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Free admission upon issuing a zero-price ticket from the Festival counters. Tickets will be available from Sunday April 5th up until the beginning of the screenings. All GEN-C Card holders who will watch the film will receive three stickers on their Card.

The Thessaloniki International Documentary Festival continues its regional screenings across cities in Greece through the initiative Destination - Journey.

Three new releases, a grand tribute to film comedy, Kids Love Cinema, as well as a special screening for the LUX Audience Award, are in store for us!

The Cinema Museum will remain closed from March 31st to April 2nd, 2026.

Rate before 12 April 2026 (end of the day).

Calling it a wrap for this season, the Thessaloniki Cinemathèque presents the second part of its Grand Tribute to Film Comedy. From Thursday April 2nd to Sunday April 5th, audiences will have the chance to take delight in some of the most memorable and spirited moments of the comedy genre at the Stavros Tornes theatre.

The beloved section Fundamentals of Cinema: New Classics is back in action with the low-key existential masterpiece Morvern Callar (2002), which consolidated Lynne Ramsay as one of the greatest voices in European cinema.

Every year, more than 23,000 children take part in screenings, workshops, and programs organized at the Cinema Museum, in the Festival’s venues, as well as in school classrooms.

Thursday 26/3 - Wednesday 1/4

From 5 to 15 March, the Festival hosted premieres, engaging discussions, masterclasses, exhibitions and parties, unfolding a rich and multifaceted programme.

Thessaloniki International Film Festival issued, on March 10, 2026, an open public tender (call for expression of interest) with sealed bids.

From Thursday, March 26 to Monday, March 30, 2026, a selection of nine films from the 26th Francophone Film Festival of Greece will be screened at the Stavros Tornes theatre (Warehouse 1, Port).

The 28th TiDF may be over, yet the magic of cinema and the thrill of the big screen continue unabated across the Festival’s theatres.

One of the most shocking films of contemporary cinema, Michael Haneke’s Funny Games (1997), in the Festival's Black Fridays!

A moving evening that brought to a close eleven days filled with cinematic discoveries, creative encounters and meaningful dialogue.

Amidst a warm and moving ambiance, turning the spotlight on documentaries, the filmmakers and the protagonists of their films, the awards ceremony of the 28th TiDF took place.

A man who taught Greek cinema to dream beyond its limits.

The public’s first introduction to filmography.gr, the new bilingual platform that transforms Greek cinema data into a tool for knowledge and interpretation.

A remarkable creator who knows how to turn the seemingly insignificant into something meaningful and to preserve the whisper, transforming it into the highest form of art.

“We couldn’t imagine the premiere taking place anywhere else but in Greece and, of course, in Thessaloniki.”

"The value of authentic archives remains paramount"