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SALONICCO 2018

Il Thessaloniki International Film Festival di quest'anno si ispira alla Caritas Romana

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- La 59ma edizione del più importante raduno cinematografico greco mostra nuove voci nella competizione internazionale e continua il suo focus sulla Grecia, mentre il suo Balkan Survey compie 25 anni

Il Thessaloniki International Film Festival di quest'anno si ispira alla Caritas Romana
Her Job di Nikos Labôt

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Every year, the Thessaloniki International Film Festival (TIFF) focuses on a different artistic theme, which then acts as the guide for making the selection. For its 59th edition (1-11 November), the TIFF has picked up the theme of Caritas Romana (Roman Charity). Inspired by the story of Pero, a woman who secretly breastfeeds her father, Cimon, who has been sentenced to death by starvation, the scene has been reimagined in various art forms, predominantly in paintings from the 17th and 18th centuries.

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The 15 films selected in the international competition are directed by up-and-coming debutant and sophomore filmmakers and will be setting their sights on the Golden Alexander. European co-productions have the lion’s share, with 11 titles in the line-up, while three of them are Greek.

The selected productions include two titles from Cannes’ Un Certain Regard – the Best Screenplay winner, Sofia [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Meryem Benm'Barek
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 by Meryem Benm' Barek (France/Belgium/Qatar), and The Harvesters [+leggi anche:
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by Etienne Kallos (South Africa/France/Poland/Greece) – as well as North American successes such as the Tribeca winner Smuggling Hendrix [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Marios Piperides
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 by Marios Piperides (Cyprus/Germany/Greece), the Sundance hits Holiday [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Victoria Carmen Sonne
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 by Isabella Eklöf (Denmark/Netherlands/Sweden), The Guilty [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Gustav Möller
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by Gustav Möller (Denmark) and We the Animals by Jeremiah Zagar (USA), and the Toronto-premiered Her Job [+leggi anche:
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 by Nikos Labôt (Greece/France/Serbia). Two Locarno winners will also be taking part: the Special Mention recipient Ray & Liz [+leggi anche:
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 by Richard Billingham (UK) and Eva Trobisch’s All Good [+leggi anche:
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(Germany), the winner of the First Feature Award. Venice’s Orizzonti winner Manta Ray [+leggi anche:
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by Phuttiphong Aroonpheng (Thailand/France/China) and Elsa Amiel’s debut, Pearl [+leggi anche:
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(France/Switzerland), will also get an airing. The selection is topped off by the national premiere of The Waiter [+leggi anche:
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 by Steve Krikris (Greece), the international premiere of Meili by Zhou Zhou (Taiwan), the European premiere of Alex Moratto’s Socrates (Brazil) and Chained for Life by Aaron Schimberg (USA).

The 59th TIFF will open with the Palme d’Or winner Shoplifters by Hirokazu Kore-Eda (Japan) and will close with the Caméra d'Or-awarded Girl [+leggi anche:
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 by Lukas Dhont (Belgium/Netherlands). Four more titles will be screened out of competition: Touch Me Not [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Adina Pintilie
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by Adina Pintilie (Romania/Germany/Czech Republic/Bulgaria/France), Too Late to Die Young [+leggi anche:
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 by Dominga Sotomayor (Chile/Brazil/Argentina/Netherlands/Qatar), Sauvage [+leggi anche:
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by Camille Vidal-Naquet (France) and A Land Imagined [+leggi anche:
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 by Yeo Siew Hua (Singapore/France/Netherlands).

For the Greek Film Festival of the 59th TIFF, 12 established and first-time filmmakers will compete in the First Run and Beyond Borders sections for the independent awards handed out by the festival. First Run comprises Free Subject [+leggi anche:
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 by Stella TheodorakisHoly Boom [+leggi anche:
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by Maria LafiMagic Skin [+leggi anche:
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 by Konstantinos Samaras, The Mountain Tears [+leggi anche:
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 by Stelios CharalampopoulosRefuge II: The Ice Path by Christos NikolerisScopophilia [+leggi anche:
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 by Natalia Lampropoulou and Ilektra Aggeletopoulou, Still River [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Angelos Frantzis
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by Angelos FrantzisThe Night of Saint Anthony [+leggi anche:
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 by Thanassis Skroubelos and The Right Pocket of the Robe [+leggi anche:
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 by Yannis Lapatas. Beyond Borders includes Night Out [+leggi anche:
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by Stratos TzitzisPause [+leggi anche:
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by Tonia Mishiali and Sunrise in Kimmeria by Simon Farmakas.

One of the best-established sections of the TIFF, Balkan Survey, curated for the last 25 years by Dimitris Kerkinos, will present 15 films from the region that have been successful during the year at various international film festivals: Ága [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Milko Lazarov
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by Milko Lazarov (Bulgaria/Germany/France), Alice T. [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Radu Muntean
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by Radu Muntean (Romania/Sweden/France), Butterflies [+leggi anche:
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by Tolga Karaçelik (Turkey), Cold November [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Ismet Sijarina
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 by Ismet Sijarina (Kosovo/Albania/Macedonia), "I Do Not Care If We Go Down in History as Barbarians" [+leggi anche:
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by Radu Jude (Romania/Czech Republic/France/Bulgaria/Germany), Lemonade [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Ioana Uricaru
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by Ioana Uricaru (Romania/Germany/Sweden/Canada), The Load [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Ognjen Glavonić
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by Ognjen Glavonić (Serbia/France/Croatia/Iran/Qatar), Sibel [+leggi anche:
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 by Çagla Zencirci and Guillaume Giovanetti (Turkey/France/Germany/Luxemburg), and You Have the Night [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Ivan Salatić
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by Ivan Salatić (Montenegro/Serbia/Qatar). Also, the sequel to Stere Gulea’s 1980s classic,  Moromete Family: The Edge of Time [+leggi anche:
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, will enjoy its world premiere. At a tribute entitled “Before the Wave Breaks”, Balkan Survey will screen eight iconic Romanian films that date from before 2001, directed by the predecessors of New Romanian Cinema.

Finally, Spanish filmmaker Jaime Rosales, Dutch director Nanouk Leopold, and Chilean visual artists-filmmakers Cristóbal León and Joaquín Cociña will be honoured in the tributes of the 59th TIFF, and a special tribute dedicated to Greek queer cinema is also being organised, including the screening of 38 rare feature-length and short films.

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