Thessaloniki Documentary Festival
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Thessaloniki Documentary Festival 2023: the complete winners
On Sunday, March 12th, the 25th Thessaloniki International Documentary Festival came to an end, against the backdrop of the tragic Tempi accident. In light of the cancellation of both the opening ceremony and all festival events, the Festival decided to forego the closing ceremony as a gesture of respect. However, awards for the 25th Thessaloniki…
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Hostages to a common past
TRAUMA: In Roberto Baeza's documentary, the producers – Paulina Costa and Alfredo García – literally play out the past in order to find a way to heal the present.
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«Their stories and perspectives bring a different cinematic language and energy»
THESSALONIKI: Agora Director Angeliki Vergou discusses the 2023 film market for Southeastern Europe, the Mediterranean, and the Middle East.
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Facing absolute finality
DEATH: A nostalgic love letter for the irreversible passing of time by one of the key figures in American independent documentary.
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One year on…
UKRAINE: A gut-wrenching glimpse of the brutal realities of life and death on the Eastern front in Ukraine's fight to keep back Russian invaders
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Coming of age under fire
SYRIA: Under bombs, an aspiring video journalist finds herself facing self-reckoning as the unexpected narrator of her own destiny.
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Thessaloniki Documentary Festival announces full 2023 competition slate
The competition sections of the 25th Thessaloniki Documentary Festival will feature over 30 world, international, and European film premieres. The competition films come via the International Competition, the Newcomers competition, and the >>Film Forward competition. All competing documentaries are in position for the 6 official awards, as well as for the 14 parallel awards. In…
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Thessaloniki Documentary Festival announces 2023 tributes
The 25th Thessaloniki Documentary Festival is paying a tribute to two of the most celebrated documentary filmmakers of our time – #Stavros Psillakis# and #Nikolaus Geyrhalter#. This year’s festival will feature a retrospective of their works, showcasing some of their most iconic films and offering audiences a chance to delve into their creative minds. Stavros…
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On 80th anniversary, Thessaloniki Documentary Festival pays tribute to the city’s Holocaust victims
80 years after first train bound for Auschwitz departed from #Thessaloniki, the 25th Thessaloniki International Documentary Festival organizes a tribute in honour of the city’s Jewish community exterminated during World War II. The films of the tribute «Adio querida: From Thessaloniki to Auschwitz – 80 years» will shed light on the unhealed universal #trauma and…