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Specials, Thessaloniki 2015

Surveying the Balkans

An in-depth interview with Thessaloniki's Balkan Survey programmer Dimitris Kerkinos in order to discover if the Balkan Cinema really exists.

Festival News

Thessaloniki International Short Film Festival 2013

REVIEWS

La Mort de Louis XIV (The Death of Louis XIV) – Jerusalem 33

Albert Serra’s cinema once again reaches the boundaries of experimentalism as he explores the historic figure (and death) of Louis XIV. Wilf Family Foundation Award at the 33rd Jerusalem International Film Festival.

Aquarius – Jerusalem 33

In his sophomore film, Kleber Mendonça Filho penetrates Brazilian falsely beautified society through Sônia Braga's stunning performance.

Eastern Boys – Venice 70 Orizzonti

A highly narrative dramatic - romantic film by by Robin Campillo dealing with male prostitution and the trafficking of boys from the Eastern Europe in France. Winner of 70th Venice Orizzonti section.

Il Passaggio della Linea (2007)

The debut documentary film of the Italian director Pietro Marcello is a nocturnal train journey collage through the Italian landscape.

Elena (2011)

The Revelation according to Andrei Zvyagintsev doesn’t come after a terrifying future event. It is the already present moral collapse that will bring the inevitable catastrophe.

TagThessaloniki

Surveying the Balkans

Thessaloniki International Short Film Festival 2013

La Mort de Louis XIV (The Death of Louis XIV) – Jerusalem 33

Aquarius – Jerusalem 33

Eastern Boys – Venice 70 Orizzonti

Il Passaggio della Linea (2007)

Elena (2011)

John Cassavetes: I am here and I don’t know why

Introduction to Faces by John Cassavetes

Federico Fellini & James Bond

Antonioni on directing

Trans-Europ-Express Eroticism