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 be screened in Olympion and Pavlos Zannas theaters, in the Port’s theaters Frida Liappa, Tonia Marketaki, John Cassavetes and Stavros Tornes, as well as in the Makedonikon theater. In addition, we’ll watch another 86 films online, through the Festival’s platform online.filmfestival.gr. The Festival takes part in the National Cinema Day events, and on Thursday October 30th, 2025, all...
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 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...
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ΑGORA XR Lab: March 8-13
AGORA XR Lab is TiDF AGORA’s new initiative, in collaboration with the Immersive – All Around Cinema section, a closed workshop dedicated to XR and new media projects in development. It is designed for emerging storytellers keen to explore new forms of expression in factual and non-factual storytelling, and to push the boundaries of what audiovisual work can be in the digital age. Various multidisciplinary artists from different career paths and artistic backgrounds submitted their projects for this opportunity. Five XR projects that bridge the realms of film, digital media, new tech, and gaming were selected to participate in this inaugural edition. AGORA XR Lab fosters innovation and collaboration by supporting creative, interdisciplinary partnerships in film, the arts, science, technology, and social impact initiatives.
This year’s AGORA XR Lab projects are:
BITXO Creator: Lau Maquedano, Production: Alberto López Garrido - Lamola Studios, Valet Siv Manrique Piragna Animación & Lau Maquedano, Co-production: Natxo Carrasco - HD Studio, Rubén Coca - Artyc Content, Spain, Colombia
Toby Coffey | Associate Programmer, IDFA DocLab - United Kingdom
Kathrine Fremming | Head of Cultural Partnerships and Brand Innovation, Khora Virtual Reality - Denmark
Annette Mees | Artistic director, Audience Labs - United Kingdom, Netherlands
Konstantina Stavrianou | Producer, Graal - Greece
Guest Speaker
Heracles Papatheodorou | Digital & Development Project Manager, Onassis Foundation - Greece
Awards
Beldocs XR Academy Award Selection of one AGORA XR Lab project to the XR Academy, including accommodation and accreditation for the next Beldocs International Documentary Festival in May 2025
NewImages Festival Partnership Selection of one AGORA XR Lab project to the NewImages XR Market in April 2025
Αll AGORA XR Lab closed sessions will take place at Odyssea Youth Center Thessaloniki
