PARALLEL EVENTS

In order to complete its creative and adventurous search of contemporary cultural and social issues, the 4th Thessaloniki Documentary Festival - Images of the 21st Century will host the following parallel events:

• An Honorary Award will be presented to the acclaimed Iranian director Mohsem Makhmalbaf for his unique work as a filmmaker and his social contribution to the issue of immigrants from Afghanistan.
• A Videoconference with the world-renowned linguist and philosopher, Noam Chomsky, dealing with the issue of "Human Rights and Children".
• A one-day Conference with the subject of "Human Rights: Children". Participants of the conference are Mohsem Makhmalbaf (director, Iran), Margarita Papandreou (President of NGO, Greece), Peter Wintonick (director, Canada), Yvonne Bezera de Mello (activist, Brazil), Patricia McCarthy (education specialist, Canada), Zisis Papademetriou (Professor, Greece) and Nikos Papageorgiou (President of the Greek Comission of UNESCO).
• Telethon for the fundraising of Mohsem Makhmalbaf's project on the education of Afghani children.
• Screenings for high school students of a selected film from the Focus on Children section.
• A photo exhibition by Canadian artist Jacques Dufresne, premiering his celebrated work "Les Cinemas Nouveaux" in Greece,
• An all-night marathon of the most popular films shown during the festival.
• Regional screenings of five programmes from this year's selection.