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Carte Blanche Roland Vajs: Solaris by Andrei Tarkovsky

The audience of the Thessaloniki Festival had the opportunity to enjoy the masterpiece Solaris (1972) by Andrei Tarkovsky on the big screen, in a screening that took place on Saturday, November 6, at the Pavlos Zannas Hall. As part of the Festival's great tribute to editing, entitled "Cut something: Editing and its secrets", nine leading editors from Greece and all over the world received carte blanche to choose a film they consider iconic for the art of editing or for the development of their own career. Editor Roland Vajs, who has collaborated with directors such as Martin Scorsese, Ang Lee and Michael Moore, chose to present to the audience the unforgettable space epic movie of Andrei Tarkovsky.

Opening of the Festival’s the main exhibition, “The Rules of the Game”

The opening of the Festival's main, original exhibition took place on Saturday November 6th, in a warm and joyful atmosphere. The exhibition, inspired by Jean Renoir's masterpiece, The Rules of the Game, attracted a big crowd at the former Nursery School (Pier A, Port of Thessaloniki).

The curtain of the 62nd TIFF’s Agora was raised with Crossroads Co-production Forum

The Agora of the 62nd Thessaloniki Festival kicked off with Crossroads Co-production Forum, which took place on Saturday, November 6, at Frida Liappa theater, at the Port. The producers of the selected film projects still underway had the opportunity to present and discuss their projects with co-producers, distributors, sales agents and prominent experts from several fields of production.

Presentation of Agora’s Works in Progress

Agora, the developmental branch of the Festival, presented Works in Progress on Saturday, November 6, at Frida Liappa theater, at the Port of Thessaloniki. Eight (8) projects participated, among which we encounter two Greek projects. Yianna Sarri, the head of the Agora, gave the floor to Orestis Andreadakis, the Artistic Director of the Thessaloniki International Film Festival, to preface the Works in Progress of Agora. Mr. Andreadakis welcomed the audience and talked about our long absence from the movie theatres. "It was a long road and a difficult time, but we are here and we are together again," he said.

Opening ceremony of the 62nd Thessaloniki International Film

On Thursday November 4th, the 62nd Thessaloniki International Film Festival opening ceremony was held in enthusiasm and optimism for the audience comeback to film theatres.