The Hottest Days - An Athenian Diary

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An apocalyptic scenario darkened the Greek capital at the beginning of August 2021. At the height of a heat wave with more than 40°C in the shade, several outer districts of the city burned at once and at the same time there were more than 180 other sources of fire throughout the country. The consequences of climate change and poor preparedness cost the country over 10 percent of its forest cover that month.



	The Hottest Days - An Athenian Diary short documentary, color, stereo, 9 min, 2021
	description An apocalyptic scenario darkened the Greek capital at the beginning of August 2021. At the height of a heat wave with more than 40°C in the shade, several outer districts of the city burned at once and at the same time there were more than 180 other sources of fire throughout the country. The consequences of climate change and poor preparedness cost the country over 10 percent of its forest cover that month.	The sequences are shown in chronological order, as filmed over the course of the three hottest days during the 2021 heat wave. Clouds of smoke drift in different directions, ash trickles from the sky in the distance and finally the flames appear on the horizon in the suburbs.