The
Open Horizons section of the 56th
Thessaloniki International Film Festival highlights the most recent trends in worldwide independent production, featuring thematically original and aesthetically challenging films. Running in parallel, the
Special Screenings section presents the newest additions in the work of renowned auteurs.
The Open Horizons section includes a variety of films, directed by filmmakers who have already established themselves in the independent film scene, as well as promising newcomers. Louder Than Bombs by Joachim Trier (Oslo, August 31st), Chronic by Michel Franco, Pablo Aguero’s Eva Doesn’t Sleep and Arabian Nights by Portuguese director Miguel Gomes are only few of the films programmed.
Some of this year’s most anticipated films will be screened as part of the
Special Screenings section.
Francofonia by Aleksandr Sokurov,
Son of Saul by László Nemes (Grand Prize of the Jury, FIPRESCI Prize, Cannes Film Festival),
The Treasure by
Corneliu Porumboiu (Un Certain Regard-A Certain Talent Prize, Cannes Film Festival) and Jafar Panahi΄s
Taxi Tehran (Golden Berlin Bear, FIPRESCI Prize, Berlin Film Festival), to mention some of them.
The Treasure by Corneliu Porumboiu
The Currents section returns with a selection of experimental offerings, set in several parts of the world. The Brazilian drama Hopefulls by Ives Rosenfeld and Pietro Marcello’s contemporary fairytale Lost and Beautiful from Italy are two of the films included in the program.
The Films (the full list will be announced at the Festival’s press conference, date TBA)
Open Horizons
Victoria, 2015, 140’, Germany, Sebastian Schipper
The Second Mother, 2015, 111’, Brazil, Anna Muylaert
Body, 2015, 90’, Poland, Malgorzata Szumowska
La Tierra Roja, 2015, 100’, Belgium, Argentina, Diego Martínez Vignatti
Blue Blood, 2014, 119’, Brazil, Lírio Ferreira
Krisha, 2015, 83’, USA, Trey Edward Shults
In Your Arms, 2014, 88’, Denmark, Germany, Samanou Acheche Sahlstrøm
Ixcanul Volcano, 2015, 91’, Guatemala, France, Jayro Bustamante
Queen Of Earth, 2015, 90’, USA, Alex Ross Perry
Children, 2014, 100’, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Jaro Vojtek
Song Of Songs, 2015, 75’, Ukraine, Eva Neymann
Chronic, 2015, 93’, Mexico, France, Michel Franco
Paulina, 2015, 103’, Argentina, Brazil, France, Santiago Mitre
The Here After, 2015, 102, Sweden, Poland, France, Magnus von Horn
Rising Voices, 2015, 90’, Belgium, Bénédicte Liénard & Mary Jimenez
Last Cab To Darwin, 2015, 123’, Australia, Jeremy Sims
Land Of Mine, 2015, 100’, Denmark, Germany, Martin Pieter Zandvliet
Stranger, 2015, 105’, Kazakhstan, Yermek Tursunov
Astragal, 2015, 96’, France, Brigitte Sy
7 Chinese Brothers, 2015, 76’, USA, Bob Byington
A Very Ordinary Citizen, 2015, 100’, Iran, Czech Republic, Majid Barzegar
The Long Way Home, 2014, 91’, Spain, Sergi Pérez
Drifters, 2015, 92’, Sweden, Peter Grönlund
Tikkun, 2015, 120’, Israel, Avishai Sivan
Me And Earl And The Dying Girl, 2015, 105’, USA, Alfonso Gomez-Rejon
One Breath, 2015, 110’, Germany, Greece, Christian Zübert
Looking For Grace, 2015, 100’, Australia, Sue Brooks
Let Them Come, 2014, 95’, France, Algeria, Salem Brahimi
Sabali, 2015,79’, Canada, Ryan McKenna
The Diary Of A Teenage Girl, 2014, 102’, USA, Marielle Heller
Madame Courage, 2015, 90’, Algeria, France, Merzak Allouache
Louder Than Bombs, 2015, 109’, Norway, France, Denmark, Joachim Trier
French Blood, 2015, 98’, France, Diastème
Summertime, 2015, 105’, France, Catherine Corsini
Arabian Nights, 2015, Portugal, France, Germany, Switzerland, Miguel Gomes
Neon Bull, 2015, 101, Brazil, Uruguay, Netherlands, Gabriel Mascaro
Mountain, 2015, 83’, Israel, Denmark, Yaelle Kayam
Very Big Shot, 2015, 107’, Lebanon, Qatar, Mir-Jean Bou Chaaya
Eva Doesn΄t Sleep, 2015, 85’, France, Argentina, Spain, Pablo Aguero
Light Years, 2015, 85’, United Kingdom, Esther May Campbell
Special Screenings
Francofonia, 2015, 90’, France, Germany, Netherlands, Aleksandr Sokurov
Cemetery Of Splendour, 2015, 122’, Thailand, United Kingdom, France, Germany, Malaysia, Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Son Of Saul, 2015, 107’, Hungary, László Nemes
Fever At Dawn, 2015, 110’, Hungary, Sweden, Israel, Péter Gárdos
Taxi, 2015, 82’, Iran, Jafar Panahi
In The Shadow Of Women, 2015, 73’, France, Switzerland, Philippe Garrel
An, 2015, 113’, Japan, France, Germany, Naomi Kawase
Our Little Sister, 2015, 128’, Japan, Hirokazu Kore-eda
Currents
The Project Of The Century, 2015, 100’, Argentina, Cuba, Germany, Switzerland, Carlos M. Quintela
Hopefuls, 2015, 71’, Brazil, Ives Rosenfeld
Mirinda, Where There Is Shade, 2015, 105’, France,Nathan Nicholovitch
Lost And Beautiful, 2015, 87’, Italy, Pietro Marcello
Sam Klemke΄s Time Machine, 2015, 94’, Australia, USA, Matthew Bate