72 short and feature Greek documentaries will be screened in the 23rd Thessaloniki Documentary Festival. The festival will will take place both in open-air theatres in Thessaloniki and online. The documentaries will be screened in the sections International Competition Feature Length, Newcomers International Competition and >>Film Forward International Competition, as well as in the Open Horizons, From screen to Screen and Platform sections.

Films from the three competition sections and the Open Horizons sections will be screened online and in open-air theatres in Thessaloniki. The online screenings for each film will be available for users in Greece. The films of the sections Platform and From screen to Screen will be screened online, for users in Greece. Realising the difficulties of producing documentaries and those caused by the #pandemic, Thessaloniki Documentary Festival will give to each Greek film screened a projection rental fee.

Human stories, well-known artists, our life in the era of the pandemic, the #refugee crisis, the issues that are important to the #LGBTQI+ community are some of the themes explored throughout the Greek selections. Across sections, select title include Back to Earth (dir. Chryssa Tzelepi, Akis Kersanidis), Gabriela – The German with the Bicycle (dir. Dominikos Ignatiadis), Golden Dawn a Public Affair (dir. Angélique Kourounis), Through the Glass, Made in Vain (dir. Michael Klioumis), Three Acts (dir. Christos Barbas), and many more!

Find more information on the entire Greek selection of films – HERE