Thessaloniki International Film Festival

From 31 October to 9 November 2025, the 66th Thessaloniki International Film Festival turned the city’s cinemas and waterfront warehouses into a meeting place for debut films and established voices. The international jury — Elegance Bratton, Thania Dimitrakopoulou and Frederick Elmes — chose Suzannah Mirghani’s Cotton Queen for the Golden Alexander – Theo Angelopoulos. Francesco Sossai’s The Last One for the Road led Meet the Neighbors+, while Mehrnoush Alia’s 1001 Frames won Film Forward. Bearcave and Patty Is Such a Girly Name stood out across the Greek-film awards. The festival also looked beyond the finished feature. Its podcast jury chose A Guy from Tyrnavos, with a special mention for Warfetti. At Agora, The Leaves Hang Trembling received post-production support from Two Thirty-Five, The Unmoving Hands won the CNC script-development award, and The Life and Times of Ion G. received ArteKino International support. Katerina Papanastasatou’s series project Elena, Unhinged won the Agora Series Talents Crew United Award.