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The 60th TIFF Balkan Survey presents a tribute in the great anarchist of Yugoslav cinema, Dušan Makavejev, who died January 2019. In honour of the great director, TIFF organizes the first large post-mortem tribute to Makavejev’s cinematic world.

The 60^th Thessaloniki International Film Festival presents, for the second time, an initiative that aims to further enrich its well-established Agora section. Beloved Greek actor-director Yorgos Pyrpassopoulos becomes the Agora ambassador who will promote the section’s events and goals, collaborating with the film professionals who will attend this year’s edition. He will also present the Agora awards ceremony that will take place Friday November 8^th, 2019.

The Thessaloniki International Film Festival celebrates 60 years– six decades that connect Nikos Koundouros with Finos Films, Jim Jarmusch with Catherine Deneuve and the new generation of Greek filmmakers, the Golden Alexander with the Festival’s publication “First Shot”, the Thermaic Gulf with world cinema.

The 60^th Thessaloniki International Film Festival (31/10 – 10/11/2019) announces its tribute to the groundbreaking work of Gregory J. Markopoulos and Robert Beavers.

The subversive cinema of Catalan director Albert Serra and the cinematic signature of British filmmaker Joanna Hogg are honored at the tributes of the 60^th Thessaloniki International Film Festival (31/10-10/11/2019).