Last year was an "exhausting" one for the Festival audience, that had to rush from one show to the next so as not to miss any of the many and interesting films presented by "New Horizons". The new series 3x3 received the direct and warm welcome of the public. "The Prisoner of Caucausus" by Russian Sergei Bodrov deeply moved the audience (nominated for an Oscar) and "Little Kollia" (Oscar for Foreign Language Film) by Czech Jan Sverak was equally touching. The two young directors, unknown in Greece till then, arrived in Thessaloniki and were enraptured by the response of the audience. Again this year, New Horizons focus on three prominent international directors in a "3X3" sidebar. From France Tony Gatlif with THE PRINCESS LATCHO DROM GATZO DILLO From U.S.A Errol Morris with GATES OF HEAVEN THE THIN BLUE LINE FAST CHIP AND OUT OF CONTROL From Iceland Fridrich T. Fridriksson with DEVIL'S ISLAND COLD FEVER CHILDREN OF NATURE MAGNET Internet Services © 1997