Thessaloniki Documentary Festival
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MARIINKA
UKRAINE A rare glimpse across the lines of Russia’s war in Ukraine, where brother has been set against brother, and families brutalised by conflict.
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Around Paradise
CONTROL: Conspiracy culture, settler ideology, and capitalist exploitation converge inside a gated Paraguayan enclave.
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Greek film bodies launch filmography, new national cinema database
Greek screen-sector institutions are preparing to launch «Filmography», a new digital reference platform designed to centralise documentation on Greek cinema and improve access for programmers, researchers, and industry stakeholders. The database, hosted at filmography.gr, is being developed by the Thessaloniki International Film Festival (TIFF), the Hellenic Film and Audiovisual Center S.A. (HFAC), and the Hellenic…
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Thessaloniki International Documentary Festival unveils full 2026 programme
Thessaloniki International Documentary Festival (TiDF) has unveiled the programme for its 28th edition, running 5-15 March 2026 in Thessaloniki with an online component. The festival will screen 252 documentaries across feature and short formats, including a record 80 world premieres, alongside 32 international and 11 European premieres. Screenings will take place at the Olympion and…
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Collapse
ISRAEL: Using Berlinale’s political crisis as its point of departure, Collapse emerges as an act of moral clarity, documenting not only devastation itself but also the society and ideology producing it.
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Thessaloniki 2026 unveils honourary Golden Alexanders, restorations, and 57 Greek features
The Thessaloniki International Documentary Festival has set dates for its 28th edition (5–15 March 2026), returning as a hybrid event across physical venues and online exhibition. The festival frames two parallel priorities: a high-profile authorship spotlight on archival and essayistic practices and a large-scale commitment to the domestic nonfiction slate, with 57 Greek feature-length documentaries…
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Tristan Forever
ESCAPE: A piano on a cargo ship opens Tristan Forever, a film about Tristan da Cunha and a doctor’s longing for distance, belonging, and a simpler life.
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Thessaloniki Documentary Festival sets 2026 tribute to the power of archives
Thessaloniki International Documentary Festival will run 5–15 March 2026, and will spotlight archival practice with a major tribute titled «All the world’s memory», a reference to All the World’s Memory (1956). The tribute frames archives as living forces that can reshape present-day understanding when previously hidden or overlooked materials surface. Programming will span screenings, open…
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Synthetic Sincerity
TECHNOLOGY: Blending science and cinema, Synthetic Sincerity follows AI researchers and migrants to ask what remains authentic when images and machines blur.