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From the 10th to the 15th of November 2020, the 11th Amorgos Tourism Film Festival took place in Amorgos with a strict health protocol. The important cultural institution is a co-organization of the Cultural Association of Women of Amorgos and the Municipality of Amorgos and is implemented with the support of the Ministry of Culture, EOT, the Hellenic Cinema Center, and the Laskaridis Foundation.

What is Amorgos Tourism Film Festival?

Amorgos Tourism Film Festival is an international, four-day festival organized every year by the Cultural Association of Women of Amorgos. It started in 2010 in the framework of the 8th International Conference YPERIA for Culture and Tourism to create an international platform for the promotion of tourism through audiovisual media and awarding the best international tourist films and videos.

Through the creation of an international platform, the festival aims to encourage the promotion of global tourism through audiovisual media, to promote culture and tourism, not only in Amorgos and the Cyclades, but throughout Greece. Amorgos is a very small island that offers the authentic experience of Greece's Cycladic culture.  

The Amorgos Tourist Film Festival was hosted again at the facilities of Aegialis Hotel & Spa, where all the health protection protocols from COVID-19 were strictly observed, with continuous disinfection of the facilities and social distancing in the projection rooms and restaurant. 

In a statement, the Mayor of Amorgos, Lefteris Karaiskos, stated: "Amorgos is a cultural destination as well as the ideal setting for quality film productions. We had planned several innovations for this year's festival. Due to the coronavirus protection measures, great importance will be given to the screenings' online transmission. We monitor daily the epidemiological developments on which all events and actions on our island depend. Culture is our priority."

The jury awarded films from 15 countries, including Portugal, Spain, Germany, France, Italy, Japan, Austria, Denmark and Greece, Maldives, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Poland, the United Kingdom, and Peru. A total of over 600 short films from 30 different countries competed.

Hundreds of viewers from all over the world tuned in to YouTube, where the winning films were screened daily and speeches were given by prominent personalities in art and, of course, in the tourism industry.  Journalist, Costas Margaritis, gave a speech on the importance of films for strengthening the local economy. At the same time, the producer and director of 360MediaTV from England, Mr. Laurence Koe, spoke about Amorgos as an international destination for filmmaking. Ms. Venia Vergou, director of the Hellenic Film Commission at the Hellenic Film Center, coordinated a panel on the link between film production and tourism development. Mr. Santi Valldeperez gave a speech on the production of tourist films and their importance in the tourism industry.

The winners were:

Grand Prix

Help
Produced by Madrid Destino for Madrid City Council

Tourism Destinations - Country Promotion

Greek Places
Silver Award: Produced by ColorLab

Seek less, find more.
Gold Award: Produced by Das Rund Gmbh for Austrian National Tourist Office

Tourism Destinations - Region Promotion

I'm from Principe
Silver Award: Produced by Maus da Fita for HBD PRÍNCIPE

Fjordlandet - let the saga begin
Silver Award: Produced by Produced by for Fjordlandet

The time has come!
Silver Award: Produced by Lobby Films and Advertising for Tourism Center of Portugal

Tourism Destinations - City Promotion

Heraklion: Discover the other part of yourself
Silver Award: Produced by Indigo View Productions for Municipality of Heraklion

Seeing Differently
Silver Award: Produced by Bricolage Foundation for Kansai Tourism Bureau

Club of Cool Cities
Silver Award: Produced by Sova Pictures, Pejakovic & Schwarz-Danner Gbr for City Of Munich, München Tourismus

Help
Gold Award: Produced by Madrid Destino for Madrid City Council

Tourism Product - Cultural Tourism

The Captain
Gold Award: Produced by Innova Films for Patronato Municipal De Turismo De Conil.

Tourism Product - Eco-Tourism

MTB Stories
Silver Award: Produced by ZOEFILMS for Rota Vicentina

Victor Zambrano is a National Geographic Explorer
Gold Award: Produced by Alexis Torazza Gazzone, Emilia Benzo and Daniel Munoz Saez

Tourism Product - Gastronomic Tourism

Hunger for experiences
Gold Award: Produced by Esmerarte Industrias Creativas for Turismo Rias Baixas- Diputacion De Pontevedra

Tourism Product - Mice/Events, Fairs and Congres

Find yourself in Viseu
Silver Award: Produced by Ideias com Pernas for Feira de São Mateus | Opal

Tu me acostumbraste
Gold Award: Produced by Madrid Destino for Madrid City Council

Tourism Services

The inspiration behind an old manor house hotel renovation.
Silver Award: Produced by N37 inc. for Ryugon inc.

You only love once
Gold Award: Produced by Lobby Productions for Vidamar Resort Algarve

Heritance Aarah Maldives
Silver Award: Produced by Blinx Media Pvt Ltd for Heritance Aarah Maldives

Independent Travel Video

Transsiberian Dream
Silver Award: Produced by Dennis Schmelz

Goa, A Piece of Peace
Silver Award: Produced by António Aleixo

White Angels of Camargue - Europe's Last Cowboys
Silver Award: Produced by Dennis Schmelz

Doha trip. Qatar Timelapse & Hyperlapse
Silver Award: Produced by Kirill Neiezhmakov

Two Deaf Travellers
Silver Award: Produced by Raabia Hussain and David Ellington

Shades of Wilderness
Gold Award: Produced by Niklas Siemens

The Nameless Call
Gold Award: Produced by Wow Tapes

Travel TV show/Vlog

Esta Pessoa em São Pedro de Moel
Silver Award: Produced by Raquel Oliveira Martins

Off Episodio 1 and 2
Gold Award: Produced by JENGAFILM and ADVISTA

Special Jury Award

Holika
Special Jury Award: Produced by Face du Monde

Ritornare
Special Jury Award: Produced by Christof Schuerpf Fotografie und Film

Lanzarote | The Wonder
Special Jury Award: Produced by L'oeil d'Eos