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Amidst a warm and moving ambiance, turning the spotlight on documentaries, the filmmakers and the protagonists of their films, the awards of the 27th Thessaloniki International Documentary Festival were bestowed on Sunday March 16th 2025. The International Competition Golden Alexander was bestowed to the documentary Coexistence, My Ass! by Amber Fares, which will automatically be eligible to submit for Academy Awards® consideration in the Documentary Feature category. The Newcomers Golden Alexander was awarded to the documentary How to Build a Library by Maia Lekow and  Christopher King, whereas the >>Film Forward Golden Alexander went to the documentary Endless Cookie by Seth Scriver and Peter Scriver.

The screening of the films Gazoros Serron & Prespes by Takis Hatzopoulos took place on Saturday March 15th at Olympion theater, in terms of universal accessibility, within the framework of the 27th Thessaloniki International Documentary Festival. For the second consecutive edition of the Thessaloniki International Documentary Festival, the Alpha Bank Accessibility Award of €3,000 will be awarded, either to a personality or to a film that highlights accessibility issues in the arts.

On the occasion of its 20th anniversary, the journalistic research TV show Time Machine presented on Saturday, March 15, at John Cassavetes Theater, in collaboration with the Film Office of the Region of Central Macedonia, well-known and lesser-known landmarks of the region that have "starred" in its stories. The event was attended by Vicky Hatzivassiliou, Vice Governor of Tourism of the Region of Central Macedonia, Akis Sakellariou, President of the Board of Directors of the Thessaloniki Film Festival, and Athina Kartalou, General Director of the General Film Directorate of EKKOMED-Creative Greece.

The screening of the film Only on Earth took place on Saturday, March 15, at the Pavlos Zannas Theater, in collaboration with the Heinrich Böll Foundation, and in the presence of the film’s director, Robin Petré, as part of the 27th Thessaloniki International Documentary Festival. The film takes us to southern Galicia, one of the most vulnerable regions in Europe to the threat of wildfires, capturing both the harsh beauty and fragile balance of the natural world. 

Within the framework of the 27th Thessaloniki Documentary Festival, a special open hearing of the first episode of the podcast BiPolar Opposites took place on Saturday, March 15th at the Green Room within Olympion theater. The podcast was researched, written, and narrated by Valia Dimitrakopoulou, with sound mixing, sound design, and original music by Daphne Tsiouni. It was created following an open call issued by the non-profit journalistic organization iMEdD and the Thessaloniki Film Festival. The audio documentary BiPolar Opposites dives into the universe of bipolar disorder, aiming to demystify and destigmatize it through personal testimonies and interviews with experts. 

The special screening of the short documentary L'éclairage revient / Waves of Light, in collaboration with the Public Power Corporation (PPC), took place on Thursday, March 13th, in the packed John Cassavetes theater, in the presence of the creators Pantelis Kalogerakis, Michalis Kalogerakis and Panagiotis Andrianou, as part of the 27th Thessaloniki International Documentary Festival.