02-03-2020

FESTIVALS: The Thessaloniki Documentary Festival 2020 Announces Lineup

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    THESSALONIKI: For the first time in its history, the Thessaloniki Documentary Festival (5-13 March 2020) presents an international long documentary competition section, where 12 films will vie for the Golden Alexander and the Special Jury Awards.

    The festival has two other competitions sections - the Newcomers Competition (with first or second films) and the VR Competition.

    The programme also includes the large annual Greek documentary production, while the industry section, the Agora Doc Market, has established itself as a meeting point of film professionals from all over the world.

    LINEUP OF LONG DOCUMENTARY COMPETITION:

    Acasă, My Home (Romania, Finland, Germany)
    Directed by Radu Ciorniciuc

    The Fourth Character (Greece)
    Directed by Katerina Patroni

    Idomeni (Sweden)
    Directed by David Aronowitsch

    King of the Cruise (the Netherlands)
    Directed by Sophie Dros

    Meanwhile on Earth (Sweden)
    Directed by Carl Olsson

    The Music of Things (Greece)
    Directed by Menios Carayannis

    The Painter and the Thief (Norway)
    Directed by Benjamin Ree

    The Prophet and the Space Aliens (Israel, Austria, South Africa, Canada)
    Directed by Yoav Shamir

    Sing Me a Song (France, Germany, Switzerland)
    Directed by Thomas Balmès

    Slow News (Italy)
    Directed by Alberto Puliafto

    The Unknown Athenians (Greece, Germany)
    Directed by Angeliki Antoniou

    Welcome to Chechnya (USA)
    Directed by David France

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