Just Talking is a side event organized by the 12th Thessaloniki Documentary Festival – Images of the 21st Century, which brings together film-makers and documentary professionals from different parts of the world. This event invites its guests to an open, relaxed discussion, giving documentary professionals the opportunity to know one another on a personal level, to exchange views, and share experiences.  The sessions are held in a friendly and informal environment and revolve around various issues that concern documentary film-makers.

Today’s guest speakers are the following:

Alexander Gutman, Director, Russia, 17 AUGUST, 2009/62mn (Portraits: Human Journeys)

Antonis Papadopoulos, Director, Greece, GENOCIDE OF A MEMORY, 2009/52mn (Recordings of a Memory)

Arni Gunnarsson, Director, Iceland, KRAFTUR – THE LAST RIDE, 2009/47mn (Habitat)

Baktash Abtin, Director, Iran, PARK MARK, 2009-2010/42mn (Portraits: Human Journeys)

Bosse Lindquist, Director, Sweden, THE GENIUS AND THE BOYS, 2009/90mn (Portraits: Human Journeys)

David Kinsella, Director, Norway, KILLING GIRLS, 2008/80mn (Recordings of a Memory)

Dimitris Gerardis, Director, Greece, WAR ZONE: THE MIRACLE, 2010/80mn (Stories to Tell)

Henry Singer, Director, UK, THE BLOOD OF THE ROSE, 2009/90mn (Planet in Peril)

Ingrid Sinclair, Director, Spain, AFRICA IS A WOMAN’S NAME, 2009/52mn (African Stories)

Nati Baratz, Director, Israel, UNMISTAKEN CHILD, 2008/102mn (Views of the World)

Stascha Bader, Director, Switzerland, ROCKSTEADY: THE ROOTS OF REGGAE, 2009/95mn (Music)

Catherine Esway, assisted by Julianna Photopoulos