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53rd TIFF: Inauguration of the Thessaloniki Cinemateque (11/4/2012)
INAUGURATION OF THE The Thessaloniki Cinematheque was formally unveiled on Sunday, November 4, 2012. Part of the 53rd Thessaloniki International Film Festival, this inauguration included a tribute to “The Cinematic Life of Painting” and a special screening...
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53rd TIFF: Opening Ceremony (11/3/2012)
OPENING CEREMONY
The curtain rose on the 53rd Thessaloniki International Film Festival on Friday, November 2, 2012 with a simple ceremony. The opening ceremony took place at the packed Olympion Theater, with the jazz and swing rhythms of the band Milky Lady & the Cookies and the lindy hop Jitter...
AT NIGHT I FLY by Michel Wenzer
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PRESS CONFERENCE
LION SOULS / CARTOGRAPHY OF LONELINESS / AT NIGHT I FLY / I AM A WOMAN NOW
As part of the 14th Thessaloniki Documentary Festival, a Press Conference was held on Friday, March 16, 2012. Participating were directors Manu Gerosa and Salva Munoz (Lion Souls), Nocem Collado (Cartography of Loneliness), Michel Wenzer (At Night I Fly) and Alex Bakker, researcher for the film I Am a Woman N...
Film still from WHORE’S GLORY (2011) by Michael Glawogger
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PRESS CONFERFENCE THE BENGALI DETECTIVE / THE KING / WHORE’S GLORY
On Saturday, March 17, 2012 a Press Conference was held with the directors Dejan Aćimović (The King), Philip Cox (The Bengali Detective) and Michael Glawogger (Whore’s Glory), whose films are participating in the edition’s international program.
The King by Dejan Aćimović is a portrait of Darko K...
PRESS CONFERENCE EYAL SIVAN
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Israeli director Eyal Sivan held a press conference on Wednesday, March 14, 2012. Mr. Sivan is attending the 14th Thessaloniki Documentary Festival - Images of the 21st Century on the occasion of the Tribute to his work that the festival has organized. Mr. Dimitri Eipides, Director of the TDF and TIFF, introduced this leading representative of political documentaries, known for his unconventional views regarding the Pa...
Photo still from DESERT RIDERS (2011)
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GAELLE / STORIES FROM LAKKA BEACH / DESERT RIDERS
As part of the 14th Thessaloniki Documentary Festival, a Press Conference was held on Sunday, March 11, 2012. Participating were directors Natalie Johanna Halla (Gaelle) and Daan Veldhuizen (Stories from Lakka Beach), as well as the scriptwriter/producer Noemi Weis (Desert Riders).
Desert Riders, directed by Vic Sarin, deals with a topic t...
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14th TDF: Opening Ceremony (3/10/2012)
OPENING CEREMONY
The curtain rose on the 14th Thessaloniki Documentary Festival - Images of the 21st Century on Friday, March 9, 2012 in the packed Olympion Theater. The simple ceremony, with musical accompaniment, was followed by the screening of Tony Gatlif’s documentary Indignados, a cinematic homage to the Occupy movement.
The percussion group Krousi set the rhythm for the evening and afterwards Dimitri Eipides, di...
The Agora Market Awards TIFF 2011 -TIFF PRESS RELEASE- 52nd TIFF: Agora Awards (11/12/2011)AGORA AWARDS The Agora/Market section of the 52nd edition of the Thessaloniki International Film Festival concluded on Friday, November 11 at Warehouse C, with the Works in Progress and Crossroads 7th Co-Production Forum awards ceremony. The ceremony took place in a festive atmosphere in the presence of TIFF director Dimitris Eipides. Mr. Eipides warmly thanked all Agora participants. Taking the floo...
Ulrich Seidl Press Conference at 52ND TIFF
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52nd TIFF: Ulrich Seidl Press Conference (11/11/2011)
ULRICH SEIDL PRESS CONFERENCE
Austrian director Ulrich Zeidl gave a Press Conference on Friday, November 11 at Warehouse C, during the 52nd Thessaloniki International Film Festival and in the presence of Festival Director Dimitri Eipides. This year’s edition is holding a broad tribute to Seidl’s work, screening documentaries and features that are repre...
Opening film at 52nd TIFF, The Descendants (2011) by Alexander Payne. TIFF PRESS RELEASE52nd TIFF: Opening ceremony (11/5/2011)52nd THESSALONIKI INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 4-13 November 2011 OPENING CEREMONYA modest ceremony raised the curtain on the 52nd Thessaloniki International Film Festival on Friday, November 4th, 2011, at a packed Olympion theater. The event was accompanied by the music of the four-member Basement band. In his opening speech, TIFF director Dimitris Eipides did not fail ...
Alexander Payne at TIFF 2011 TIFF PRESS RELEASE!52nd TIFF: Alexander Payne Press Conference (11/5/2011)ALEXANDER PAYNE PRESS CONFERENCE On Saturday, November 5th, a Press Conference was given by the Greek-American director Alexander Payne during the 52nd Thessaloniki International Film Festival, at Warehouse C. Present were the Festival’s Director, Dimitri Eipides and Mr. Payne’s director of photography Phedon Papamichael, also a Greek-American. Alexander Payne’s new film The Descendants ...
