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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.

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Happyend
Best friends Yuta and Kou are on the brink of graduating from high school in a near-future Tokyo where the threat of a catastrophic earthquake casts a shadow over daily life.
The Balconettes
The Balconettes
Three women get stuck in a Marseille apartment during a heatwave.
Dog On Trial
Dog On Trial
A young lawyer tries to save a dog from capital punishment.
The Ballad Of Suzanne Césaire
The Ballad Of Suzanne Césaire
Hybrid biopic about the Martinican writer and activist.
Spermageddon
Spermageddon
Two awkward teens are having sex for the first time, while Simon the Semen and his friends are on a quest to reach the golden goal, the Egg.
Swimming Home
Swimming Home
The presence of a mysterious houseguest exposes subtle fractures in the marriage between a poet and a war correspondent.
She Loved Blossoms More
She Loved Blossoms More
Hoping to bring their dead mother back to life, three brothers build a time machine.
On Falling
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.
Sebastian
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.
On Becoming A Guinea Fowl
On Becoming A Guinea Fowl
Absurdist drama sees family secrets gradually revealed during the preparations for a funeral.
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Thessaloniki International Film Festival Features

Imagine a world...
Noémie Merlant and Sanda Codreanu on female friendships, bodies and The Balconettes
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
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