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Amidst a warm and touching ambiance, with the filmmakers and the heroes of their films taking center stage, the awards of the 66th Thessaloniki International Film Festival were bestowed on Sunday, November 9th, 2025, at Warehouse C. Three films were honored with the Golden Alexander of the Festival’s competition sections. The “Golden Alexander - Theo Angelopoulos” Award was bestowed to Cotton Queen by Suzannah Mirghani. The “Golden Alexander - Michel Dimopoulos” Award of the Meet the Neighbors+ section was given to the film The Last One for the Road by Francesco Sossai, whereas the >>Film Forward Golden Alexander was granted to the film 1001 Frames by Mehrnoush Alia.

The screening of the great success Stelios by Yorgos Tsemberopoulos in universally accessible terms, with the support of Alpha Bank, took place on Friday, November 7th, at the Stavros Tornes theatre, in the presence of the two-times Gold Medal winner in the Paralympic Games, Athanasios Ghavelas, director Yorgos Tsemberopoulos and the film's cast.

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...