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Thessaloniki International Film Festival
The 61st Thessaloniki International Film Festival was concluded with great success, receiving the audience’s love in every possible way. More than 80,000 viewers and movie industry professionals watched the films and attended the Festival’s online events, whereas a large number films of were sold out. Agora, the Festival’s development branch, also achieved a great attendance, offering support to Greek cinema through a series of new initiatives, actions, and awards. The 61st Festival hosted a series of exhibitions and visual art events, within the framework of TIFF’s main concept, “Intimacy: a modern tyranny”. Works of art, video mapping, as well as The Glasshouse Project installation adorned the city streets and squares, as well as the Port of Thessaloniki, offering glimpses of joy and hope to the city’s residents, who had the chance to enjoy a touch of art during their scarce walks for exercise, groceries and the covering of basic needs, amidst these hard days we’re experiencing. The goal is for these exhibitions to remain in the city’s public space even after the Festival.
TIFF press conference of the Jury with director Scandar Copti
51st TIFF: Press conference of the Jury (12/7/2010) The 51st TIFF jury held a press conference on Tuesday December 7th . The director of the festival, Dimitris Eipides, was present at the conference. Members of the jury this year are Michel Demopoulos –its president- , Martin Schweighofer, CEO of the Austrian Film Commission, film directors Scandar Copti and Mohamed Al-Daradji, and producer Behrooz Hashemian. Mr Eipides welcomed the jury and declared he was pleased and proud to welcome an old friend of the festival, Michel Demopoulos, as president of the jury. Mr Demopoulos was director of the Thessaloniki International Film Festival from 1991 to 2005. “I am pleased we all meet here and that Michel Demopoulos accepted to be president of the jury. We are now in the middle of the festival and I am sure the jury will know how to choose the best films. I welcome them here in Thessaloniki with all my heart.” Mr Demopoulos talked about the festival in past years and in the present. “I have been away from the festival for the last five years and this is a wonderful opportunity for me to come back and see how it is evolving. Despite current difficulties, the general feeling is one of optimism. In this kind of festival –and I know what I’m talking about- the biggest concern has to do with the films and the type of cinema we present. I think this objective has been somewhat overlooked the past five years. Now we are concentrating on films and in this I see eye to eye with Dimitris Eipides. I feel that the festival is a vehicle with a good motor. This is something that the audience too has understood. All that is required is to enrich it every year and give it new momentum. It’s not like when we still had to attract the audiences. The Thessaloniki Festival has become a part of the city’s life, despite the fact that it didn’t always have the required support from the local authorities. Let’s hope that now that the municipality has turned over a new leaf, our collaboration will be even better. As for my role as president of the jury, all I can say is that it isn’t at all demanding, far less so than being the festival’s director. I have taken part in 40 juries in the past, and to be simply a well-prepared spectator without having to worry about anything is pure pleasure.”
-press release from TIFF
Scandar Copti was the director of the Oscar nominated film of 2010, 'Ajami'. Read all about Ajami here: http://www.fest21.com/en/blog/vanessa_mcmahon/oscar_nominatedajami
14.12.2010 | Thessaloniki International Film Festival's blog Cat. : Ajami Austrian Film Commission Behrooz Hashemian Business Business CEO Cinema of Greece Contact Details Dimitris Eipides Director Entertainment Entertainment Film film director food forward Greek culture http://www.fest21.com/en/blog/vanessa_mcmahon/oscar_nominatedajami Jury (12/7/2010)PRESS Martin Schweighofer Michel Demopoulos Mohamed Al-Daradji Person Career politician president Producer Quotation Scandar Copti the Oscar The Thessaloniki International Film Festival Thessaloniki Thessaloniki International Film Festival TIFF press conference of the Jury with director Scandar Copti Toronto International Film Festival PEOPLE
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