The Return: Life after ISIS, a film by Alba Sotorra Clua

Thessaloniki Documentary Festival announces competition titles for 23rd edition

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Documentaries from all over the world will be presented at the hybrid 23rd Thessaloniki Documentary Festival, which will take place from June 24 to July 4 in summer cinemas in Thessaloniki, as well as online.

Among the 36 films that will be screened in the Feature Length International Competition, the Newcomers International Competition and the >>Film Forward International Competition, 13 are World Premieres, 9 are International Premieres and 6 are European Premieres.

Find all the titles below and more information on the 23rd Thessaloniki Documentary Festival – HERE

Feature Length International Competition

  • The Bubble (dir. Valerie Blankenbyl) – Switzerland, Austria
  • Days and Nights of Demetra K. (dir. Eva Stefani) – Greece
  • Golden Dawn a Public Affair (dir. Angélique Kourounis) – Greece
  • Lost Flowers (dir. Fabrizio Maltese) – Luxembourg
  • Luchadoras (dir. Paola Calvo, Patrick Jassim) – Germany, Mexico
  • Magaluf Ghost Town (dir. Miguel Ángel Blanca) – Spain, France
  • Porno Uncle Jim (dir. Stephan Bookas) – USA, UK
  • The Return: Life after ISIS (dir. Alba Sotorra Clua) – Spain, UK
  • Singing in the Wilderness (dir. Dongnan Chen) – China
  • Through the Glass, Three Acts (dir. Christos Barbas) – Greece
  • Wuhan Wuhan (dir. Yung Chang) – USA
  • When the Olympus Collides with the Pampas (dir. Sol Miraglia, Hugo Manso) – Argentina

Newcomers International Competition

  • Acts of Love (dir. Isidore Bethel, Francis Leplay) – France, USA
  • The Count (dir. Jon Blåhed) – Sweden
  • Faith Can Move Mountains (dir. Silje Evensmo Jacobsen) – Norway
  • Gabriela – The German with the Bicycle (dir. Dominikos Ignatiadis) – Greece
  • Invisible (dir. Marianna Kakaounaki) – Greece
  • Keep Running (dir. Geting Sun) – China
  • Land of Milk and Honey (dir. Héctor Domínguez-Viguera, Carlos Mora Fuentes, Carlos Mora Fuentes, Gonzalo Recio) – Spain
  • Little Satchmo (dir. John Alexander) – USA
  • LUX (dir. Raphaël Dubach, Mateo Ybarra) – Switzerland
  • Made in Vain (dir. Michael Klioumis) – Greece
  • On the Other Side (dir. Iván Guarnizo) – Colombia
  • Sediments (dir. Adrián Silvestre) – Spain
  • The Soldier (dir. Nikolaj Møller) – Denmark
  • Sons of Honour (dir. Sophia Luvarà) – The Netherlands

>>Film Forward International Competition

  • All Light, Everywhere (dir. Theo Anthony) – USA
  • Anamnesis (dir. Chris Wright, Stefan Kolbe) – Germany
  • Feast (dir. Tim Leyendekker) – The Netherlands
  • Landscapes of Resistance (dir. Marta Popivoda) – Serbia, Framce, Germany
  • Memento (dir. Nikos Ziogas) – Greece
  • Miguel’s War (dir. Eliane Raheb) – Lebanon, Spain, Germany
  • Nest (dir. Josefina Pérez-García, Felipe Sigala) – Chile
  • The Oleanders (dir. Paola Revenioti) – Greece
  • Rock Bottom Riser (dir. Fern Silva) – USA
  • Users (dir. Natalia Almada) – USA, Mexico
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