Thessaloniki Documentary Festival
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Garbage, garbage everywhere
ECOLOGY: Following waste across the planet and the endless struggle of people to gain control over it.
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Thessaloniki Documentary Festival tributes observational documentary with 2023 retrospective
The 25th Thessaloniki Documentary Festival (2-12 March, 2023) will host a multifaceted tribute to observational documentary, titled The Art of Reality: Beyond Observation. The tribute will be accompanied by a special bilingual edition, with articles written by distinguished theorists and authors. Drawing inspiration from the principles of documentary pioneer and director of the legendary Nanook…
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An eternal audition
IDENTITY: Encounters with three other «new comers» to the Netherlands, the IDFA opening film turns the spotlight on all of us as it ponders questions of belonging, who gets exclusion, and the constant reaffirmation of outsider status.
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Submissions now open for 2022 Thessaloniki Documentary Festival
Film submissions for the 25th Thessaloniki Documentary Festival are now open. The festival runs from 2 to 12 March 2022 and is among the most important documentary festivals in Europe and an Academy Award documentary feature qualifying festival. Across its ten days, Thessaloniki Documentary Festival celebrates the art of documentary via a diverse programme of…
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Forthcoming Features: Laughing in Afghanistan – «I told myself we must do the film at all costs»
INTERVIEW: Director Anneta Papathanassiou speaks with Modern Times Review on her forthcoming film Laughing in Afghanistan.
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The depths of forbidden love
LOVE: A poignant and deeply moving story of the love that two women found in a Nazi concentration camp.
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When the silent war continues
WAR: We do not only find bones. We find stories. Lives once lived. Keeping an emotional distance is not always easy.
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Tied to the land
PALESTINE: The petty politics of Palestinian persecution – seen through the lens of age-old traditions of foraging for medicinal herbs.
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Slovakia’s press freedom under fire
JOURNALISM: Uncovering a vast corruption network at the highest levels of Slovak society.