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This year's festival will run from October 31 to November 10. The full line-up has yet to be announced but Panos H Koutras will receive the Golden Alexander.
View Films by Strand:
- Film Forward International Competition
- International Competition
- Meet The Neighbours+
- Open Horizons
- Round Midnight
- We, The Monster
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Thessaloniki Latest Reviews
On Falling
Trapped between the confines of her workplace and the solitude of her flat-share, a Portuguese warehouse picker in Scotland seeks to resist the loneliness, alienation and ensuing small talk which begin to threaten her sense of self.
Trapped between the confines of her workplace and the solitude of her flat-share, a Portuguese warehouse picker in Scotland seeks to resist the loneliness, alienation and ensuing small talk which begin to threaten her sense of self.
Sebastian
Max, a 25-year-old aspiring writer living in London, begins a double life as a sex worker in order to research his debut novel.
Max, a 25-year-old aspiring writer living in London, begins a double life as a sex worker in order to research his debut novel.
On Becoming A Guinea Fowl
Absurdist drama sees family secrets gradually revealed during the preparations for a funeral.
Absurdist drama sees family secrets gradually revealed during the preparations for a funeral.
Christmas Eve In Miller’s Point
A clan gathers for what could be their last Christmas together at their family home.
A clan gathers for what could be their last Christmas together at their family home.
Heretic
Two young religious women are drawn into a game of cat-and-mouse in the house of a strange man.
Two young religious women are drawn into a game of cat-and-mouse in the house of a strange man.
Toxic
Two teenage girls, eager to escape from the bleakness of their industrial town, form an unexpected bond at a local modelling school that pushes their bodies to the limit.
Two teenage girls, eager to escape from the bleakness of their industrial town, form an unexpected bond at a local modelling school that pushes their bodies to the limit.
Holy Electricity
When young Gonga and his uncle Bart stumble upon a case of rusty crosses in a scrapyard, they repurpose them into neon crucifixes and start selling them in their neighbourhood.
When young Gonga and his uncle Bart stumble upon a case of rusty crosses in a scrapyard, they repurpose them into neon crucifixes and start selling them in their neighbourhood.
Santosh
Newly widowed Santosh inherits her husband’s job as a police constable in the rural badlands of Northern India. When a low caste girl is found raped and murdered, she is pulled into the investigation under the wing of charismatic feminist inspector Sharma.
Newly widowed Santosh inherits her husband’s job as a police constable in the rural badlands of Northern India. When a low caste girl is found raped and murdered, she is pulled into the investigation under the wing of charismatic feminist inspector Sharma.
Misericordia
A stranger’s appearance exposes the weird behaviour and the secret desires of a village's residents.
A stranger’s appearance exposes the weird behaviour and the secret desires of a village's residents.
Vittoria
A hairdresser from Naples with three loving sons and a devoted husband risks everything to pursue her dream of having a daughter.
A hairdresser from Naples with three loving sons and a devoted husband risks everything to pursue her dream of having a daughter.
Thessaloniki International Film Festival Features
Taking the plunge as 'angel and devil'
French actor Félix Kysyl on his first lead role in Misericordia
'There is a bit of me in lots of the characters I create'
Misericordia director Guiraudie on his tale of the unexpected
'There's a certain pleasure to cinematic artifice'
Matthew Rankin on world-building and catharsis in Universal Language
Beautiful and difficult
Sandhya Suri on semi-urban outposts, moral ambiguity and Santosh
'I think there is a wisdom to children that adults lose sight of'
Matthew Rankin on liminal spaces and child's play in Universal Language
Hunt for truth
Director Christos Pitharas on building fiction on fact in his latest feature
'I’m still enjoying the process of talking about Julie and advocating for her silence'
Leonardo van Dijl on Belgian Oscar nominee Julie Keeps Quiet
'I wanted it to be meditative and poetic'
Thea Hvistendahl on her very different approach to zombies in Handling The Undead
Life lessons
Shuchi Talati on rebellion and relationships in school-set drama Girls Will Be Girls
Marriage of creativity
Husband and wife Deepak Rauniyar and Asha Magrati on their latest collaboration Pooja, Sir
Growing pains and gains
Saulė Bliuvaitė on developing and shooting Golden Leopard winner Toxic
'I think a country without movies is a country without memory'
César Díaz on bringing Mexico 86 to the screen
'I was imagining my mother in a similar situation'
Bérénice Bejo on why Mexico 86 reminded her of her own family
Movie metamorphoses
Ramon and Silvan Zürcher on change in The Sparrow In The Chimney and their filmmaking evolution
Running with the wolves
Annick Blanc on asking people to open their eyes with Hunting Daze
Collaboration and fighting dictatorship
Director Emin Alper and producer Yorgos Tsourgiannis on their working relationship
The joy of research
Veronika Franz and Severin Fiala on Maria Hofstätter, the Brothers Grimm and The Devil's Bath
Breaking the mould
Memoir Of A Snail director Adam Elliot on creating textured underdogs and emotional conflict
Bigfoot challenge
David and Nathan Zellner on turning a myth into a reality for Sasquatch Sunset
Tuning into grief
Composer on collaboration and framing in Handling The Undead
59th New York Film Festival early bird highlights Futura, Jane By Charlotte, James Baldwin: From Another Place and The Velvet Underground
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