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Thessaloniki International Film Festival awarded an honorary Golden Alexander for his overall contribution to the art of cinema to the beloved creator Yorgos Tsemberopoulos, in a heart warming event that took place on Thursday, November 6th at the Olympion theatre, before the screening of the film The Enemy Within. The Golden Alexander was awarded by Dennis Iliadis, director and screenwriter, Katerina Bei, screenwriter and vice-president of the Festival's Board of Directors, and Giannis Tsiros, screenwriter.

On Thursday, November 6th, the audience of the 66th Thessaloniki International Film Festival had the opportunity to attend a fascinating masterclass, titled “Contrary to Expectation,” delivered by Nikos Panayotopoulos. Engaging in dialogue with the grand tribute of this year’s Festival, “Plot Twist, Beyond the Sixth Sense,” the acclaimed Greek author and scriptwriter analyzed the timeless allure and irresistible power of the plot twist; the reversal of expectations in dramatic (and not only) storytelling. 

Within the framework of the 66th Thessaloniki International Film Festival, the special screening of the film Electra7, a collaboration between the Athens Epidaurus Festival and the Hellenic Film Academy, realized with the support of PPC, took place on Wednesday, November 7th, at the Tonia Marketaki theater. The film is an original cinematic relay, inspired by Sophocles’ Electra. 

The beloved screening series Fundamentals of Cinema, devoted this year to modern masterpieces destined to become future classics kicked off on Wednesday, November 5th at the John Cassavetes theatre...

The audience of the 66th Thessaloniki International Film Festival had the opportunity to attend a fascinating masterclass delivered by Frederick Elmes, renowned DoP and longtime collaborator of great filmmakers, on Wednesday, November 5th, at the Pavlos Zannas theater. The masterclass, titled “The Collaborative Art,” was moderated by DoP Simos Sarketzis.