of the next October.
The multifaceted commemorative exhibition, which is part of the general celebration of the 200th anniversary of the Greek Revolution «Ellada 2021», and will combine historical research and ethnological elements with artistic expression, will include, among other things, elements and testimonies from the era, short videos with interviews and online lectures by historians and scholars, a call for competition for schools in Thessaly on the subject of the activity of Rigo Feraios, painting and costume exhibitions, presentations of municipal songs for the heroes of the Revolution, as well as a purely cinematic section on the way the emblematic battle of 1821 was portrayed by cinema and television.
It should be noted that the viewing of all the online or in-person events of the International Film Festival of Larissa, which returns this year with great momentum against the difficulties of the times, is free for the public.
So our appointment for 2021 is double!
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It is our pleasure that we announce that the official countdown for the 13th International Film Festival of Larissa has begun!
This year’s Qualifying Committee (Robbie Eksiel, film critic, Apostolos Karampasis, music composer and songwriter, Akis Mitsioulis, director) has selected 34 greek,42 international short films, and 25 short animation films, out of a total of 308 submissions for all over the world, to form the official schedule of the 13th IFFL taking place between 27 March to 7 April 2021.
In compliance with the new pandemic regulations, all film screenings will take place online through the Festival’s official website, a digital link already familiar to last festival’s cinephiles and contestants. However, the festival has planned a live presentation of the award-winning films in a special screening scheduled for October 2021 with specific dates to be shortly announced along with the Judging Committee for the Official Competition Schedule.
Also scheduled for next March in a digital form, is this year’s main feature titled “The Greek Revolution in Thessaly” accompanied by a physical all-day presentation also scheduled for October 2021.
The diverse anniversary feature is part of the general celebration schedule for the 200 years from the Greek independence War “Ελλαδα 2021” aiming to connect the historical research and the ethnological element with the artistic expression. It includes, amongst others, data and testimonies of the era, short interview videos and web talks from historians and scholars, art and costume exhibition, relevant Greek folklore songs presentations along with an only-film section dedicated to the Greek independence war as viewed through cinema and TV.
The festival is making a strong comeback against the signs of the times. Attendance for all web or physical events of the IFFL is free for the public.
2021 holds not one but three dates to look forward to!
Stay tuned.
And most of all, safe.
