Just Talking, the parallel section of the Thessaloniki Documentary Festival – Images of the 21st Century that began last year for the purpose of creating a communication and cooperation platform for creators, “opened” its daily programme on Saturday, March 17 at the lower level of Room With a View (Olympion, 5th floor). There was an open discussion on the subject of how the filmmaker approaches his leading characters, with the participation of Jack Youngelson (Tierney Gearon: The “Mothe...

The 25th Annual Vancouver International Film Festival (VIFF) will open on September 28 with a screening of Pedro Almodóvar’s VOLVER. Festival Director Alan Franey also announced a few of the special events and thematic highlights of this year’s festival, which will take place September 28 to October 13 at ten theatres in the Vancouver area, again centred at the Empire Granville 7 Cinemas.“In our 25th year, rather than reflecting on the past, the VIFF looks to the future with much curiosit...