JUST TALKING
ELECTRA PALACE HOTEL Ground Floor, Excelsior Room, daily from 16.00 - 17.00
Entrance by accreditation only
“Just Talking” is a side event organized by the 10th Thessaloniki Documentary Festival – Images of the 21st Century, which brings together filmmakers and industry professionals from various parts of the world.
Every afternoon, the TDF invites its guests to an open, relaxed discussion, thus giving documentary professionals – Greek and international –the opportunity to know one another on a personal level, to exchange views and share experiences.
Discussion groups of filmmakers, journalists and buyers will be formed on a daily basis between 16.00 and 17.00. The sessions will revolve around various issues that concern documentary filmmakers, in a friendly and informal atmosphere. Apart from the groups, all other accredited festival attendees may join the sessions and either simply listen or participate. Right after the “Just Talking” sessions and in the same space, the TDF “Happy Hour” event will take place from 17.00 – 18.00, to further provide all festival guests with the opportunity to meet each other.
“Just Talking” was established for the first time in the 8th Thessaloniki Documentary Festival. It turned out to be a very lucrative event, as it succeeded in creating a platform of communication between filmmakers, expanding the borders of creativity and forging collaborations.
English is the official working language for the sessions, which will be informally moderated by the event coordinator, as well as members of the press and documentary filmmakers.
JUSTTALKING DAILY SCHEDULE
10th Thessaloniki Documentary Festival – Images of the 21st Century
Sunday 9 /3
Jacek NAGLOWSKI, Director, Poland, GUGARA,(HUMAN RIGHTS)
Bergsteinn BJORGULFSSON, Director, Iceland, AT THE EDGE OF THE WORLD, (VIEWS OF THE WORLD)
Enrica COLUSSO, Director, Italy, ABC COLOMBIA, (VIEWS OF THE WORLD)
Hillary HELSTEIN, Director, USA, AS SEEN THROUGH THESE EYES, (FACES OF FASCISM)
Chris SWIDER, Director, USA, CHILDREN IN EXILE(FACES OF FASCISM)
Sebastian RUNSCHKE, Producer, Germany, THE WHISPERING OF THE TREES, (HABITAT)
Olaf KOELEWIJN, Director, Netherlands, FARMERS WISDOM, (HABITAT)
Monday 10 /3
Jeffrey MORGAN, Director, USA, LILLIE AND LEANDER: A LEGACY OF VIOLENCE (HUMAN RIGHTS)
Yung CHANG, Director, Canada, UP THE YANGTZE (VIEWS OF THE WORLD)
Eva WEBER, Director, UK, CITY OF CRANES (VIEWS OF THE WORLD)
Lucian MUNTEAN & Natasa STANKOVIC, Directors, Serbia, JOURNEY OF A RED FRIDGE (STORIES TO TELL)
Peter ENTELL, Director, Switzerland, SHAKE THE DEVIL OFF (MUSIC)
Lydia CARRAS, Director, Greece, MY LIFE AND TIMES - MICHAEL CACOYANNIS, (PORTRAITS: HUMAN JOURNEYS)
Tuesday 11/3
Sotiris DANEZIS, Journalist, Greece, WAR ZONE TRIBUTE – MODERATOR
Necati SONMEZ, Director, Turkey, TO MAKE AN EXAMPLE OF(STORIES TO TELL)
Krzysztof KOPCZYNSKI, Director, Poland, STONE SILENCE, (HUMAN RIGHTS)
Buthina Canaan KHOURY, Director, Palestine, MARIA'S GROTTO, (HUMAN RIGHTS)
Mary Ellen DAVIS, Director, Canada, TERRITORIES(FACES OF FASCISM)
Sarah SINGH, Director, USA, THE SKY BELOW, (RECORDINGS OF MEMORY)
Sibel BILGIN & Floor KOOIJ, Directors, Netherlands, BURHAN UYGUR: PASSION OF AN ARTIST, (PORTRAITS: HUMAN JOURNEYS)
Paula RAPAPORT, Director, USA, HAIR LET THE SUN SHINE IN (MUSIC)
Sirkka MOELLER,Distributor for Deckert, Germany
Wednesday 12/3
Kyran JOUGHIN, Journalist, UK - MODERATOR
Maria LEONIDA, Director, Greece, MY FIRST TIME, (STORIES TO TELL)
Rebeccah RUSH, Producer, USA, INDESTRUCTIBLE, (PORTRAITS: HUMAN JOURNEYS)
Manos PAPADAKIS, Director, Greece, A HOLE IN THE WATER, (HABITAT)
Suzanne CHISHOLM & Michael PARFIT, Directors, Canada, SAVING LUNA,(HABITAT)
Nikos VEZIRGIANNIS, Director, Greece, THE GUARDS OF THE HOLY SEPULTURE (GREEK TV) John Lawrence RE, President of Northern Arts Entertainment, USA
Thursday 13/3
Peter WINTONICK, Journalist/Director/Producer, Canada, 9 –17/03 - MODERATOR
Sylvain BIEGELEISEN, Director, Israel, THE LAST CARD(FACES OF FASCISM)
Simon BROOK, Director, France, GENERATION 68 (STORIES TO TELL)
Manolis DIMELLAS, Director, Greece, LIVE AND LET LIVE, (RECORDINGS OF MEMORY)
Dimitris VERNIKOS, Director, Greece, THE MIRROR AND THE KNIFE, (PORTRAITS: HUMAN JOURNEYS)
Tiffany BURNS, Director, Canada, MR. BIG, (HUMAN RIGHTS)
Bill HANEY, Director, USA, THE PRICE OF SUGAR (HUMAN RIGHTS)
Parvez SHARMA, Director, USA, A JIHAD FOR LOVE (HUMAN RIGHTS)
Friday 14/3
Debra ZIMMERMANN, Distributor for Women Make Movies, USA
Catherine VAN CAMPEN, Director, Netherlands, ETERNAL MASH, (HABITAT)
Udo MAURER, Director, Austria, ABOUT WATER – PEOPLE & YELLOW CANS, (HABITAT)
Gerasimos RIGAS,Director, Greece, PARVAS(STORIES TO TELL)
Astrid BUSSINK, Director, Netherlands, THE LOST COLONY, (HABITAT)
Eleftherios FYLAKTOS, Director, Greece, THE ARCHELON BUBBLE, (HABITAT)
Anna KESSISOGLOU, Director, Greece, ON THE EAST SIDE OF MY DREAM (VIEWS OF THE WORLD)
Manolis DIMELLAS, Director, Greece, LIVE AND LET LIVE, (RECORDINGS OF MEMORY)
Saturday 15/3
Ibtisam Salh MARA'ANA, Director, Israel, THREE TIMES DIVORCED, (FACES OF FASCISM)
Andres RUBIO, Director, Spain, CAMPILLO YES, I DO, (HUMAN RIGHTS)
Annamaria GALLONE, Director, Italy, LOVE AND SEX IN CHINA, (VIEWS OF THE WORLD)
Tanaz ESHAGIAN, Director, USA, BE LIKE OTHERS (STORIES TO TELL)
Gwen HAWORTH, Director, Canada, SHE'S A BOY I KNEW, (PORTRAITS: HUMAN JOURNEYS)
Adela PEEVA, Director, ALBANIA, DIVORCE ALBANIAN STYLE (VIEWS OF THE WORLD)
Kalliopi LEGAKI, Director, MIMIS CONDOS FROM THE MOONRISE TO THE SETTING OF THE MOON, (PORTRAITS: HUMAN JOURNEYS)
Athanasia DRAKOPOULOU, Director, Greece, A POET’S ESTATE (PORTRAITS: HUMAN JOURNEYS)
Vouvoula SKOURA, Director, Greece, ETEL ADNAN WORDS IN EXILE, (PORTRAITS: HUMAN JOURNEYS)
