Thessaloniki Documentary Festival
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DOK Leipzig and Thessaloniki launch initiative for displaced documentary filmmakers
DOK Leipzig and the Thessaloniki International Documentary Festival have launched «Doc Together,» a new initiative aimed at supporting filmmakers who have been displaced, forced to flee, or face challenging working conditions in their home countries. The program seeks to provide access to funding and industry support at their current locations, whether in exile or within…
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Resilience
NATURE: The rhythms of nature meet the harshness of human industry, painting an urgent, visually poetic portrait of Central Europe’s endangered ecosystems.
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«The boldest choices often emerged when we leaned into uncertainty»
THESSALONIKI: Yorgos Krassakopoulos reflects on the radical themes shaping this year’s selection, the growing intersections between truth and experimentation in documentary, and the ethical dilemmas of representing reality in an increasingly complex world.
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The Moelln Letters
RACISM Decades after the Mölln arson attacks, The Moelln Letters exposes how solidarity letters were concealed, revealing structural racism’s grip on historical memory.
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Thessaloniki International Documentary Festival announces 2025 competition lineup
The 27th Thessaloniki International Documentary Festival has unveiled the films selected for its three primary competition sections—International Competition, Newcomers, and Film Forward—featuring 30 premieres, including nine Greek productions. Running from 6–16 March 2025, the festival’s winner of the International Competition’s Golden Alexander automatically eligible for Academy Awards consideration in the Documentary Feature category. International Competition…
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Thessaloniki International Documentary Festival unveils robust Greek documentary programme and rediscovered cinematic gem
The 27th Thessaloniki International Documentary Festival, set to take place from 6 March to 16 March 2025, will showcase a diverse selection of 71 Greek documentaries, spanning competition sections and special screenings. This year’s festival not only highlights contemporary Greek documentary filmmaking but also presents a significant historical discovery: the long-lost 1969 film Kastoria by…
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AI, Global Crises, and Visual Storytelling at the 27th Thessaloniki International Documentary Festival
The 27th Thessaloniki International Documentary Festival (6-16 March) returns this year with a programme that spans explorations of #Artificial Intelligence#, urgent contemporary crises, and a compelling visual identity designed by painter Dimitris Anastasiou. Artificial Intelligence: A Cinematic Exploration This year’s festival presents AI, an Inevitable Intelligence, a tribute dedicated to the intersection of artificial intelligence…
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Mr Nobody Against Putin
RUSSIA: How a small-town teaching assistant became an unlikely whistleblower on the grim reality of wartime propaganda.
