Amidst a warm atmosphere, and with the leading actress of Jim Jarmusch’s film, Father Mother Sister Brother, in attendance — the wonderful Indya Moore — the opening ceremony of the 66th Thessaloniki International Film Festival took place on Thursday, October 30th, in the packed Olympion theater. The event was introduced by the Deputy Minister of Culture, responsible for Contemporary Culture, Iason Fotilas, the Deputy Minister of Interior, responsible for Macedonia and Thrace of Greece, Konstantinos Gkioulekas, the Deputy Governor of the Metropolitan Region of Thessaloniki, Konstantinos...
The opening of the 66th Thessaloniki International Film Festival’s main exhibition, titled “Plot Twist (the science fiction change)”, the opening festivities of the 9th Thessaloniki Biennale of...
One of the most acclaimed and radiant names of contemporary classical music, Chinese-American Tan Dun, will attend the 66th Thessaloniki International Film Festival. The renowned composer and...
The 66th Thessaloniki International Film Festival will be held from Thursday October 30th to Sunday November 9th, 2025, both in physical spaces and online. A total of 278 full-length and short films will...
The 66th Thessaloniki International Film Festival is pleased to announce its 2025 collaboration with the International Casting Directors Association (ICDA), bringing to the forefront the distinct...
The pioneering competition section Immersive: All around Cinema embraces films that make use of the most up-to-date technologies to unveil different aspects of an extended reality, paving new ways...
The new film of the acclaimed and beloved American film director Jim Jarmusch, Father Mother Sister Brother, Golden Lion winner at the recent Venice International Film Festival, will signal the...
The 66th TIFF hosts for another year its Podcast Section, featuring a total of 40 Greek-speaking and English-speaking podcasts, setting a record number in the section’s history. In particular, 12...
A series of renowned names of today’s cinema, with the stunning Festival’s guest of honor Isabelle Huppert as the lineup’s spearhead, will deliver fascinating masterclasses, open to the public,...
The spotlight hosted by the 66th Thessaloniki International Film Festival re-introduces us to one of the most distinguished and versatile personalities of 20th century French culture. Film director,...
The 66th TIFF will host a tribute to one of Europe’s boldest and most distinctive directorial duos, Hélène Cattet & Bruno Forzani, showcasing their pluralistic and unconventional body of work. The...
Discovering new talents and voices that renew our perspective remains at the core of the Festival. This year, at the 66th Thessaloniki International Film Festival (30 October - 9 November 2025),...
We are delighted to unveil the 32 full-length films and the 30 short films screened at the 66th Thessaloniki International Film Festival, within the framework of the Greek Film Festival. For yet...
With beloved chef Sotiris Kontizas as ambassador, the Agora of the 66th Thessaloniki International Film Festival returns — more dynamic than ever. This year, Agora is organizing an exciting...
The 66th Thessaloniki International Film Festival is hosting a deeply political tribute titled Fragilities, focusing on the limitations that demarcate the fragile human nature. The tribute is part...
The Thessaloniki International Film Festival, in collaboration with production and distribution company Finos Film, this year will honor 37 iconic actors and actresses who starred in many of the...
The radiant and multi-awarded film star Isabelle Huppert is the 66th TIFF's guest of honor! The iconic French actress will deliver a grand masterclass on Tuesday November 4th, open to the public,...
The 66th TIFF (30/10-09/11/2025) hosts a tribute on the technique of plot twist, adopting a subversive approach on this valuable narrative tool. The tribute titled Plot Twist, Beyond the Sixth Sense goes...
The posters of the 66th International Film Festival (30/10-9/11/2025) bear the signature of the acclaimed Greek visual artist Stefanos Rokos, who created two original works for the Festival’s...
The 66th Thessaloniki International Film Festival (30/10-09/11/2025) will bestow its honorary Golden Alexander to the renowned Greek filmmaker Yorgos Tsemberopoulos, while hosting a full-scale...
Thessaloniki International Film Festival
Applications for the online podcast workshops are now open
We are happy to announce that the applications for the podcast workshops are now open. The free workshops will take place during the online 23rd Thessaloniki Documentary Festival (March 4 to March 14, 2021). Τop podcast experts from all over the world will focus on the basic principles of podcasts, will discuss content creation, technical features and they will share their secrets and know-how.
From March 4 to March 14, 2021 viewers from Greece will be able to watch about 50 films on the Festival’s dedicated online platform, while most of the events of the 23rd TDF (competition sections, Agora Docs etc.) will take place from June 24 – July 4, 2021 in open-air theaters and in the Festival’s theaters in Thessaloniki. Until that time and in the context of this year’s hybrid Documentary Festival the Festival will organize other events, either online or in physical spaces, according to the health conditions.
Who can attend the podcast workshops:
Film professionals from every field (actors, directors, producers, film technicians, etc.) who have participated in a:
Feature film (duration 60'+) that has been screened in a film festival or commercial movie theater with a ticket.
A short film that has been screened in an International Film Festival.
Media professionals (journalists, film critics, radio producers, etc.)
Graduates of schools related with audiovisual production (film, directing, theater, acting, journalism, media etc.)
There are limited spaces in the workshops. An electronic draw will take place on February 19, 2021, in case the number of entries exceeds the number of places.
The workshops will be in English, without interpretation.
Open call: After the completion of the workshops in March, the Festival will make an open call to creators from Greece and abroad to submit their podcasts, based on specifications that will be announced then. The best podcasts will be selected and presented during the summer through the Festival’s digital channels.
For more information and for the application form, with a submission deadline of Friday February 12, 2021, visit: https://on.tiff.gr/PodcastWorkshops
