Thessaloniki International Film Festival 2023

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After The Winter (Na Konci Zimy, Poslije Zime) (Country: Montenegro, Serbia, Croatia; Year: 2021; Director: Ivan Bakrač; Writer: Ivan Bakrač; Stars: Momčilo Otašević, Ana Vučković, Petar Burić, Maja Šuša, Ivona Kustudić)
A drama about five childhood friends from a small Montenegrin town who have gradually moved away to different corners of former Yugoslavia.
Animalia (Country: US; Year: 2023; Director: Sofia Alaoui; Writer: Sofia Alaoui; Stars: Oumaïma Barid, Mehdi Dehbi, Fouad Oughaou)
A young, pregnant woman finds emancipation as aliens land in Morocco.
Blackbird Blackbird Blackberry (Country: Georgia; Year: 2023; Director: Elene Naveriani; Writer: Elene Naveriani, Nikoloz Mdivani based on the novel by Tamta Melashvili; Stars: Eka Chavleishvili, Temiko Chinchinadze, Anka Khurtsidze)
The story of a 40something in a dead-end town who discovers love for the first time.
A Cup Of Coffee And New Shoes On (Country: Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Portugal; Year: 2022; Director: Gentian Koçi; Writer: Gentian Koçi; Stars: Edgar Morais, Rafael Morais, Drita Kabashi)
Deaf twin brothers find their world closing in after a devastating diagnosis.
Disco Boy (Country: France, Italy, Belgium, Poland; Year: 2023; Director: Giacomo Abbruzzese; Writer: Giacomo Abbruzzese; Stars: Franz Rogowski, Morr Ndiaye, Laëtitia Ky, Leon Lučev)
The destinies of a man who has joined the Foreign Legion and another in the Niger Delta intersect.
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A Cup Of Coffee And New Shoes On and Housekeeping For Beginners
Eeva (Country: Estonia, Croatia; Year: 2022; Director: Lucija Mrzljak, Morten Tsinakov; Writer: Morten Tsinakov; Stars: Lucija Mrzljak, Kaspar Jancis, Drasko Ivezic)
It's a sad day in Eva's life. The rain is pouring down at her husband's funeral. A woodpecker delivering a message code on the coffin is killed. There is a lot of crying, too much wine, and a couple of dreams that fill in the gaps.
Housekeeping For Beginners (Domakinstvo za Pocetnici) (Country: North Macedonia, Sweden, Kosovo, Poland, Serbia, Croatia; Year: 2023; Director: Goran Stolevski; Writer: Goran Stolevski; Stars: Rozafa Celaj, Sara Klimoska, Anamaria Marinca, Mia Mustafi, Aleksandra Pesevska, Samson Selim, Alina Serban, Vladimir Tintor, Ajse Useini)
A lesbian suddenly finds herself responsible for her partner’s two daughters.
January (Country: Bulgaria, Luxembourg, Portugal; Year: 2021; Director: Andrey Paounov; Writer: Alex Barrett and Andrey Paounov, based on the play by Yordan Radichkov; Stars: Samuel Finzi, Iossif Surchadzhiev, Zachary Baharov, Leonid Yovchev, Borislav Chouchkov)
Two men and a bird, trapped in a snowstorm in the middle of nowhere, try to solve a mystery while it slowly devours them.
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