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We have the pleasure to announce the 5 Greek films (Works in Progress) that will participate in this year’s edition of the “Thessaloniki Goes to Cannes” event which will take place online on Tuesday, June 23, 2020, during the Marché du Film of Festival de Cannes (June 22-26, 2020).
On Wednesday, May 27th, the third and final open discussion within the framework of the 22nd Thessaloniki Documentary Festival —this time focusing on memes; was held with great success.
With 82,686 free tickets and 167 sold out screenings, the online 22nd Thessaloniki Documentary Festival successfully completed its virtual version on May 28, 2020.
With great pleasure, the online 22nd Thessaloniki Documentary Festival announces its awards and thanks the audience for the remarkable participation. Until the 8th day of the festival, 72,000 free tickets were given and 113 documentaries were sold out. The Festival runs until May 28.
How does human presence on Earth, jeopardise the future of our planet? In the context of the 22nd Thessaloniki Documentary Festival, the participants of the online open discussion, which took place on Sunday, May 24, on the Festival’s YouTube channel, had a discourse on the Anthropocene Age and its geological, environmental, social, philosophical, political and cultural implications. The discussion was attended by Yiannis Boutaris, president and founder of Arcturos, Kostas Stasinopoulos, curator and art historian of Serpentine Galleries and the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center (SNFCC), Konstantinos Voudouris, Professor of Geology at AUTh, Vanesa Archontidou, alpinist and Chrysostomos Stamoulis, Professor of Theology at AUTh.
