The International Amorgos Tourism Film Festival is an annual four-day event co-organized by the Cultural Women’s Association and the Municipality of Amorgos island in Greece.
Its first edition was in 2010 during the 8th YPERIA Convention of Culture and Tourism, and it is held ever since on an annual basis, presenting hundreds of new films every year.
Short films are a good opportunity to showcase the cultural and environmental wealth of each region.
Amorgos Tourism Film Festival is a member of CIFFT, an international Federation of Film Festivals, based in Vienna. The Festival has daily projections during the 4 days of conducting it, at Aegialis Hotel & Spa where it takes place, and in 4 different points on Amorgos island, so all inhabitants and visitors can have easy access to the films.
Each year, it awards the best choices of documentaries, and travel films.
The main purpose of the Festival is:
*To contribute to the development of domestic and international tourism.
*To disseminate and encourage the implementation of green practices in tourism,
taking into account the need for social responsibility and sustainable development.
*To create an international platform for enhancing global tourism through audiovisual media.
*To contribute to the development of domestic and foreign tourism.
*To encourage the production of short films and develop a spirit of friendship and cooperation among producers from all over the world.
*To contribute to the exchange of views and experiences for the development of remote and disadvantaged areas and to promote
Amorgos, the Cyclades, and Greece abroad.
*To make Greece and its islands become places of inspiration and attraction for new creations.
The participation and presentation of artists, producers, and journalists from all over the world are growing year by year.
Their films, announcements, articles, photos, and interviews in foreign and domestic media, after their visit to Amorgos,
help the increase of visitors, not simply for tourism, but also for professional and creative reasons.
Amorgos Film Festival contributes to the development of new collaborations based on the island of Amorgos and Greece.
There are already many productions of films by foreign artists who participated in the Amorgos Festival, got inspired by the natural landscape and the history of the island, and created films that are screened and participating in other International festivals.
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Greece
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