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Thessaloniki International Documentary Film Festival 2026

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We Are Stardust We Are Stardust
We Are Stardust and Tirrenica
One In A Million (Country: United Kingdom; Year: 2026; Director: Itab Azzam, Jack Macinnes)
Filmed over 10 years, one girl’s epic journey from Syria to Germany and back again. She and her family navigate war, exile, and heartbreak in a foreign land, illuminating the complexities of the refugee experience.
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Sentient (Country: Australia; Year: 2026; Director: Tony Jones; Writer: Rachel Grierson-Johns, Tony Jones)
An investigation into laboratory research on animals exposes a hidden world in which it’s not just the animals getting hurt. The story of Dr. Lisa Jones Engel, a primatologist turned animal welfare advocate, asks whether harming animals and ourselves in science’s name is justified.
Full Review See: Tony Jones on undercover footage, safeguarding and editorial choices in Sentient
, Tony Jones talks to us about opening a debate about lab animals with his documentary Sentient
Tirrenica (Country: Italy, Spain; Year: 2026; Director: Rosario Minervini)
Documentary observing the lives and the history of a highway connecting Italy's south and north.
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We Are Stardust (Country: Norway, Denmark; Year: 2026; Director: Elisabeth Rasmussen; Stars: Jon Larsen, Elisabeth Rasmussen, Jan Braly Kihle, Mike Zolensky)
Story of a hobby scientist who believed it was possible to find stardust in unlikely places on Earth.
Full Review See: We Are Stardust's Jon Larsen on his micrometeorite quest
, Elisabeth Rasmussen on mixing science, myth and art in We Are Stardust
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