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AGORA, the most active and vibrant documentary Industry Event of Southeastern Europe is returning with new synergies and awards, having consolidated its status as a meeting point and contact hub between documentary professionals from all over the world, offering support to the documentary genre throughout the different stages of production. The Agora of the 27th Thessaloniki International Documentary Festival will be held from March 7 to March 15, 2025.
Τhe 27th Thessaloniki International Documentary Festival announces the films taking part in the three competition sections of this year’s festival edition: the International Competition, the Newcomers competition section and the >>Film Forward competition section. The competing documentaries are holding their world, international, or European premiere in the Festival. The International Competition Golden Alexander winner will automatically be eligible to submit for Academy Awards® consideration in the Documentary Feature category.
The 27th Thessaloniki International Documentary Festival (March 6-16, 2025) invites us to embark on a unique cinematic journey in the Greek countryside through documentaries of renowned filmmakers, most of them rare and off the radar. On the occasion of the recent discovery of the documentary Kastoria (1969) directed by Takis Kanellopoulos, a film considered lost up until now, the tribute titled Geography of the Gaze: Off-Plan Greece (1950-2000) lines up 19 documentary films that compose a multifaceted and illuminating portrait of the social, political and cultural life of Greece in the second half of the 20th century.
Greek documentaries take center stage at the 27th Thessaloniki International Documentary Festival (March 6-16, 2025). A total of 71 full-length and short documentaries from Greece will be screened in the three competition sections, International Competition, Newcomers and >>Film Forward, as well as in the Open Horizons, Platform+ and Special Screenings sections.
The AI, an Inevitable Intelligence tribute of the 27th Thessaloniki International Documentary Festival (6-16 March, 2025) invites the audience to embark on a fascinating journey that includes a selection of eye-opening documentaries, an impressive visual installation, a masterclass, a special two-language edition, as well as the Festival’s magazine First Short, co-created this year with the help of AI as a form of experimentation.
