Vasilis Economou presents Oliver Stone Masterclass
Gustavo Santaolalla Masterclass
Christine Marik and Vasilis economou are presenting you:
The Masterclass of Willem Dafoe
Christine Marik and Vasilis Economou are presenting you:
• Special Jury Award - Silver Alexander (22.000)
PESCUIT SPORTIV, (HOOKED) by Adrian Sitaru, Romania / France Producers Adrian Sitaru, Marie-Pierre Macia, Juliette Lepoutre
Christine Marik and Vasilis Economou are presenting you:
• Special Mention
to
DIASTÉME, for Le Bruit des Gens Autour (Sunny Spells), Producers Thomas Anargyros, Edouard de Vésinne, France
- Best Screenplay Award
Christine Marik and Vasilis Economou are presenting you The Closing Ceremony of the 49th T.I.F.F:
- FISCHER PUBLIC CHOICE AWARDS For a film in the International Competition section (3.000 euros)
• LE BRUIT DES GENS AUTOUR/ SUNNY SPELLS by Diasteme, France
- “THE CINEMA AND THE CITY” AWARD (10.000 EUROS)
CLOSING CEREMONY
The 49th TIFF's journey which started 10 days ago reached its final
destination on Sunday, November 23rd with the closing ceremony at the
Olympion hall.
Despina Mouzaki, director of TIFF thanked all the personnel and the
volunteers of TIFF, the press, the critics, the jury and all the
organizations that helped towards a successful 49th TIFF. She also
thanked the film makers by saying: 'Thank you for trusting us with your
films and for being present to 49t...
49th INTERNATIONAL THESSALONIKI FILM FESTIVAL
NOVEMBER 14-23, 2008
AWARDS
The jury of the International Competition Section of the 49th Thessaloniki Film Festival comprised of:
Michael Ondaatje, Writer (Canada), President
Diablo Cody, Screenwriter (USA)
Yeşim Ustaoğlu, Director (Turkey)
Lita Stantic, Producer (Argentina)
Émilie Dequenne, Actress (Belgium)
David Robinson, Film critic (UK)
and
Dionissis Savopoul...
El-Khader is an idealist who dreams of being an actor. Rabia has studied law at university but the employment situation looks bleak and she makes ends meet working as a seamstress. Youseff is a petty drug dealer who can't afford the medical treatment that would offer him a greater degree of mobility. His brother is missing, thought to be in Afghanistan, but Youseff's search to try and discover more specific information about his whereabouts appears to be leading...
The ambience of the Festival!
Interview of Diastème, french director of "Les Bruit des gens autour" (Sunny Spells)
An Interview of Gracie Otto, actress and editor of " Three Blind Mice "by Matthew Newtown
A year in the life of a young middle school student in Paris in 1977. Eleven-year-old Stella lives outside Paris in a working-class neighborhood. Her parents run a bar and she attends a prestigious Parisian School, where she meets Gladys, the daughter of two intellectual Argentinean Jewish exiles.Through the songs of that era and the books that Stella discovers at her friend's house, she slowly enters another dime...
The avant premiere screening of the long-awaited film of Theo Angelopoulos The Dust of Time was held at Olympion Theater in the context of the 49th Thessloniki International Film Festival.
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Honourary Ceremony for Contribution of Gustavo Santaolalla in Music Film History yesterday at the Olympion before Cafe de los Maestros screening.
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This is the story of Roman and Maru, two troubled teenagers who attempt an impossible rebellion against the adult world. United in their desire to fight the immobility that they feel surrounding them, the two embark on a rebellion against everything and everyone when they decide to runaway to a place where they don't have to answer to anyone. This leads them to an accidental new intimacy in which they discover their sexuality and an intense life as a couple that both unites themand confuse...
GUSTAVO SANTAOLALLA MASTERCLASS
Gustavo Santaolalla, the renowned Argentinian composer who has been twice awarded with the Oscar for Best Music, spoke about the way he approaches film musically, about his life and about the way he went into the music industry, during the masterclass he gave on Friday November 21st, at the John Cassavetes theatre.
TIFF director Despina Mouzaki introduced Gustavo Santaolalla to the public saying he is the most important ...
MASTERCLASS RICHARD JOBSON
Scottish filmmaker, scriptwriter and producer Richard Jobson discussed the advantages of digital video in relation to film in his Masterclass on the 22nd of November in the Pavlos Zannas theatre. Jobson directed New Town Killers, showcased in the Special Screenings section of the 49th TIFF. Jobson, who works exclusively with digital, has already shot 4 low budget features. "A small budget is actually an advantage, as it allows...
MASTERCLASS WILLEM DAFOE
On Saturday the 22nd of November in the John Cassavetes Theatre, the Thessaloniki Festival Director, Despina Mouzaki, awarded Willem Dafoe with an honorary plaque for his contribution to the film world.
The renowned American actor thanked the Festival for this honour and then proceeded with his Masterclass on acting, in the presence of Mrs Mouzaki, Festival President Georges Corraface, the Internationa...
