Within the framework of the 66th Thessaloniki IFF, renowned costume designer Catherine George, a longtime collaborator of great filmmakers such as Jim Jarmusch, Bong Joon Ho, and Lynne Ramsay, delivered an exciting masterclass, titled “Dressing the Story: The Art of Costume Design,” that centered on the art of costume design in cinema.
The International Casting Directors Association (ICDA) presented the Semiramis Award for Best Casting on Saturday, November 1st, at the Tonia Marketaki Theatre. This honorary award recognizes the...
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...
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...
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...
Thessaloniki International Film Festival
A global initiative by TIFF for establishing geoblocking in online festivals
The Thessaloniki International Film Festival has taken on a global initiative for the protection of films and festivals in the new digital times, starting a plea for using geoblocking technology in online film festivals. The plea has already been signed by 18 big film festivals from all over the world.
The outbreak of the coronavirus forced many festivals to move online. In the new situation that takes shape, following the rule of geoblocking is essential to the protection of the films, the filmmakers and the festivals.
It is important that festivals organizing digital screenings should limit them in their country in order to protect the audiovisual ecosystem in a digital environment and not jeopardize the distribution of films in other countries and their screenings in festivals, movie theaters, national streaming platforms and TV channels.
In this new environment, we call for concerted action between the festivals and the industry players.
In the meantime, and in order not to further weaken the audiovisual sector, we undertake to:
- Geo-block for the audience the online diffusion of national and international premieres
- Loosen, as much as possible, our rules on international premieres for films that have been recently premiered online.
The plea is signed by the following festivals:
Amiens International Film festival
Cinemania Film Festival
Film Fest Gent
Fipadoc International Documentary Festival
Gijon IFF
International Film Festival Mannheim Heidelberg
Istanbul Film Festival
Jerusalem Film Festival
Luxembourg City Film Festival
New Horizons IFF
Noordelijk Film Festival
Sarajevo Film Festival
Seville European Film Festival
Stockholm Int Film Festival
Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival
Thessaloniki Film Festival
Torino Film Festival
Trieste Film Festival
We call more festivals to sign the text, in order to secure the future of films, to support the filmmakers and to ensure the sustainability of the film industry.
