Le Festival International de Films de Thessaloniki est la première institution cinématographique en Grèce. Les activités annuelles de cette institution comprennent l’organisation et la réalisation du Festival International du Film de Thessaloniki et le Festival de Documentaires de Thessaloniki. A côté, TIFF tient un complexe de cinéma de 4 écrans, le Musée du Cinéma de Thessaloniki et la Cinémathèque de Thessaloniki. Le Thessaloniki Goes to Cannes sera co-organisé par TIFF et le Centre du Film Grec.
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Thessaloniki International Film Festival
Projects
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Guest Star
Category: Thessaloniki Goes to Cannes
Directed by: Vasilis Christofilakis
Produced by: Vasilis Christofilakis, Teta Apostolaki + Atmosphere People, Greek Film Center, ERT
Country of production: Greece
Original title: Guest Star
Genre: Feature film
Language: Greek
Runtime: 120min
Completed in: 2022
Loukianos is the son of two famous Greek actors. Although he tries to live up to their fame, he is broke, living a tiny apartment and suffering from agoraphobia. His life is about to change when he is offered to be the host of a successful late-night talk show.
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Lesvia, the herstory of Eressos
Category: Thessaloniki Goes to Cannes
Directed by: Tzeli Hadjidimitriou
Produced by: Tzeli Hadjidimitriou, Anemos Dimiourgias, with the support of the Region of North Aegean, developed with the support of Onassis Culture
Country of production: Greece
Original title: Λesvia, the herstory of Eressos
Genre: Documentary
Language: Greek, English, Italian, French
Runtime: 80min
Completed in: 2023
Birthplace of the Archaic Greek poet Sappho, Eressos, decorates its squares with statues of her, a lesbian. This affirmation has marked the island of Lesbos as a meeting point for the international lesbian community. What does this place actually mean to them and how do the locals perceive them?
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NEW CONTINENT
Category: Thessaloniki Goes to Cannes
Directed by: Pandelis Pagoulatos
Produced by: Nikos Moustakas + Bad Crowd, Bandur Films, Arizona Productions
Country of production: Greece, France, Serbia
Original title: ΝΕΑ ΗΠΕΙΡΟΣ
Genre: Feature film
Language: Greek
Runtime: 90min
Completed in: 2023
« New Continent » is a love drama about the people who wander without a compass. The ones who are constantly trading without rules, wear the role of « evil », but in reality they survive by sulking between the most infamous streets of the capital. Above all, though, it’s a dead-end love story.
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Octopus Skin
Category: Thessaloniki Goes to Cannes
Directed by: Ana Christina Barragan Carrion
Produced by: Isabella Parra, Konstantina Stavrianou, Santiago Ortiz Monasterio, Titus Kreyenberg, Rena Vougioukalou + CALEIDOSCOPIO CINE, GRAAL FILMS, DESENLACE, UNAFILM
Country of production: Ecuador, Greece, Mexico, Germany, France
Original title: La Piel Pulpo
Genre: Feature film
Language: Spanish
Runtime: 90min
Completed in: 2022
Iris and Ariel are twins, who live with their mother and older sister on a rocky island covered with mollusks and birds, in a sibling relationship that surpasses the limits of normal intimacy. Iris decides to go alone to the city for the first time.
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PANELLINION
Category: Thessaloniki Goes to Cannes
Directed by: Spyros Mantzavinos, Kostas Antarachas
Produced by: Leonidas Konstantarakos, Alaska FIlms
Country of production: Greece
Original title: ΠΑΝΕΛΛΗΝΙΟΝ
Genre: Documentary
Language: Greek
Runtime: 80min
Completed in: 2022
Panellinion is an out-of-place-and-time chess coffeehouse in the center of Athens; a refuge for those who suffocate in modern life. Giannis, the owner, hates chess, yet has a fatherly affection for his regulars, who see consolation in it. Teared up, they recall old stories, roister, drink and sing.