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52nd THESSALONIKI INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL will run  November 4 - 13, 2011

With less than a week to go before the start of the event, we have the pleasure to contact you with the latest news from this year's 52ND Thessaloniki International Film Festival, which kicks off Friday, November 4th.  

A complete list of this year's line-up can be found at the end of this press release. The Golden Alexander award bestows a purse of 20,000€, the Silver Alexander award 10,000€ (shared ex aequo by the film's director and producer) and a Special Jury Award for Originality and Innovation carrying 5,000€ is presented to the winning film's director.

INTERNATIONAL JURY

The five-member International Jury called to judge the films of the International Competition section and to award the Golden and Silver Alexanders plus a number of additional awards, is composed of:

The International Jury members will hold a press conference on Tuesday the 8th of November in Warehouse C, where they will discuss their views on filmmaking and the criteria with which they will be judging the films.

Laurence Kardish, Senior Curator - Department of Film and Media, Museum of Modern Art NY, USA, Jury President

Sitora Alieva, Program Director - Kinotavr Film Festival, Russia

Frederic Boyer, Director - Les Arcs European Film Festival, France

Constantine Giannaris, Film director, Greece

Hisami  Kuroiwa, Film producer, USA

FIPRESCI JURY

The five-member FIPRESCI Jury called to judge films in the International Competition and the Greek Films sections is composed of:

Tereza   Brdeckova, Czech Republic, Jury President

Fritz De Jong, Netherlands

Julia Khomiakova, Russia

Fatih Ozguven, Turkey

Nestoras Poulakos, Greece

GUESTS PRESS CONFERENCES - WAREHOUSE C AT 12.00

Saturday 5th - Alexander Payne

Sunday 6th - Erden Kiral

Monday 7th - Ole Christian Madsen

Tuesday 8th - International Jury

Wednesday 9th - Constantine Giannaris

Thursday 10th - Sara Driver

Friday 11th at 13.30 - Ulrich Seidl

PARALLEL EVENTS

Shooting through the Periphery Round Table Discussion - Wednesday 9/11, John Cassavetes Theatre, 11:00 - 13:00

Andrei Tanasescu (Programmer, Toronto IFF & Romanian FF), Katriel Schory (Executive Director, Israel Film Fund) and Fenia Cossovitsa (producer, Blonde Audiovisual Productions) will discuss film production in their countries, Romania, Israel and Greece respectively. The discussion will center around and explore the fact that all three countries have in recent years -despite their small size and complicated social conditions- left a mark on the international film scene.

Workshop with Ulrich Seidl - Friday 11/11, John Cassavetes Theatre, 11:00 - 13:00

Austrian filmmaker Ulrich Seidl will present a workshop on his new project, Paradise, as part of the 52nd TIFF Tribute to his work. Having started out with the goal to make one film, Seidl is currently developing three different films which, at this stage, are works in progress. Seidl will screen film clips, analyzing how they were shot and connecting them to the rest of his work.

EXHIBITION

A World without Margins - Photography Exhibition by Spyros Staveris

4/11 - 4/12 - Opening: Saturday November 5, 2011, 18:00 - Thessaloniki Museum of Photography - Opening Hours Daily 11:00 - 22:00

Spyros Staveris has been one of the most distinguished magazine and portrait photographers in Greece since the 1990s. The exhibition, a retrospective of his work, reveals the less known aspects of his photography apart from his published work.

Staveris shoots anything and anywhere where life takes place: seedy music bars, the underground side of Athens, the religious festivals of the Greek islands, demonstrations and street happenings.

SIDEBAR EVENTS IN COLLABORATION WITH OTHER ORGANIZATIONS

Looking behind the Images - Photographs and writings from America - Rainer Simon Photo Exhibition

2-11/11, Goethe-Institut Gallery, Opening hours: Mon-Fri: 10:00-14:00, 17:00-21:00

In 1988, DEFA studio filmmaker Rainer Simon shot The Ascent of Chimborazo, a film about Alexander von Humboldt, the founder of modern geography. That was the first time Simon traveled to South America, and the start of his passionate relationship with the continent and his many journeys there. The exhibition will include photographs and film screenings from many of his Latin American travels, as well as Simons' writings about his experiences there.

Rrose Selavy ou Eros c'est la vie - Photography and video installations from students of the Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki Film Studies and Fine Arts departments

1-21/11, French Institute Gallery, Opening Hours: Mon-Fri: 10:00-13:00, 17:30-20:30

In collaboration with the French Institute of Thessaloniki

The goal of this exhibition is to promote the students' work and artistic evolution during their studies. The title, taken from one of the works participating, is a direct reference to one of Marcel Duchamp's pseudonyms, Rrose Selavy. The name sounds like the French phrase "Eros, c'est la vie" and can be found in various Man Ray photographs where Duchamp is dressed as a woman.

52nd THESSALONIKI INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

4 - 13 NOVEMBER, 2011

FILM LIST

OPENING FILM - November 4th, 2011 - The Descendants by Alexander Payne, 2011, USA

CLOSING FILM - November 12th, 2011 - Martha Marcy May Marlene by Sean Durkin, USA, 2011

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INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION

• ALOIS NEBEL, Tomas LUNAK, Czech Republic, Germany, Slovak Republic, 2011, 84'
• BEHOLD THE LAMB, John MCILDUFF, United Kingdom, 2011, 83'
• BURROS/DONKEYS, Odin SALAZAR FLORES, Mexico, 2011, 93'
• DER BRAND/THE FIRE, Brigitte Maria BERTELE, Germany, 2011, 97'
• DOM/THE HOUSE, Zuzana LIOVA, Slovak Republic, Czech Republic, 2011, 97'
• GISE MEMURU/TOLLBOOTH, Tolga KARACELIK, Turkey, 2010, 96'
• J.A.C.E., Menelaos Kramaggiolis, Greece, Portugal, Turkey, FYROM, Netherlands, 153'
• LE VENDEUR/THE SALESMAN, Sebastien PILOTE, Canada, 2011, 107'
• MABUL/THE FLOOD, Guy NATTIV, Israel, Canada, Germany, France, 2010, 101'
• OSMDESAT DOPISU/EIGHTY LETTERS, Vaclav KADRNKA, Czech Republic, 2011, 75'
• PARADISE, Panayiotis FAFOUTIS, Greece, 2011, 105'
• PORFIRIO, Alejandro LANDES, Colombia, Spain, Uruguay, Argentina, France, 2011, 106'
• PORTRET V SUMER KAKH/TWILIGHT PORTRAIT, Angelina NIKONOVA, Russia, 2011, 105'
• TERRE OUTRAGEE/LAND OF OBLIVION, Michale BOGANIM, France, Germany, Poland, Ukraine, 2011, 115'
• WITHOUT, Mark JACKSON, USA, 2011, 88'

OPEN HORIZONS

• A ANNAN VEG/EITHER WAY, Hafstein Gunnar SIGURDSSON, Iceland, 2011, 80'
• ABRIR PUERTAS Y VENTANAS/BACK TO STAY, Milagros MUMENTHALER, Argentina, Switzerland, Netherlands, 2011, 98'
• A LITTLE CLOSER, Matthew PETOCK, USA, 2011, 73'
• APFLICKORNA/SHE MONKEYS, Lisa ASCHAN, Sweden, 2011, 84'
• BABYCALL, Pal SLETAUNE, Norway, Sweden, Germany, 2010, 100'
• BEAST, Christoffer BOE, Denmark, 2011, 83'
• BLACK BLOOD, Miaoyan HANG, China, France, 2010, 123'
• BONSAI, Cristian JIMENEZ, Chile, France, Argentina, Portugal, 2011, 95'
• CIGAN/GYPSY, Martin SULIK, Slovak Republic, Czech Republic, 2011, 107'
• CORPO CELESTE, Alice ROHRWACHER, Italy, France, Switzerland, 2011, 100'
• DIRTY DIARIES - 12 SHORTS OF FEMINIST PORN, Asa SANDZEN, Elin MAGNUSSON, Ester Martin BERGSMARK, Ingrid RYBERG, Jennifer RAINSFORD, Joanna RYTEL, Marit OSTBERG, Mia ΕNGBERG, Nelli ROSELLI, Pella KAGERMAN, Sara KAAMAN, Tora MARTENS, Wolfe MADAM, Sweden, 2009, 96'
• DOKHTAR...PEDAR...DOKHTAR/DAUGHTER...FATHER...DAUGHTER..., Panahbarkhoda REZAEE, Iran, 2011, 70'
• DRAMA, Matias LIRA, Chile, 2011, 75'
• EL ESTUDIANTE/THE STUDENT, Santiago MITRE, Argentina, 2011, 110'
• FINISTERRAE, Sergio CABALLERO, Spain, 2010, 80'
• FLEURS DU MAL/FLOWERS OF EVIL, David DUSA, France, 2010, 98'
• GANG DE QIN/THE PIANO IN A FACTORY, Meng ZHANG, China, 2010, 105'
• GIOCHI D'ESTATE/SUMMER GAMES, Rolando COLLA, Switzerland, Italy, 2011, 101'
• GROMOZEKA, Vladimir KOTT, Russia, 2011, 104'
• GUAN YIN SHAN/BUDDHA MOUNTAIN, Li YU, China, 2010, 105'
• HAPPY END, Bjorn RUNGE, Sweden, 2011, 97'
• IGILLENA MALUWO/FLYING FISH, Pushpakumara SANJEEWA, Sri Lanka, 2010, 124'
• LA NOSTRA VITA/OUR LIFE, Daniele LUCHETTI, Italy, France, 2010, 98'
• LAS ACACIAS/THE ACACIA TREES, Pablo GIORGELLI, Argentina, Spain, 2011, 85'
• LES CONTES DE LA NUIT/TALES OF THE NIGHT, Michel OCELOT, France, 2011, 84'
• L'HIVER DERNIER/LAST WINTER, John SHANK, France, Belgium, Switzerland, 2011, 103'
• LO ROIM ALAICH/INVISIBLE, Michal AVIAD, Israel, 2011, 90'
• MICHAEL, Markus SCHLEINZER, Austria, 2011, 96'
• O CEU SOBRE OS OMBROS/THE SKY ABOVE, Sergio BORGES, Brazil, 2011, 72'
• THE PIER, Gerard HURLEY, Ireland, USA, 2011, 84'
• PLAY, Ruben OSTLUND, Sweden, France, Denmark, 2011, 118'
• POULET AUX PRUNES/CHICKEN WITH PLUMS, Marjane SATRAPI & Vincent PARONNAUD, France, 2011, 91'
• PRESUME COUPABLE/GUILTY, Vincent GARENQ, France, 2011, 101'
• ROMEO ONZE/ROMEO ELEVEN, Ivan GRBOVIC, Canada, 2011, 92'
• SNOWTOWN, Justin KURZEL, Australia, 2010, 120'
• SOMEWHERE TONIGHT, Michael DI JIACOMO, Netherlands, USA, 2011, 85'
• SUR LA PLANCHE/ON THE EDGE, Leila KILANI, Morocco, France, Germany, 2011, 110'
• TAYEB, KHALAS, YALLA/OK, ENOUGH, GOODBYE, Rania ATTIEH & Daniel GARCIA, United Arab Emirates, Lebanon, 2010, 93'
• TERRAFERMA/MAINLAND, Emanuele CRIALESE, Italy, France, 2011, 88'
• TYRANNOSAUR, Paddy CONSIDINE, United Kingdom, 2011, 91'
• UN AMOUR DE JEUNESSE/GOODBYE, FIRST LOVE, Mia HANSEN-LOVE, France, Germany, 2011, 110'
• V SUBBOTU/INNOCENT SATURDAY, Alexander MINDADZE, Russia, Ukraine, Germany, 2011, 99'
• WEEKEND, Andrew HAIGH, United Kingdom, 2011, 96'
• WER WENN NICHT WIR/IF NOT US, WHO?, Andres VEIEL, Germany, 2011, 124'

OPEN HORIZONS - SPECIAL SCREENINGS

• BEDZIE LEPIJ/TOMORROW WILL BE BETTER, Dorota KEDZIERZAWSKA, Poland, Japan, 2010, 118'
• BE OMID E DIDAR/GOODBYE, Mohammad RASOULOF, Iran, 2011, 104'
• CUT, Amir NADERI, Japan, 2011, 132'
• ELENA, Andrey ZVYAGINTSEV, Russia, 2011, 109'
• FAUST, Alexander SOKUROV, Russia, 2011, 134'
• HORS SATAN/OUTSIDE SATAN, Bruno DUMONT, France, 2011, 109'
• NO TENGAS MIEDO/DON'T BE AFRAID, Montxo ARMENDARIZ, Spain, 2011, 90'
• LE GAMIN AU VELO/THE KID WITH A BIKE, Jean-Pierre & Luc DARDENNE, Belgium, France, Italy, 2011, 87'
• L'ORDRE ET LA MORALE /REBELLION, Mathieu KASSOVITZ, France, 2011, 136'

SARA DRIVER TRIBUTE

• THE BOWERY - SPRING (POSTCARDS FROM NEW YORK), France, 1994, 10'
• PERMANENT VACATION, USA, 1980, 75', directed by Jim Jarmusch
• SLEEPWALK, USA, West Germany, 1986, 78'
• STRANGER THAN PARADISE, USA, 1984, 89', directed by Jim Jarmusch
• WHEN PIGS FLY, Germany, USA, Netherlands, 1993, 98'
• YOU ARE NOT I, USA, 1981, 48'

OLE CHRISTIAN MADSEN TRIBUTE

• EN KΖRLIGHEDSHISTORIE/KIRA'S REASON-A LOVE STORY, Denmark, 2001, 92'
• FLAMMEN & CITRONEN/FLAME & CITRON, Denmark, Germany, 2008, 130'
• NORDKRAFT/ANGELS IN FAST MOTION, Denmark, 2005, 123'
• PIZZA KING, Denmark, 1999, 100'
• PRAG/PRAGUE, Denmark, 2006, 92'
• SINAN'S BRYLLUP/SINAN'S WEDDING, Denmark, 1996, 65'
• SUPERCLΑSICO, Denmark, 2011, 99'

ULRICH SEIDL TRIBUTE

• DER BUSENFREUND/THE BOSOM FRIEND, Austria, 1997, 60'
• DIE LETZTEN MAENNER/LAST MEN, Austria, 1994, 60'
• GOOD NEWS, Austria, 1990, 130'
• HUNDSTAGE/DOG DAYS, Austria, 2001, 121'
• IMPORT/EXPORT, Austria, 2007, 135'
• JESUS, DU WEISST/JESUS, YOU KNOW, Austria, 2003, 87'
• MIT VERLUST IST ZU RECHNEN/LOSSES TO BE EXPECTED, Austria, 1992, 118'
• MODELS, Austria, 1998, 118'
• TIERISCHE LIEBE/ANIMAL LOVE, Austria, 1995, 114'

PAOLO SORRENTINO TRIBUTE

• IL DIVO, Italy, France, 2008, 110'
• L'AMICO DI FAMIGLIA/THE FAMILY FRIEND, Italy, France, 2006, 110'
• LE CONSEGUENZE DELL'AMORE/THE CONSEQUENCES OF LOVE, Italy, 2004, 100'
• L'UOMO IN PIU/ONE MAN UP, Italy, 2001, 100'
• THIS MUST BE THE PLACE, Italy, France, Ireland, 2011, 118'

and

• 4 SHORT FILMS

BALKAN SURVEY

• AVE, Konstantin BOJANOV, Bulgaria, 2011, 88'
• DIN DRAGOSTE CU CELE MAI BUNE INTENTII/BEST INTENTIONS, Adrian SITARU, Romania, Hungary, 2011, 105'
• THE FORGIVENESS OF BLOOD/THE FORGIVENESS OF BLOOD, Joshua MARSTON, USA, Albania, Denmark, Italy, 2011, 108'
• LOVERBOY, Catalin MITULESCU, Romania, Sweden, Serbia, 2011, 94'
• NEPRIJATELJ/THE ENEMY, Dejan ZECEVIC, Serbia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Croatia, Hungary, 2011, 109'
• OSTROVAT/THE ISLAND, Kamen KALEV, Bulgaria, Sweden, 2011, 108'
• PANKOT NE E MRTOV/PUNK'S NOT DEAD, Vladimir BLAZEVSKI, FYROM, Serbia, 2011, 104'
• PRESS, Sedat YILMAZ, Turkey, 2010, 100'
• VISUL LUI ADALBERT/ADALBERT'S DREAM, Gabriel ACHIM, Romania, 2011, 101'

and

• 1 PROGRAM OF SHORT FILMS, 82'

BALKAN SURVEY ERDEN KIRAL TRIBUTE

• AVCI/THE HUNTER, Turkey, 1998, 96'
• AYNA/THE MIRROR, Turkey, Germany, 1987, 92'
• BEREKETLI TOPRAKLAR UZERINDE/ON FERTILE LANDS, Turkey, 1980, 115'
• HALIC/GOLDEN HORN, Turkey, 2010, 75'
• HAKKARI 'DE BIR MEVSIM/A SEASON IN HAKKARI, Turkey, Germany, 1983, 111'
• KANAL/CANAL, Turkey, 1978, 79'
• MAVI SURGUN/ΤΗΕ BLUE EXILE, Turkey, Germany, Greece, 1993, 113'
• YOLDA/ON THE ROAD, Turkey, Bulgaria, 2005, 90'
• VICDAN/CONSCIENCE, Turkey, 2008, 85'

EXPERIMENTAL FORUM

• THE ANABASIS OF MAY AND FUSAKO SHIGENOBU, MASAO ADACHI NAD 27 YEARS WITHOUT IMAGES/THE ANABASIS OF MAY AND FUSAKO SHIGENOBU, MASAO ADACHI AND 27 YEARS WITHOUT IMAGES, Eric BAUDELAIRE, France, 2011, 66'
• BASIS HAMAHSHAVA/FOUNDATION OF MIND, Dror HELLER, Israel, 2011, 85'

COLLECTIF JEUNE CINEMA

• PROGRAM 1, 72'
• PROGRAM 2,  80'

J.XWILLIAMS

• J.XWILLIAMS - CABINET OF CURIOSITIES 73'

OM PRODUCTION

• PROGRAM 1, 60'
• PROGRAM 2, 70'

LAST YEAR'S RESOLUTIONS

• PROGRAM,  60'

GREEK FILMS SECTION

GREEK FILMS 2011

• F.L.S., Thanos TSAVLIS, 2011, 76'
• I POLI TON PEDION/ THE CITY OF CHILDREN, Yiorgos GIGAPEPPAS, 2011, 96'
• MAGIC HOUR, Costas KAPAKAS, 2011, 95'
• SOTIRIA, Iason TZAVELLAS 2011, 91'
• SUPER DEMETRIOS, Yiorgos PAPAIOANNOU, 2011, 109'

GREEK CO-PRODUCTIONS

• TO KORITSI ME TA MEGALA MATIA/A MENINA DOS OLHOS GRANDES/GIRL WITH BIG EYES, Alexis TSAFAS¸Greece, Capo Verde, 2010, 85'
• I AFRODITI STIN AVLI/VENUS IN THE GARDEN, Telemachos ALEXIOU, Ελλάδα, Γερμανία, 2011, 61'

GREEK SPECIAL SCREENINGS

• ADIKOS KOSMOS/ UNFAIR WORLD, Filippos TSITOS, 2011, 110'
• MAN AT SEA, Constantine GIANNARIS, 2011, 88'

MICHAEL CACOYANNIS SPOTLIGHT

• ELECTRA, Michael CACOYIANNIS, 1962, 110'

CONSTANTINE GIANNARIS TRIBUTE

Features

• APO TIN AKRI TIS POLIS/ FROM THE EDGE OF THE CITY, Greece, 1998, 94'
• DEKAPENTAVGOUSTOS ONE DAY IN AUGUST, Greece, 2001, 106'
• KONTA STON PARADISO/3 STEPS TO HEAVEN, United Kingdom, 1995, 87'
• MAN AT SEA, Constantine GIANNARIS, 2011, 88'
• OMIROS/HOSTAGE, Greece, Turkey, 2005, 100'

Medium-length films

• APEGNOSMENI ZOI - I TENIES TOU PIER PAOLO PASOLINI/A DESPERATE VITALITY- THE FILMS BY PIER PAOLO PASOLINI, United Kingdom, 1992, 20'
• ELLINES/GREEKS (GREEK LOVE AND SAPPHIC SOPHISTICATION), United Kingdom, 1991, 25'
• ZITIMA ZOIS KAI THANATOU/A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH, United Kingdom, 1991, 20΄
• I EKDIKISI TIS DISCO/DISCO'S REVENGE, United Kingdom, 1989, 24'
• MIA THESI STON ILIO/A PLACE IN THE SUN, Greece, United Kingdom, 1995, 44'
• CAUGHT LOOKING, United Kingdom, 1991, 35'
• NORTH OF VORTEX, United Kingdom, 1991, 58'
• TROES/TROJANS, Greece, United Kingdom, 1990, 35'
• O JEAN GENET EINAI NEKROS/ JEAN GENET IS DEAD, Greece, United Kingdom, 1989, 38'
• GENDER POP, Greece, 2008, 40'

Short Films  

• PROGRAM 1 90'
• PROGRAM 2, 120'