Faithful to its established annual appointment, the
57th edition of
Thessaloniki International Film Festival will open its gates on Thursday,
November 3rd 2016. A very rich program of international and Greek feature and short films, masterclasses and parallel events, promises to offer once again a unique experience to the audience of the festival which will run until the
13th of November.
The line up will start off with the film Paterson by Jim Jarmusch and the film The Dancer by Stéphanie Di Giusto will be screened at the closing ceremony.
The five-member International Jury called to judge the films of the International Competition section and to award the Golden and Silver Alexanders plus a number of additional awards, is composed of: the Jury President Amir Naderi from Iran, Director and Screenwriter, Tunisian Director of photography Sofian El Fani, French screenwriter Frédérique Moreau, Peter Scarlet from USA, consultant, producer and film curator and Greek director and professor Eva Stefani.
The three-member FIPRESCI Jury called to judge films in the International Competition and the Greek Film Festival premieres is composed of the Jury President Aleksander Huser from Norway, Ahmet Gürata from Turkey and Ifigenia Kalantzi from Greece.
I Still Hide to Smoke by Rayhana
The Balkan Films that will screen in the 57th edition of Thessaloniki International Film Festival are the following:
International Competition
GREEK FILM FESTIVAL
First Run
Alcibiades the Untamed Student of Socrates by Dimitris Makris, Greece,2016,103΄
Common Ground by Penny Bouska, Greece, 2016,64΄
Istanbul Story by Fotini Siskopoulou
Greeks of Diaspora
A Beautiful Day by Phedon Papamichael, USA, 2016,21΄
Tracktown by Alexia Pappas & Jeremy Teicher, USA, 2016, 88΄
A Second View
Suntan by Argyris Papadimitropoulos
Short Film, Long Run
Flowers and Bottoms by Christos Massalas, Greece, 2016, 6΄
PAOK FC Documentary Screening
Cinema for all Screenings
Open Horizons
>>Film Forward
Oscuro Animal by Felipe Guerrero, Colombia, Argentina, Netherlands, Germany, Greece,2016,107΄
Out of Competition
Youth Screen
Semele by Myrsini Aristidou, USA, Greece, Cyprus, 2015,14΄
Panhellenic Film Critics Association Screenings
The Ones Across by George Panousopoulos, Greece, 1981, 121΄
For more information please visit TIFF Official Website 
