Amidst a warm and touching ambiance, with the filmmakers and the heroes of their films taking center stage, the awards of the 65th Thessaloniki International Film Festival were bestowed on Sunday November 10th, 2024. The audience was welcomed by the artistic director of the Festival, Orestis Andreadakis, paying homage to Yannis Boutaris, who passed away recently.
The iconic comedy of Greek cinema Miss Director (1964) by Dinos Dimopoulos, scored by the legendary and recently deceased conductor and composer Mimis Plessas, was screened on Saturday, November 9th at the Pavlos Zannas theater. The special screening of the film was organized by the Thessaloniki...
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The Festival called it a wrap with a touching farewell to Yannis Boutaris – Joshua Oppenheimer presented his film The End in the closing ceremony of 65th TIFF.
The lights of the Olympion are dim, the theater overflows with the melodies of the legendary song “My Way,” and Paul Anka’s velvety voice...
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The honorary Golden Alexander award was bestowed to Panos H. Koutras for his overall contribution to cinema, with the ceremony taking place at the Olympion theater, on Friday, November 8th. The award ceremony was followed by the screening of the film, The Attack of the Giant Moussaka, which marked Panos...
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