The Thessaloniki International Film Festival returns for its 66th edition from 30 October-9 November, maintaining its unwavering commitment to discovering new talents and cinematic voices that keep the festival's outlook fresh and exciting.

This year, the gathering presents its three usual official competitive sections: the International Competition, Meet the Neighbors+ and >>Film Forward. The event will bring together 12 features in each section, most of them the directors' first or second works, and all looking to broaden the boundaries of form, geography and theme.

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In the International Competition, the selected films are festival favourites such as Pillion [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] (UK) by Harry Lighton, selected in Cannes’ Un Certain Regard; A Light That Never Goes Out (Finland/Norway) by Lauri‑Matti Parppei, premiered in Cannes’ ACID; Bearcave [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Stergios Dinopoulos, Krysi…
scheda film] (Greece/UK) by Krysianna B Papadakis and  Stergios Dinopoulos, Europa Cinemas Label in Venice’s Giornate degli Autori; Strange River [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Jaume Claret Muxart
scheda film] (Spain/Germany) by Jaume Claret Muxart and Milk Teeth [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Mihai Mincan
scheda film] (Romania/France/Denmark/Greece/Bulgaria) by Mihai Mincan, both premiered in Venice’s Orizzonti; Cotton Queen [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] (Germany/France/Palestine/Qatar/Saudi Arabia/Sudan) by Suzannah Mirghani and Gorgonà [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Evi Kalogiropoulou
scheda film] (Greece/France) by Evi Kalogiropoulou, both premiered in Venice’s International Film Critics’ Week; Satisfaction [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] (USA/Greece/Ukraine/Italy) by Alex Burunova, premiered at SXSW; as well as Karla [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Christina Tournatzés
scheda film] (Germany) by Christina Tournatzès, Maysoon (Germany/Greece) by Nancy Biniadaki, Beachcomber (Greece) by Aristotelis Maragkos and On the Sea (UK) by Helen Walsh.

In the Meet the Neighbors+ competition, dedicated to cinema from the Southeastern European region, the selected films are the Locarno-premiered titles God Will Not Help [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Hana Jušić
scheda film] (Croatia/Italy/Romania/Greece/France/Slovenia) by Hana Jušić, Don’t Let Me Die [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] (Romania/Bulgaria/France) by Andrei Epure, Fantasy [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Kukla
scheda film] (Slovenia/North Macedonia) by Kukla, Sweetheart [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Margherita Spampinato
scheda film] (Italy) by Margherita Spampinato and In the Land of Arto [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Tamara Stepanyan
scheda film] (France/Armenia) by Tamara Stepanyan; the Venice International Film Critics’ Week entry Roqia [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Yanis Koussim
scheda film] (France/Algeria/Qatar/Saudi Arabia) by Yanis Koussim; Smaragda – I Got Thick Skin and I Can’t Jump [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] (Cyprus) by Emilios Avraam; Another Man (Spain) by David Moragas; Feels Like Home (Hungary) by Gábor Holtai; Life in a Beat (Greece/Cyprus/Bulgaria/North Macedonia/Montenegro/France) by Amerissa Basta; Novak (Greece/Switzerland) by Harry Lagoussis; and Maysoon by Nancy Biniadaki.

Lastly, the >>Film Forward competition, dedicated to the boldest voices, includes the Cannes-premiered The Chronology of Water [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] (France/Latvia/USA/UK) by Kristen Stewart; the Venice-premiered Last Night I Conquered the City of Thebes [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Gabriel Azorín
scheda film] by Gabriel Azorín (Spain/Portugal), Agon [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Giulio Bertelli
scheda film] by Giulio Bertelli (Italy/USA/France) and Barrio Triste (Colombia/USA) by Stillz; the Locarno-premiered Don’t Let the Sun [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Jacqueline Zünd
scheda film] by Jacqueline Zünd (Switzerland/Italy) and Balearic [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Ion de Sosa
scheda film] (Spain/France) by Ion De Sosa; the Karlovy Vary-premiered Before / After [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Manoël Dupont
scheda film] (Belgium) by Manoël Dupont; as well as Kingdom by Michał Ciechomski (Poland), Female by Konstantinos Menelaou (Greece), Regan by Panos Katsimperis (Greece), Zealotis by Stelios Repanis (Greece) and 1001 Frames by Mehrnoush Alia (USA/Iran).

The festival, which will honour Isabelle Huppert (read news) and one of Greece’s most beloved directors, Yorgos Tsemberopoulos and host a tribute to directing duo Hélène Cattet and Bruno Forzani, among other highlights, will be opened by the latest Venice Golden Lion winner, Jim Jarmusch's Father Mother Sister Brother [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Jim Jarmusch
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intervista: György Pálfi
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