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The Thessaloniki Film Festival is intensifying its efforts for the greater extroversion of Greek cinema and the promotion of Greek filmmakers abroad. The Festival gives the opportunity to three film professionals from Greece who have participated in Thessaloniki Locarno Industry Academy, to travel to the Locarno Film Festival and participate in Locarno Pro. At the same time, the directors who participated in the Agora Short Film Lab of the 64th TIFF will take part in the Cinelink of the Sarajevo Film Festival, where they will present their work to film professionals from abroad.

The Thessaloniki Film Festival, after the successful completion of the 3rd Evia Film Project, a developmental environment-oriented program, and being aware of the critical state that the planet faces, continues to take initiatives in order to reduce its environmental impact and to raise awareness for the goals of sustainability.

Submissions for the 27th Thessaloniki International Documentary Festival (6-16/03/2025) are now open.

The Thessaloniki International Film Festival and the Locarno Film Festival are launching the application call for ‘Industry Academy’, a joint initiative aiming to give a significant boost to the careers of young film professionals. We are expecting your applications!

Multi-awarded film director Yorgos Zois is the candidate selected by Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg for this year’s residency program “Berlin AiR: Thessaloniki-Berlin”, hosted for the third consecutive year in collaboration with the Thessaloniki Film Festival. The program offers the opportunity to film industry professionals from Greece who have a new project under way to reside and work in Berlin for a three-month period. 

On Saturday 6th, July, filmmaker and animator Fokion Xenos offered a presentation on the mixed-media techniques and the combination of analog and digital registers in the world of animation in Agia Anna. Delving into his multi awarded graduation short, titled Heatwave, the creator talked about the process of discovering new animation techniques, narrating his personal journey from the role of the VFX artist and digital designer all the way to becoming a stop-motion filmmaker.