The great film festival in Thessaloniki begins. The Thessaloniki Film Festival is holding its 63rd event with films in cinemas and online.

The 63rd Thessaloniki Film Festival goes green, sustainable and #gopafreeas from November 3 to November 13, 2022, its visitors will be able to use special containers for the collection and disposal of cigarette butts placed in the activity areas and showing its rich film program.

The program for the collection, management and processing of cigarette butts after its successful implementation in 86ⁱⁿ The Thessaloniki International Fair participates in another major event in the city of Thessaloniki with thousands of visitors.

In total, sixteen special containers have been installed in places where the film festival celebrates its presence in the city. The collected cigarette butts will be sent to be recycled for the country’s largest cultural organization to submit its own ecological footprint, as their recycling will result in new sustainable materials. “We are particularly pleased that a large-scale event in the field of culture and art is hosting the #gopafree program. We are happy to be in Thessaloniki again. Its inhabitants have accepted the program and we hope to see it even more applied both in Thessaloniki and throughout Central Macedonia. The Thessaloniki Film Festival, with this initiative, confirms its social awareness of the great needs of our society and confirms the dual partnership “Culture and Environment”. Giorgos Sakellariou, director and co-founder of Cigarette Cycle, says.

The #gopafree program run nationwide by AMKE Cigarette Cycle is part of Thessaloniki Film Festival’s actions and initiatives to reduce environmental impact and raise public awareness of sustainability in the area of ​​cigarette waste, which is a hazardous waste for the environment and humans .