Founder · Director · Filmmaker
Tilemachos Gioglaris
Photographer and filmmaker from Larissa with more than 15 years of work, and a certified drone pilot (EASA A1/A2/A3). Shapes every recording from the research to the final cut.
About
A magazine about Thessaly, made in Thessaly.
Exploring Thessaly is a digital magazine published by ORIA FILMS, a non-profit civil company based in Larissa, Greece. We record the places, people and culture of the region in words, photographs and films, We research first and record after, and we publish what we make freely, with no advertising.
Research first, then recording
Before we go to a place we read what has been written about it: books, archives, census records, and where we can we talk to its people. The camera comes after.
Consent first
Nobody appears who does not want to. The people we record see the material before it is published.
We write what we know
If we have not confirmed something, we do not write it. When we get something wrong, we correct it openly.
Our own images
We take most of our photographs and films ourselves, and every drone is flown by a certified pilot. Where we use someone else's image, we credit the source and the licence.
Collaborators
Each production brings in different collaborators: researchers, sound recordists, editors and the people of each place who open their doors to us.
The team
Co-founder · Legal representative
Eirini Vlachouli
Co-founder of ORIA FILMS Α.Μ.Κ.Ε. and its legal representative.
Support
Light up your village.
Municipalities, associations, people from the diaspora and businesses can support the recording of a place or a craftsman. The story stays published on the village page.