"A sustainable journey" receives three new awards at International Film Festivals
November 26th, International - A Sustainable Journey, the film on sustainable tourism produced in the framework of the CEETO Interreg Central Europe project, has been awarded with three more prizes at ART&TUR – International Tourism Film Festival, Portugal, and Amorgos Tourism Film Festival, Greece.
Three new awards for "A Sustainable Journey"
After winning the Best Movie Promoting Sustainability at Terres Travel Festival in May 2019, "A Sustainable Journey", the documentary film produced by EUROPARC Federation in the framework of CEETO Interreg Central Europe project, won 3 new prizes at different International Tourism Film Festivals:
- 1st place in the Documentary section, “Sustainable and Responsible Tourism” at the Amorgos Tourism Film Festival;
- 1st place in the category “Environment and Ecology” at the ART&TUR Film Festival;
- 2nd place in the category “Short Documentaries” at the ART&TUR Film Festival.
Snapshot of the film "A Sustainable Journey", by EUROPARC Federation
Amorgos Tourism Film Festival
The International Amorgos Tourism Film Festival is an annual four-day event organized by the Cultural Women’s Association of Tholaria-Aigiali, Amorgos. It started in 2010 during the 8th International Congress of Culture and Tourism YPERIA and is held continuously since then, presenting about 100 new films each year.
Each year, it awards the best choices of documentaries, and travel films that contribute to the development of domestic and foreign tourism and to the implementation of green practices, taking into account the need for social responsibility and sustainable development. The main purpose of the Festival is to create an international platform for enhancing global tourism through audiovisual media. In 2019, the festival took place from October 31st to November 5th.
Winners of the 10th Amorgos Tourism Film Festival - Photo by EUROPARC Federation
ART&TUR Festival
Since its 1st edition in Barcelos in 2008, the ART&TUR International Tourism Film Festival has been following the mission of making known to the world the best tourism-related audiovisual productions in Portugal and in the world.This year, the 12th edition of the Festival took place from 22nd to 25th October 2019 in Torres Vedras, Portugal. In this edition, films were submitted from 52 countries from all continents. In total 331 films were competing: 219 films submitted to international competition and 112 films submitted to national competition.
Paulo Castro, the Vice-President of EUROPARC Federation at the ART&TUR Festival Award ceremony - Photo by EUROPARC Federation
A Sustainable Journey – The Film
This film was produced by EUROPARC Federation in the framework of CEETO project and portrays the story of a traveler seeking to escape the pressures of everyday life to a different kind of tourism that he believes will be good for nature and good for him too. The objective of the film is to raise awareness among travelers and local communities on the importance of sustainable tourism.
Watch "A Sustainable Journey" online
The full movie was released on the European Parliament in November 2018, with parallel screenings in the different regions that take part in the CEETO Interreg Central Europe project. You can see the movie and download a copy of the Promotional Material adapted for web distribution in 5 different languages (English, German, Italian, French and Spanish) on CEETO webpage A Sustainable Journey – The Film.
