Thessaloniki International Film Festival 2026

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Bloody Tennis (Country: Germany; Year: 2026; Director: Nikias Chryssos; Writer: Nikias Chryssos; Stars: Sandra Guldberg Kampp, Elina Löwensohn, Tracy Gotoas, Lily Taïeb, Juliana Vieira-Guerra, Helena Zengel, Lucie Zhang, Vincent Romeo, Zlatko Burić)
Sophie joins a prestigious tennis academy, where the brutality of competitive sports is taken to its extreme.
The Blood Countess (Country: Austria, Germany, Luxembourg; Year: 2026; Director: Ulrike Ottinger)
Elizabeth Báthory, a recently reawakened vampire, pursues an ancient artifact that could destroy her family in present-day Austria.
Colony (Gun-Che) (Country: South Korea; Year: 2026; Director: Yeon Sang-ho; Writer: Yeon Sang-ho, Choi Gyu-seok; Stars: Gianna Jun, Koo Kyo-hwan, Ji Chang-wook, Shin Hyun-bin, Kim Shin-rock, Go Soo, Kim Hyeong-mook)
A biotechnology professor is among those trapped at a biotech conference after a rapidly mutating virus is released.
Family Movie (Country: US; Year: 2026; Director: Kevin Bacon; Writer: Dan Beers; Stars: Kevin Bacon, Kyra Sedgwick, Sosie Bacon, Travis Bacon, Liza Koshy, John Carroll Lynch, Jackie Earle Haley, Andrea Savage, Austin Amelio, Scoot McNairy)
The Smiths have gathered once again on their quaint family farm to make the latest in a string of low-budget horror movies, but their children are working up the courage to quit.
Hot Spot (Country: Poland, Greece, Sweden, Norway; Year: 2026; Director: Agnieszka Smoczynska; Writer: Robert Bolesto; Stars: Noomi Rapace, Filippa Kaye, Reika Kirishima, Andrzej Konopka, George Aurimas Cris, Yiannos Mpahas)
In the late 21st Century, an investigator and a member of a feared religious sect are brought together by a murder in a refugee camp.
River (Country: US; Year: 2026; Director: Joshua Giuliano; Stars: Jane Levy, Jessica Rothe, Max Mattern, Dane DiLiegro)
When three estranged siblings reunite in their hometown after the death of their father, they set out to scatter his ashes at his favourite spot on a remote river. But when their boat breaks down, the trip devolves into a waking nightmare.
Sender (Country: United States; Year: 2026; Director: Russell Goldman; Writer: Russell Goldman; Stars: Britt Lower, Rhea Seehorn, Jamie Lee Curtis, Anna Baryshnikov, David Dastmalchian, Utkarsh Ambudkar, Mike Mitchell)
What if the things that find their way to your door know you better than you know yourself?
Species (Sanguine) (Country: France, Belgium; Year: 2026; Director: Marion Le Corroller; Writer: Marion Le Corroller, Thomas Pujol; Stars: Mara Taquin, Karin Viard, Kim Higelin, Sami Outalbali, Stefan Crepon, Sonia Faïdi)
Margot dreams of becoming a life-saving doctor. But as an intern at the most competitive ER in the country, she has trouble keeping up. Soon, young burnt out patients come to her with unusual symptoms, just as she starts developing a strange metamorphosis…
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