Core theme & Poster

The Evia Film Project, the green initiative of the Thessaloniki International Film Festival, is back in action for the fifth consecutive year in Northern Evia, focusing on the unseen and fascinating world of the forest.

This year’s EFP features a poster blooming with elements from the wonderful world of nature, and will kick off with a blend of cinema and music from the band Quilombo, whereas its closing will turn into a spectacular cinema feast. The 5th Evia Film Project, held from June 23rd to June 27th with the support of the Ministry of Culture, showcases film screenings, masterclasses and a series of exciting actions, open for the public.

This year’s core theme: The Forest

A refuge and a sanctuary, a locus of mystery and time-lasting legends, source of life and ideal backdrop for stories of realism and legendary adventures and horror films, the forest has accompanied cinema ever since the latter’s birth, having fuelled countless films. This year’s programme is calling us to let ourselves in the hands of the forest’s intangible powers and reconnect with a universe at once fragile, primordial and ever-changing. In addition, it urges us to redefine our coexistence with nature, amidst a critical time that renders its protection more urgent than ever.

The Poster

This year’s poster, created by Bob Studio, is inspired by Evia Film Project’s core theme, featuring elements and visual images that constitute the very soul of a wild forest: insects and birds, plants and trees, an unrevealed and adventurous world that bustles with life and is suddenly unveiled before our eyes. Endowed with vivid colors and hand-made illustrations, the poster foregrounds an exotic yet warm and familiar universe, while alluding to techniques and motives found both in indigenous and botanical art.

Bob Studio is an independent and multi-awarded design agency. Its range of work includes brand identities and corporate logos for customers both in Greece and abroad, having also taken on numerous artistic and cultural projects for museums, publishing houses, music artists, festivals etc. It has received prizes and distinctions in international competitions such as the Red Dot Design Awards, Pentawards, Dieline and European Design Awards, as well as in Greece, within the context of the EVGE and Ermis Awards.

The Evia Film Project is carried out by the Thessaloniki Film Festival, financed by the Ministry of Culture. Valuable is the support of the Festival’s Grand Sponsor, COSMOTE TELEKOM, as is Fisher’s, which also consistently supports the Festival over the years.