The Thessaloniki International Documentary Festival is coming off a successful — and at times turbulent — 26th edition, wrapping "amidst an explosive ambiance with episodes of violence and intolerance." In a post-festival report, TiDF says 66,000 spectators and visitors participated in the event this…

Iranian filmmaker Farahnaz Sharifi's My Stolen Planet won the Golden Alexander at the Thessaloniki International Documentary Festival today, automatically qualifying the film for Oscar consideration. The film, which held its world premiere at the Berlinale last month, combines the director's memories…

EXCLUSIVE: It may not sound like it from the title, but the documentary Two Strangers Trying Not to Kill Each Other is, in fact, a love story. A love story not without complications. The film directed by Jacob Perlmutter and Manon Ouimet explores the bond between artists Maggie Barrett and Joel…

In one of the most compelling films to hold its world premiere at the Thessaloniki International Documentary Festival, archive footage shows an apparently amiable man dressed in black sitting for an interview with a Yugoslav journalist. The year is approximately 1977. "Comrade, you are the first…

Greece's Thessaloniki International Documentary Festival is reacting with shock to an incident Saturday night in which two LGBTQ people were attacked by a huge crowd in a square outside one of the festival's main screening venues. According to local news reports and videos posted to YouTube, a crowd…

The Sundance Grand Jury Prize-winning film A New Kind of Wilderness has bowed at the Thessaloniki International Documentary Festival in Greece, marking its European premiere. Director Silje Evensmo Jacobsen attended the Thessaloniki premiere in person along with two of the film's protagonists: Freja…

Alexei Navalny's sacrifice for democracy is being recognized in the place where the concept of government by the people first flourished. Greece's Thessaloniki International Documentary Festival programmed the documentary Navalny in honor of the Russian opposition leader and democratic reformer, who…

The 26th Thessaloniki International Documentary Festival (TiDF) is underway in the historic Greek port city, after an opening night ceremony that honored Spanish filmmaker Fernando Trueba. Trueba, the Oscar-winning director of Belle Époque, received the festival's honorary Golden Alexander…

EXCLUSIVE: The U.S. Supreme Court's 2022 decision that struck down Roe v. Wade and the Alabama Supreme Court's recent ruling that declared frozen embryos are people have triggered intense debate over bodily autonomy. If the state can prohibit access to abortion and potentially impede IVF treatments, is it…

In parts of the Balkans, a remarkable tradition exists: women known as Burrneshas take on societal roles typically confined to men. They assume the physical appearance of men, adopt men's names or nicknames, and operate with a freedom and power denied women in patriarchal cultures. The documentary Hou…

EXCLUSIVE: The Thessaloniki International Documentary Festival's industry-focused AGORA section has selected 12 projects from 11 countries for this year's Thessaloniki Pitching Forum and 11 films from 16 countries for the AGORA Docs in Progress sidebar. Scroll down for the full list of projects. All…

EXCLUSIVE: The Thessaloniki International Documentary Festival in Northern Greece will cancel its closing ceremony Sunday as the country continues to mourn following a fatal train crash that killed at least 57 people, Deadline can reveal. The winners from the festival's competition strands will be…