HONORARY GOLDEN ALEXANDER TO PANOS H. KOUTRAS
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 8
20:00
Olympion
The 65th Thessaloniki International Film Festival honors the work of unconventional, pioneering, and bold filmmaker Panos H. Koutras, one of the most important voices of Greek cinema. The director will be awarded an honorary Golden Alexander for his lifetime contribution to the seventh art, before the screening of The Attack of the Giant Moussaka (1999) in a digitally restored anniversary edition, marking 25 years since its first release. The award is part of a major tribute to the internationally renowned Greek director, which includes five feature films, as well as five short films, which will be screened for the first time for the Greek audience.
- Honorary events
- Special screenings and events
- Exhibitions - Installations
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Masterclasses
- THE ROLE OF FILM MUSIC”: MUSIC IN MOTION MASTERCLASS WITH ZBIGNIEW PREISNER
- “DON’T THINK LIKE A COMPOSER”: MUSIC IN MOTION MASTERCLASS WITH COTI K.
- “QUEER BEFORE IT WAS COOL”: ICONIC TALKS POWERED BY MASTERCARD WITH PANOS H. KOUTRAS
- “REAL IMAGINATION – STORYTELLING IN THE AGE OF AI”: AGORA SERIES MASTERCLASS WITH TATJANA SAMOPJAN
- “RUNNING THE SHOW”: AGORA SERIES MASTERCLASS WITH ANNA WINGER
- “SCORING A LIFE BETWEEN HOLLYWOOD AND GREECE”: MUSIC IN MOTION MASTERCLASS WITH KOSTAS CHRISTIDES, MODERATED BY ELENI MITSIAKI
- “THE ART AND CRAFT OF CASTING”: MASTERCLASS BY ELLEN LEWIS
- “THE DIRECTOR’S SOUND AND THE COMPOSER’S VISION”: MUSIC IN MOTION MASTERCLASS WITH EVANTHIA REBOUTSIKA AND TASSOS BOULMETIS
- “THE JOURNEY AND THE ROLE OF MUSIC IN A FILM”: MUSIC IN MOTION MASTERCLASS WITH SUZANA PERIĆ
- “THOUGHTS ON MUSIC IN CINEMA”: MUSIC IN MOTION MASTERCLASS WITH NIKOS KYPOURGOS
- One day event
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Open discussions - presentations
- 30 YEARS OF EEA GRANTS IN GREECE
- American elections SOS: A gripping documentary and an enlightening discussion
- ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN THE ARTS AND CINEMA – AN EVENT BY THE GREEK DIRECTORS GUILD
- BLINK GFE PRESENTATION (Greek Film Editors Association)
- CINEMATOGRAPHERS ILLUMINATE GREEK CINEMA – OPEN DISCUSSION: GREEK SOCIETY OF CINEMATOGRAPHERS (GSC)
- LG OLED: THE ULTIMATE CINEMATIC VIEWING EXPERIENCE
- MEET THE ARTIST: JESPER JUST
- Music events
- Party