For the third year running, the Thessaloniki International Film Festival (TIFF) is focusing on an artistic concept that will run through its entire selection. For its 60^th-anniversary edition (31 October-10 November), the TIFF has been inspired by the overview effect, a phenomenon that was coined by researcher and author Frank White. The effect aims to describe the unprecedented emotions that astronauts feel as they observe the Earth from space for the first time and perceive the world in its entirety, which in turn leads to a cognitive shift in awareness.

The 60^th TIFF will open with Noah Baumbach’s latest endeavour, Marriage Story (USA), and will close with the Toronto People’s Choice Award winner Jojo Rabbit [+lire aussi :
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fiche film] by Taika Waititi (Czech Republic/New Zealand).

The 14 films selected in the international competition have been directed by debutant and sophomore filmmakers, and will be setting their sights on the Golden Alexander. European co-productions have the lion’s share, as all but one of the titles in the line-up are from the continent, while three of them are Greek. In detail, the selection includes: Beware of Children [+lire aussi :
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interview : Dag Johan Haugerud
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fiche film] by Rinio Dragasaki (Greece), Defunct [+lire aussi :
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fiche film] by Zacharias Mavroeidis (Greece), The Fever [+lire aussi :
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interview : Maya Da-Rin
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interview : Óliver Laxe
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interview : Andreas Horvath
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fiche film] by Alejandro Landes (Colombia/Argentina/Netherlands/Denmark), Patrick [+lire aussi :
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interview : Tim Mielants
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interview : Peter Mackie Burns
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fiche film] by Melina León (Peru/Spain/USA), Swallow [+lire aussi :
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interview : Belén Funes
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interview : Vardis Marinakis
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This year, TIFF is introducing a new competition section, entitled Meet the Neighbours, in which ten films by debutant and sophomore directors from Southeast Europe, the Eastern Mediterranean and the Middle East will offer an insight into the life, people and situation of this wider region. The films included here are Africa by Oren Gerner (Israel), Belonging [+lire aussi :
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interview : Burak Çevik
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interview : Mina Mileva, Vesela Kazakova
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fiche film] by Dmitry Mamuliya (Georgia/Russia), Guerilla [+lire aussi :
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fiche film] by György Mór Kárpáti (Hungary), Not to Be Unpleasant, But We Need to Have a Serious Talk by Yiorgos Georgopoulos (Greece), The Rocket by Stefanos Sitaras (Greece/Italy), Simple Women [+lire aussi :
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interview : Ala Eddine Slim
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interview : Matjaž Ivanišin
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Also, for another year, the TIFF is organising the VR Competition section, with eight films aiming to immerse the audience in the world of virtual reality.

For the Greek Film Festival of the 60^th TIFF, 13 established and first-time filmmakers will be competing in the First Run and Beyond Borders sections for a number of independent awards handed out by the festival. First Run comprises (all titles are 100% Greek unless specified otherwise) @9: At nine by Angelos Spartalis, Born on the 8th of March by Lyberis Dionysopoulos, Entwined [+lire aussi :
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interview : Minos Nikolakakis
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fiche film] by Alexandros Voulgaris (The Boy). Beyond Borders includes Common Birds by Silvia Maglioni and Graeme Thomson (France), and I Will Cross Tomorrow by Sepideh Farsi (Greece/France/Luxembourg/Netherlands).

One of the most prominent sections of the TIFF, the Balkan Survey, will present the latest and most important works from the region, including ten feature-length and five short films, while Serbian director Dušan Makavejev, who passed away earlier this year, will be honoured with a special tribute. The selection includes: The Father [+lire aussi :
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interview : Kristina Grozeva, Petar Va…
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interview : Labina Mitevska
interview : Teona Strugar Mitevska
fiche film] by Strugar Mitevska (North Macedonia/Belgium/Slovenia/France/Croatia), Ivana the Terrible [+lire aussi :
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interview : Ada Solomon
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interview : Marius Olteanu
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fiche film] by Cenk Ertürk (Germany/Turkey/USA), Open Door [+lire aussi :
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interview : Florenc Papas
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interview : Emin Alper
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interview : Corneliu Porumboiu
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Finally, Catalan filmmaker Albert Serra, British director Joanna Hogg and the “Pope of Trash”, cult American director John Waters, will be welcomed and honoured by way of tributes at the 60^th TIFF, while a special tribute dedicated to the works of Gregory J Markopoulos and Robert Beavers will include the screening of 12 rare films.