The award for Best European Film Location 2022 went to the legendary Chiliados beach on the island of Evia, where the award-winning Swedish film Ruben Östlund’s The Triangle of Sorrows (Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival) was filmed during the pandemic. .

The award from the European Film Commission Network (EUFCN) was presented today at the 73rd Berlinale as part of the European Film Market and was the result of a successful public response in the voting process for the best film location in Greece.

Winner among five finalists

The Hellenic Film Center and its international audiovisual co-production directorate, the Hellenic Film Commission (HFC), which presented the nomination, in their announcement express their gratitude to the participants of the online voting, which began last November after the announcement of the five finalists of the European Film Location Award 2022. four locations were from the UK, Switzerland, Germany and Croatia.

It should be noted that in 2018, Corfu from The Durrells received the same award, having made two awards for Greece since 2017, when the EUFCN established the Best Film Location Institute of the Year.