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Thessaloniki 2016 / Competition

8 articles available in total starting from 14/11/2016. Last article published on 14/11/2016.

Afterlov, a love story that turns into a battle

Afterlov, a love story that turns into a battle

Young Greek director Stergios Paschos presents his intense and surreal first feature film, a comedy about the period following the break-up of a relationship  

14/11/2016 | Thessaloniki 2016 | Competition

FILM FOCUS: The Happiest Day in the Life of Olli Mäki

FILM FOCUS: The Happiest Day in the Life of Olli Mäki

An atmospheric nose-dive into black and white in the wake of a boxer on the brink of victory for Finnish director Juho Kuosmanen’s debut feature  

14/11/2016 | Thessaloniki 2016 | Competition

Sámi Blood: Becoming someone else

Sámi Blood: Becoming someone else

The first film by Sweden's Amanda Kernell tells the vibrant tale of a young Lapp girl who dreams of a different life and distances herself from her community with great anguish  

14/11/2016 | Thessaloniki 2016 | Competition

Lady Macbeth: An uncontainable rage

Lady Macbeth: An uncontainable rage

A woman rebels against everyone around her (and against her own humanity) in this restrained yet savage period film from British director William Oldroyd  

14/11/2016 | Thessaloniki 2016 | Competition

Jesús: In the dead of night

Jesús: In the dead of night

Having risen to prominence with Dog Flesh, Chilean filmmaker Fernando Guzzoni is back with a dark and bitter film, directed with great skill  

14/11/2016 | Thessaloniki 2016 | Competition

In the Blood: Resisting changes

In the Blood: Resisting changes

Rasmus Heisterberg paints a convincing picture of coming of age in his directorial debut  

14/11/2016 | Thessaloniki 2016 | Competition

Park: A harrowing departure from “Weird Wave” mechanisms

Park: A harrowing departure from “Weird Wave” mechanisms

Sofia Exarchou’s feature debut employs unrelenting realism to offer a haunting portrait of post-Olympics, crisis-ridden Athens  

14/11/2016 | Thessaloniki 2016 | Competition

A Decent Woman: The end of the oasis

A Decent Woman: The end of the oasis

Austrian director Lukas Valenta Rinner returns to Argentina for this sharp and startling satire that toys with the standards (and absurdities) of bourgeois society  

14/11/2016 | Thessaloniki 2016 | Competition

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