Best Practice no 6 : Local Topic of the Syros Film Festival best practice Exact Location Syros Island, Greece Memory type Local history Way of Cinema expression (Intervention Type) Senses mainly Sight- Hearing activated Implementation 2013 Date Brief The aim of the festival is to welcome an array of cinematic Description/Key experiences into immersive dreamscapes, allowing visitors to characteristics re-think “what cimea is” and to doscover the local history. The (Word limit: festival founded in 2013 and every year there is a different 500 words) topic. As a result a variety of projection spots and movies are selected. Acroding to CasSandra Celestin -one of the founders of the festival’ – the goal was to make people understand that there is an immediate connection between the places, the memories people have for that place and each film projected. She explains that: “You think of a Greek island in the summertime, you think of sun, you think of everyone being outdoors and enjoying the sun, the sea, and then overexposure to a very basic and fundamental property of filmmaking itself”. In that way, people can re-invent the image of the island and explore local memories and history. Moreover, it should be mentioned that connection to the place is enhanced through various round-tables, educational workshops and music performances take place during the festival. Socializing with other participants and locals and trying local food helps them to understand people’s mentality, experientially. 25