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The main object of the action of the company is the organization of the annual International Short Film Festival PSAROKOKALO (www.psarokokalo.org), an independent initiative that aims to promote the work of young filmmakers from all over the world and to highlight and promote a short film. (from December 2006 until today). The Festival is a part of the program that aims at research in the promotion and development of the art of cinema. The program of the festival includes an international competition section special screenings audiovisual events lectures, discussions, exhibitions, etc.
The 13th edition of the festival premiered in Athens in two physical spaces from May 27 to June 2, 2021, and had as a guide-prompt the question: What goals do you see?
Participants and the general public could watch the selected films and vote for their favorite ones as well as connect them to the SDGs via a QR code per movie program where they were directed to the specially designed website. Psarokokalo's official program included one hundred and two films from forty-two countries.
The films that received the highest number of votes won the Audience Awards and two new Categories of Psarokokalo Awards were awarded by the SDGs: "Best Film for Human Rights with emphasis on Diversity" "Honorable Mention " IRINI".
The pluralistic program of the festival with short films from all over the world that participated or won distinctions in the biggest world festivals (Cannes, Sundance, Rotterdam, Clermont- Ferrand Toronto ).
explore global goals such as clean energy, migration, gender discrimination, access to education and environmental sustainability, and so on through a variety of storytelling techniques, including comedy, fiction, animation, and documentaries.
While the separate projection section entitled: "Architecture and environment" have been established with an eye on the environment - climate change - energy and its alternative forms - water - biodiversity - recycling.