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The 28th edition of Thessaloniki Documentary Film Festival will run from March 5 to 15. It will feature a record 80 world premieres. The festival will open with Ask E. Jean and close with Mr Nobody Against Putin. Juliette Binoche will be among the guests, with her documentary debut In-I In Motion.
View Films by Strand:
- All The World's Memory: Tribute To The Archives
- International Competition
- Open Horizons
- Special Screenings
- Spotlight On Bill Morrison
- Top Docs
View previous years coverage of the Thessaloniki International Documentary Film Festival festival:
TIDF Latest Reviews
As Russia launches its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, primary schools across Russia’s hinterlands are transformed into recruitment stages for the war. Facing the ethical dilemma of working in a system defined by propaganda and violence, a brave teacher goes undercover to film what’s really happening in his own school.
A polar bear is forced to navigate a human world of tourists, wildlife officers, and hunters as its ancient migration collides with modern life. When a sacred predator is branded a nuisance, it becomes unclear who truly belongs in this shared landscape.
In May 2021, a UK Home Office dawn raid triggers one of the most spontaneous and successful acts of civil resistance in recent memory. In Scotland’s most diverse neighbourhood, hundreds of residents rush to the streets to stop the deportation of their neighbours.
After his teenage son goes missing, Daniel scours the depths of the Vistula River, torn between the dread of a fatal leap and the hope that his son may still be alive.
Delves deep into Orwell’s final months and visionary works to explore the roots of the vital and troubling concepts he revealed to the world in his dystopian masterpiece… Doublethink, Thoughtcrime, Newspeak, the omnipresent spectre of Big Brother… disturbing socio-political truths which resonate ever-more powerfully today.
The story of the Parthenon marbles and the controversy surrounding their potential return.
Documenting Vesuvius, featuring traces of history, the excavation of time, the remains of everyday life.
Documentary following the friendship of two paramedics on the frontline in Ukraine.
A consideration of the American South’s unreconciled history through a Mississippi town that mixes antebellum tourism with a community deeply divided over its past.
Documentary based on footage from March 5 - 9, 1953, when the USSR mourned and buried Joseph Stalin.
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